This claim is based on both a fictional horror movie and conspiracy theory. No technology exists to transfer consciousness from one human to another.
Poynter→ Claims Queen Elizabeth died because of the COVID-19 vaccine spread without evidence
Over the years, PolitiFact has debunked several death hoaxes about Queen Elizabeth II, but on Sept. 8, Buckingham Palace announced that she had died at age 96. The royal family has not specified a cause […] The post Claims Queen Elizabeth di
Logically→ John D. Rockefeller founded western medicine to sell oil-based pharmaceuticals.
There is no evidence that Rockefeller attacked traditional medicine in order to sell oil-derived products.
Logically→ Congress leaders will stay in air-conditioned containers equipped with TV and internet, during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Though photos in the post are misattributed, some containers used in the Yatra do have ACs. However, amenities like TV and barbecue are not included.
Washington Post→ Biden’s flimsy claim he has the ‘strongest’ manufacturing jobs record
The president inherited an economy on the upswing — and he's using a strange metric to make his case.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Onions Do NOT Treat Depression
Does "eating 2 onions daily" treat depression? No, that's not true: While the National Onion Association website states that onions support your health in various ways, such as defending against a variety of cancers and providing anti-inf
Snopes→ Does Video Show Snake’s Head in Woman’s Ear?
A video of a snake's head appearing to poke out of a woman's ear may have ended a bit prematurely for us to be able to provide a more conclusive rating.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Test Of Hotel Mirror Does NOT Conclusively Demonstrate If It Is 2-Way Mirror
Does this video show a reliable test to determine if a hotel mirror is a standard mirror or if it is "fake"? No, that's not true: The test shown, frequently done with a finger and called "the fingernail test," is not a foolproof way to te
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The UN Flag Does NOT Show Flat Earth
Does the United Nations flag prove that the Earth is flat? No, that's not true: According to the UN website, its flag shows a projection of the planet, centered on the North Pole. Like three-dimensional school globes, the UN emblem propor
PolitiFact→ Midterm elections: What does history say? And what could make 2022 different?
The 2022 midterm campaign barrels to a close Nov. 8. What does history tell us about what to expect? And could 2022 diverge from historical patterns?
PolitiFact→ American Leadership Action – Ad dissects John Fetterman’s 2013 armed chase of a Black man
As a mayor, "John Fetterman chased down an innocent, unarmed Black man," wielded a shotgun and "falsely accused the man, triggering a confrontation with police."
Snopes→ Does Illinois’ SAFE-T Act Make Some Violent Crimes Non-Detainable Before Trial?
Offenses allegedly made "non-detainable" by the legislation include second-degree murder and drug-induced homicides.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Rumsfeld Did NOT Report That $2.3 Trillion Was Missing The Day Before 9/11 Attacks
Did then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld report that $2.3 trillion was missing the day before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks? No, that's not true: Rumsfeld gave a speech on September 10, 2001 about the bureaucratic red
Truth or Fiction?→ Michigan Woman Blames Internet Conspiracy Theories for Father’s Fatal Shooting Rampage
A Michigan woman whose father committed a fatal shooting attack against their family on September 11 2022 identified the “QAnon” conspiracy theory and several strands of online disinformation for the mental degeneration that preceded his ac
PolitiFact→ The most outlandish claims we’ve fact-checked about Queen Elizabeth II
Vaccines, conspiracies, Prince and a lizard: The wildest claims we’ve fact checked about Queen Elizabeth II
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – 9/11 conspiracy theories misconstrue how World Trade Center buildings collapsed
Says of 9/11, “Two planes can’t cause three buildings to collapse in free-fall time.”
Health Feedback→ Mike Adams’ flawed analysis of a clot sent by embalmer Richard Hirschman doesn’t demonstrate any link between blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW On 2 September 2022, The Epoch Times published an article claiming that embalmers in the U.S. have been finding “strange clots” in deceased people since the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. The article received more than 25,000 interactions
Snopes→ Did Morgan Freeman Say This About Stupidity?
Freeman is frequently (and falsely) credited with morsels of viral internet wisdom.
Snopes→ Was the Queen’s Golden Piano First Owned by Saddam Hussein?
A tweet claimed that Queen Elizabeth II once posed in front of a gold-colored piano in Buckingham Palace that was "stolen" from Iraq.
Snopes→ Trump Team Takes Aim at Records Probe; Calls It ‘Misguided’
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers dismissed as a “storage dispute” Trump’s retention of top-secret documents at his Florida home.
Truth or Fiction?→ Arrests of Anti-Monarchy Protesters
On September 11 and 12 2022, popular tweets claimed that individuals protesting the monarchy at ongoing public events in the UK were (in some cases) being cautioned, detained, or arrested: The police were far more eager to arrest a woman with an ab
AllSides→ Hillary’s email half truth: Media shows true colors for not calling out falsehood
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/hillarys-email-half-truth-media-shows-true-colors-not-calling-out-falsehood
AllSides→ More than half of GOP governor nominees have questioned or denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/politics/fact-check-republican-governor-nominees-2020-election/index.html
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – King Charles III didn't declare Trump winner of the 2020 election
King Charles III signed “a proclamation stating that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and is the rightful president by law.”
Snopes→ Police Believe 3 Children Drowned by Mother at NYC Beach
Three children were found dead on the beach near Brooklyn's famed Coney Island boardwalk and police believe they may have been drowned by their mother.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Obama didn’t post a video message telling people to go to work on 9/11
Barack Obama urged people on Sept. 10, 2001, to “report to work tomorrow” at the World Trade Center.
Snopes→ A Queen and Her Corgis: Elizabeth Loved Breed from Childhood
For many people around the world, the word corgi is forever linked to Queen Elizabeth II
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, North Korea didn’t ‘land’ someone on the sun
“North Korea confirms it has landed a man on the sun.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photo doesn’t show queen wearing Obama-gifted brooch during Trump meeting
Photo shows Queen Elizabeth II meeting Donald Trump wearing a brooch given to her by Barack Obama.
Snopes→ US Counts Millionth Organ Transplant While Pushing for More
It took decades from the first success — a kidney in 1954 — to transplant 1 million organs.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Reptilian conspiracy theory continues after queen’s death
Queen Elizabeth II was a reptile.
Snopes→ Donor Beware: Pause Before You Give to any Cause
According to one report, the public's trust in nonprofits declined from 59% to 56% in 2022.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this photo doesn’t show African porters carrying queen over river
Photo shows Queen Elizabeth II being carried across a river by African porters.
Truth or Fiction?→ Michael Sheen Speech on Wales Sees New Light After Monarch’s Death
In the aftermath of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 2022, past comments by actor Michael Sheen on the effects of English dominion over his native Wales once again gained traction online. For the second time in two years, social media inf
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump ‘Knighted in Secret’
On September 10 2022, two days after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, an enormously popular social media rumor suggested that former United States President Donald Trump said that she had secretly knighted him; one very popular tweet attributed the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show North Korea Sending Troops To Ukraine
Is North Korea sending troops to Ukraine to help the Kremlin's war efforts? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, Moscow appeared to be considering the idea of North Korean workers, not soldiers, working on reconstruction in Ukrain
Snopes→ ‘The Rock’ Did Not Promote ‘Black Adam’ in Tweets About Queen
Two fake tweets went around on social media that made it look like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was promoting his upcoming film "Black Adam" alongside condolences for the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Snopes→ ‘I Cannot Mourn’: Former Colonies Conflicted over the Queen
Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world, many of them unwilling.
Snopes→ Did Trump Say the Queen ‘Knighted Me in Private’?
A spurious post on Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, set tongues wagging in the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II's death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post That He Was Knighted In Private
Did former President Donald Trump post on Truth Social that he was secretly knighted by Queen Elizabeth II? No, that is not true: There is no evidence of this post on Trump's Truth Social account. A Trump spokesperson denied this claim as