Does a Nigerian study done in 2011 show that men who took ivermectin as a treatment for onchocerciasis, or river blindness, were made sterile by the anti-parasitic drug? No, that's not true: The study, which only included 37 patients and
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Ivermectin Causes Infertility’ Meme
On September 7 2021, a meme claiming “ivermectin causes male infertility” was shared to Imgur, quickly going viral on other platforms as well: Under the top text (“ivermectin causes male infertility,”) additional bottom text re
FactCheck.org→ Trump and Boebert’s Oil Spin
The United States continues to import a smaller amount of its petroleum from the Middle East, part of a decadeslong trend that has continued under President Joe Biden. The U.S. gets most of its imported oil from Canada. About 9.8% of U.S. petroleum imp
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Is NOT The Only Country Without Universal Health Care, Contrary To Meme Map
Is the United States the only country in the world without universal health care? No, that's not true: At least nine other countries did not have viable universal health care as of 2020. The claim appeared as a meme published in a Faceboo
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Victoria’s Secret Meltdown’ Video
“Get away from me” trended on Twitter on July 13 2021, after a woman named Ijeoma Ukenta filmed a bizarre encounter with a woman named Abigail Elphick in a New Jersey Victoria’s Secret store. Ukenta first shared a multi-part video of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: South Africa Did NOT Approve Polyandry Law
Did South Africa approve a new marriage act that allows women to marry multiple men, and did such a marriage already occur? No, that's not true: The South African government is considering such an option in its Green Paper on Marriages in
AFP Fact Check→ These are not photographs of Chinese vessels ‘blown up by Indonesian authorities’
Multiple Facebook posts shared thousands of times share photos they claim show two Chinese maritime militia vessels blown up by Indonesian authorities in April 2019. The images have been shared in a misleading context: they actually show a Vietnamese f
AFP Fact Check→ Footage of sheep intestines in Turkish dish falsely presented as a soup of human penises in China
Nigerian separatists are sharing two videos on social media claiming that the footage shows Chinese restaurants serving human penises. The claims come a week after AFP Fact Check debunked a satirical story presented as fact on social media that thousa
AFP Fact Check→ There is no evidence that putting onions under feet cures cancer or malaria
A Facebook post shared in Nigeria claims that putting sliced onions under one's foot overnight can cure several deadly diseases, including cancer and malaria. This is false; there is no evidence that the vegetable is effective against these ailments. M
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook post falsely claims Canadian actress Riele Downs is dead
A Facebook post shared hundreds of times in Nigeria claims that popular Canadian actress Riele Downs is dead. But this is false: US television channel Nickelodeon confirmed the young actress is still alive and the source of the rumour has since retract
AFP Fact Check→ This image of a Guinean hospital has been used in multiple false posts
An image showing sick patients lying on the floor of a hospital hallway receiving intravenous (IV) treatment has been used in multiple Facebook posts alongside claims that the facility is located either in Uganda, Mali or Nigeria. In reality, AFP Fact
AFP Fact Check→ Story claiming Chinese confiscated shipment of 7,200 penises originated on satirical website
A story that has been shared multiple times on social media, including on WhatsApp, claims that thousands of human penises shipped from Nigeria in a refrigerated container were intercepted in China. The claim is false; the story originated on a satiric
AFP Fact Check→ Footage of destroyed military plane includes old clip of Syrian helicopter exploding over Damascus
Terrorist group Boko Haram has released a video that includes footage of a mid-air explosion, claiming it shows a Nigerian Air Force jet shot down by insurgents in Borno state. This is false; the exploding aircraft seen in the beginning of the video wa
Full Fact→ How AI helps us detect 100,000 potential claims a day
In 2019 Full Fact, Africa Check and Chequeado received a $2m grant from Google.org supporting work to build a new AI tool to fight bad information. We’re pleased to be able to share some of the results from this ongoing partnership. Our experienc
AFP Fact Check→ Video shows a plane used for drug smuggling and seized by the army in Guatemala
Footage of an aircraft taking off from a dirt runway has been circulating on social media in Nigeria alongside a claim that the video shows illegal miners smuggling gold out of the country’s northern Zamfara state to the United Arab Emirates. The cla
AFP Fact Check→ Neither Tiwa Savage nor the Kuti brothers were among the winners at the 63rd Grammy Awards
Social media posts in Nigeria claim that Tiwa Savage, one of Nigeria’s leading female artists, and Femi and Made Kuti, sons of the late Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, were winners at the 63rd Grammy Awards. This is false; while all three were up for no
AFP Fact Check→ Old images from India and Israel passed off as recent fire incident in Pakistan
Numerous social media accounts with a history of promoting religious content in Nigeria are circulating four images of a building engulfed in flames, what appears to be shrouded bodies lined up on the ground and a book stained red, in posts purporting
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Dove Remove ‘Normal’ from Packaging So People Don’t Feel ‘Excluded’?
On March 10 2021, Sean Hannity continued his barrage of disinformation about so-called “cancel culture” (which has replaced the phrase “political correctness”) by sharing a claim that Dove had removed the word “normalR
AFP Fact Check→ US presidential candidates cannot receive foreign campaign contributions
Social media posts in Nigeria are claiming that US President Joe Biden, the purported recipient of a $700 million campaign contribution from the west African nation, had disrespected the country by allowing separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to enter the
AFP Fact Check→ These images show women protesters who were detained and then released in 2018
Posts with four images are circulating on social media in Nigeria claiming to show a large group of Biafran women being detained in the country’s north. This is false; the photos were all taken in 2018 and linked to a protest by women from the Indig
AFP Fact Check→ This image was taken in India and has circulated online since at least 2013
An image of cattle eating from a mound of discarded tomatoes on the roadside is circulating on social media with claims that it shows wasted produce after Nigerian food traders blocked supplies from the country’s north to the south. But this is false
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show reenactments of torture methods reported by Falun Gong members
Three images published on Facebook and claiming to show Chinese Muslim women tortured in detention camps have been shared hundreds of times in Nigeria. However, the claims are misleading; the images are victim reenactments of torture methods describe
AFP Fact Check→ This photo is not of World Trade Organization Director-General as a child
An image of a young girl has been shared thousands of times on social media in Nigeria alongside claims that the photo shows the new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a child. This is false. The photograph
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Students Did NOT Jump From A Balcony At School To Flee A Mandatory Vaccine
Did students in a school in Nigeria jump from a balcony to get away from a mandatory vaccine? No, that's not true: This is video of a May 2019 incident at the Community Secondary School in Oroworukwo, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The stampe
AFP Fact Check→ Video purporting to show violence in Orlu is old and unrelated to recent events
A video clip showing a crowd quickly dispersing amid what sounds like gunshots has resurfaced in social media posts in Nigeria claiming to capture the recent unrest in Nigeria’s southeastern region. But the claim is false; the video clip was first de
AFP Fact Check→ These pictures do not show torture scenes of opposition supporters in Uganda
A Facebook post claiming to show images of tortured supporters of Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been shared multiple times online. The claim emerged ahead of the presidential election on January 14, 2021, which will see Wine face off agains
AFP Fact Check→ Doctored image shared alongside false claim about Indian right-wing group saluting Queen Elizabeth II during fight to end British rule
An image has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), an Indian right-wing organisation, saluting Queen Elizabeth II during the fight for independence from British rule. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sharing This Photo Of A Baby Does NOT Raise Money For Medical Care
Will sharing this picture on social media of a baby who was born blind help raise the $200,000 needed for treatment that could help the child see? No, that's not true: This post is a classic example of "share-baiting," and it has been cir
Full Fact→ Bringing together the UK government, Facebook, and others to combat misinformation crises
In September we announced that Full Fact was convening a range of experts to develop a new collaborative model for tackling misinformation crises, with funding support from Facebook. While information producers have responded to the coronavirus p
AFP Fact Check→ Scam alert: Africa’s richest man is not running a Facebook giveaway for youths affected by Covid-19
Widely-shared posts on Facebook claim that Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is giving away money, food and other assistance to 10,000 youths who have lost loved ones to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is misleading; the Nigerian billionaire has commi
AFP Fact Check→ WHO head did not say he tested positive for Covid-19, only that he was quarantining after a contact tested positive
Reports in Nigerian media claiming that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general said he had tested positive for Covid-19 were shared in multiple social media posts in the country. However, it is not what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus act
AFP Fact Check→ Videos purporting to show violence during recent elections in Zanzibar are old and unrelated
Two videos claiming to show recent violence in Zanzibar following a disputed election have been viewed thousands of times on Twitter. The claims are false: one of the video clips dates back to 2005 while the other was debunked earlier this year by AFP
AFP Fact Check→ The photo shows Muslims killed at a 2018 rally in Abuja, not EndSARS protest victims
Numerous social media posts have shared an image of shrouded bodies lined up on the ground, claiming they are casualties from the shooting of protesters at Lekki Toll in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos on October 20, 2020. But the claim is false: th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama’s Two Terms Were NOT ‘A Crime Spree’
Were the two terms that Barack Obama spent in office "a crime spree" in which $4 trillion of $6 trillion sent to Muslim nations disappeared, $200 billion was sent to Iran, $500 billion was "stolen" from the Housing and Urban Development d
Health Feedback→ Frequent ejaculation might reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer, but cannot prevent it completely
REVIEW On 23 January 2020, West Africa Reporters published an article reporting that a medical doctor and herbal practitioner from Nigeria instructed men “to have sex at least 21 times a month to avoid prostate cancer.” The article, which went v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sex With A 4-Year-Old Is NOT Legal Anywhere And No There’s No Effort To Legalize It
Is it legal to have sex with a four-year-old anywhere and is there an effort to make it legal? No, that's not true: It is a false claim made by QAnon promoters who work to convince social media users that there is a global child trafficki
Truth or Fiction?→ Attempted Florida Pizza Shop Abduction: ‘Hold Tight to Your Babies. 😭😭 They Are Coming for Them’
On September 11 2020, a Facebook user shared the following screen recording of an apparent attempted child abduction, captioned “Hold tight to your babies. They are coming for them”: That had been captured from the Instagram acc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Memes With Fake News (Still) Being Used To Promote A Shady Network of Dating Sites
Is this a real headline about a Nigerian Scammer going to jail? No, it's not real: This post is just a sneaky way to put the name of a website in front of an audience. It uses a format that may not immediately register as an advertisement
Truth or Fiction?→ Are People Trying to Make the Legal Age of Consent 4 Years Old?
A viral September 3 2020 Facebook post claiming that “there are people trying to make the age of consent four years old” racked up a six-figure share count (archived here) in one week: It read: We can’t buy alcohol or ciga
AFP Fact Check→ False rumour of kidnap accused’s death penalty sentence originated from click-bait article
Numerous posts shared hundreds of times on social media claim that alleged kidnapping kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, has been sentenced to death in Nigeria. But the claim is false; authorities have dismissed the unfounded rumour, which originated f