REVIEW A 2020 clinical trial on more than 43,000 participants showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine had a 95% efficacy at preventing symptomatic forms of the disease[1]. The positive result led to the vaccine authorization both in th
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Truth or Fiction?→ Reddit’s r/Place Turned Into a Protest
On July 21 2023, Reddit accounts asked others to explain what “the deal” was with subreddit r/place in a post to the self-explanatory subreddit r/OutOfTheLoop: What’s the deal with r/place? by u/Indigo_132 in OutOfThe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Newspaper Handelsblatt Did NOT Call To ‘Reconsider Attitudes’ Toward Ukraine’s Zelenskyy After 2023 NATO Summit
Did the German newspaper Handelsblatt publish a cartoon of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its front page in the aftermath of the 2023 NATO summit, calling to "reconsider attitudes" toward support of Zelenskyy and Ukraine? No,
Climate Feedback→ Authorities undertaking climate action targeted by viral “Climate lockdowns” narrative on social media
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, long before vaccines became available, many countries acted to curb the spread of the virus by imposing restrictions on people’s movement called lockdowns. Lockdowns have saved lives by reducing the physica
Truth or Fiction?→ Moms for Liberty’s ‘Americans and Jews’ Tweet
On July 12 2023, a screenshot of a tweet addressing “Americans and Jews” was attributed to the far-right activist group Moms for Liberty. It was quickly shared to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter and r/MarchAgainstNazis: “Am
Truth or Fiction?→ Meta Layoffs Grease the Skids for Election Disinformation
The tech company Meta has quietly laid off workers specializing in identifying disinformation on its lead platform Facebook, CNN reported on July 11 2023. According to the news network: Several members of the team that countered mis- and disinformation
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show European Parliament Headquarters Explosion — Blast Happened Elsewhere
Does this video show an explosion at the European Parliament headquarters in Strasbourg, France? No, that's not true: A press officer for the European Parliament told Lead Stories that the claim video portrayed "inaccurate information" an
Truth or Fiction?→ FDR and the Business Plot of 1933
On July 6 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/todayilearned subreddit shared a post about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and “The Business Plot” of 1933: TIL of The Business Plot of 1933, a failed attempt t
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Aerial footage of a massive structure engulfed in flames shows a fire at a post office in the Philippines in May, not a French library set alight amid protests over the po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Community Note Falsely Claims Video In Benny Johnson Tweet Shows Paris Gas Explosion Aftermath
Does this video actually show damage to a Paris building from a gas explosion last month, as a Twitter Community Note suggests? No, that's not true: This video shows the collapse of a pharmacy building in the town of Montargis, France. Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Protesters In France — It’s A Concert Crowd In Mexico
Does this video show a crowd gathered in Nanterre, France, to protest the June 27, 2023, killing of Nahel Merzouk by police? No, that's not true: This video of a crowd at El Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, was filmed and posted on
Full Fact→ Picture of Emmanuel Macron in front of fire is AI-generated
Full Fact has found numerous examples of AI images of the French president being shared widely online.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2023 Protest In Paris — It’s A 2019 Algerian Pro-Democracy Protest
Does a video show that Algerians have taken over France in the summer of 2023? No, that's not true: The video was filmed in Paris in 2019 at a time when there were protests in Algeria. Peaceful protests were attended in cities around the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Building Fire Did NOT Happen In France During 2023 Riots — It Was In The UAE
Does a video show a building on fire in France amid the 2023 protests following the police shooting death of a teenager of North African descent? No, that's not true: The video shows a fire in a residential building in Ajman, United Arab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arson Attack At National Library Of France — Blaze Was At Historic Post Office In Philippines
Did an "arson attack on the Bibliothèque nationale de France" (National Library of France) on July 3, 2023, destroy "thousands of books and manuscripts"? No, that's not true: The video in a social media post shows a fire at the historic
The Dispatch→ Emmanuel Macron’s Ukraine Charm Offensive
The French president’s change of heart on NATO membership seems cynical.
FactCheck.org→ No ‘Bombshell’ On COVID-19 Origins, U.S. Intelligence Rebuts Claims About ‘Sick’ Lab Workers
SciCheck Digest It remains unknown how the virus that causes COVID-19 originated, but many scientists think a natural spillover is most likely. Online posts have cited unnamed sources to claim that scientists in Wuhan, China, were the first to get
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Memento Homo’ and Untrustworthy Google Results
On June 26 2023, Google took another turn toward actively disinforming readers when the search engine propagated a joke tweet by Twitter account @WeirdMedieval as a legitimate translation: crying bc google is propagating my fake news pic.twitter.c
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Virtual Rainbow on Arc de Triomphe for Pride Month
Quick Take A video artist posted an animation of a large rainbow coiling around and through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on June 1 in celebration of Pride Month and support for the LGBTQ+ community. But posts on social media falsely suggested
Health Feedback→ Financial analyst David Martin misrepresents studies and patent applications to promote the baseless claim that SARS-CoV-2 was developed as a bioweapon
REVIEW In May 2023, a video featuring financial analyst David Martin went viral on social media platforms, gathering millions of views on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok (examples here, here, here, and here). In it, Martin claimed that SARS
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Rainbow Around France’s Arc De Triomphe For Pride Month — It’s An Artist’s Video
Is the French monument known as the Arc de Triomphe decorated with a giant rainbow for Pride Month? No, that's not true: This is work done by an artist who works in the medium of videos. Video artist Ian Padgham used three-dimensional ani
Truth or Fiction?→ State Farm No Longer Insuring California Homes, Insurance Industry in Climate Crisis
On May 30 2023, The Recount tweeted about a purported decision by insurer State Farm, which would evidently no longer be accepting new applications from California homeowners: State Farm is no longer accepting new applications for homeowner insurance
The Dispatch→ Leaders Focused on Russia, China at G7 Summit
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arriving for the family photo at the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Pasteurized Milk Causes ADHD
Is it a proven fact that the consumption of pasteurized milk leads to ADHD? No, that's not true: While the exact causes of this disorder remain unknown, the existing body of evidence links the occurrence of ADHD to genetic factors, not di
Full Fact→ Picture of ‘anti-Macron protest’ is actually from 2018 World Cup
Claims the picture shows a protest against the “WEF globalist” French President are wrong.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Issue 337 Of The New European Does NOT Feature Cartoon Of Dalai Lama And Zelenskyy — It’s Fake
Did a special April 2023 (issue 337) of The New European (TNE) feature on its cover a cartoon of a scowling Rishi Sunak, U.K. prime minister, looking at Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy sitting on the lap of the Dalai Lama, who has
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Announce Massive Unidentified Flying Object Between Earth And Sun
Did NASA announce the discovery of a massive unidentified flying object (UFO) spotted between the Earth and the sun and did this result in the closure of six solar observatories to hide something from the public? No, that's not true: This
The Dispatch→ Against Euro-Vassalization
French President Emmanuel Macron (center) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (Photo by Antoine Gyori/Corbis/Getty Images)Thwarting the Chinese threat requires a wealthy and powerful European Union that can partner with the U.S.Continue reading Against
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Running From Real Zombies In US
Does a viral video portray Americans trying to escape real zombies? No, that's not true: There is no such thing as a zombie, outside fiction and cinema. The clip was recorded in Paris, France. The video captured a mass panic of shoppers f
Truth or Fiction?→ New Study is Last Call for Disinformation about ‘Healthy’ Moderate Drinking
A new study by Canadian researchers not only sheds corrective light on previous studies on the effects of alcohol — it also pierces through decades of folklore and corporate messaging on the subject. “It’s often been thought that wine
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Say He Won’t Take A Call From Chinese Leader Xi Jinping
Did Volodymyr Zelenskyy announce that he would "no longer take a call from Xi Jinping?" No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the Ukrainian president made the comment about Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Lead Stories previously debun
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mercedes That Crashed In Paris Tunnel Was NOT Same Car Diana Was In Earlier That Evening — Thus Different License Plates
Is there a mystery regarding the license plate of the Mercedes that was purportedly carrying Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed on the night they were both killed in a car crash? No, that's not true: The couple rode together in two differen
Health Feedback→ Alleged Morgellons test with cranberry juice doesn’t show nanoparticles, but precipitates from tannin-protein interactions
REVIEW A Facebook reel originating from TikTok, claiming that swishing cranberry juice in your mouth removes “all these nanoparticles from the chemtrails and from the pollution in the air”, went viral in March 2023, accruing more than 14,000 lik
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This Photo From the France Pension Strike Last Week Goes So Hard’
On March 14 2023, the account @UnionDrip shared a photograph to Twitter, adding that the image, which was described as being “from the France pension strike” in March 2023 “goes so hard”: This photo from the France pension str
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Zelensky’s Double’ With Ukrainian Leader And President Joe Biden
Did Polish media "accidentally" catch on camera Volodymyr Zelenskyy's lookalike as he followed the Ukrainian leader during President Joe Biden's February 20, 2023, visit to Kyiv? No, that's not true: The person seen following the Ukrainia
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Definition Of Word ‘Horizontal’ Does NOT Prove Earth Is Flat
Did the word "horizon" come from the word "horizontal," and is this evidence that the Earth must be flat? No, that's not true: The word "horizon" came first, and the adjective "horizontal" followed. The adjective describes something "rela
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misinterpret Zelensky Quote on ‘Preventive Actions’ Against Russia
Quick Take Responding to a question on what NATO could do to deter Russia’s nuclear threat, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said NATO and its allies should use “preventive actions” against Russia. But the Kremlin and social media p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Promise Zelenskyy A ‘Stake In The United States’
During his February 20, 2023, trip to Ukraine, did President Joe Biden promise Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "stake in the United States" as a reward for "staying the course"? No, that's not true: This claim was published by a
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Claim CDC Official Admitted COVID-19 Vaccines Cause ‘Debilitating Illnesses’
SciCheck Digest Health problems that are reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System after vaccination are not necessarily caused by a vaccine. Yet social media posts distorted a comment from a Centers for Disease Control and P
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Spacecraft And Structures In Antarctica Are Not Real — Digitally Edited And Misrepresented Pictures
Does a collection of photos shared on social media show "another world" and remnants of a lost civilization or buried spacecraft under the ice of Antarctica? No, that's not true: These photos come from several sources. Some are presented