Is fact-checking on Facebook done by the Australian data company Appen? No, that's not true: Fact-checking on Facebook is done in the U.S. by 10 members of the independent International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), a worldwide forum who
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chiropractor NOT Correct In Saying COVID Vaccine Is Supposed To Lessen Symptoms, But Not Stop Spread
Is the COVID-19 vaccine only supposed to lessen symptoms, but not stop the spread of infection? No, that's not true: The claim is made without evidence nor reference to scientific research and is being spread by a chiropractor. Chiropract
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on COVID-19 Vaccines
Two COVID-19 vaccines are now authorized in the U.S. and more are likely to follow. In this story, we answer some common questions about the shots. For more information about specific vaccines, we’ve created or will be creating individual pages fo
Truth or Fiction?→ Biden ‘Stepped Up Basis’ Facebook Post
In December 2020, a number of Facebook users shared a post about U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden and “stepped up basis,” a very vague term with which few users were likely to already be familiar. The same text was circulating as early as O
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine Reaction Did NOT Cause Nurse To Faint After COVID-19 Shot – Pain/Stress Triggered Vagal Nerve-Driven Fainting
Did a Tennessee nurse who fainted after getting a COVID-19 vaccination shot do so due to a reaction to contents of the vaccine? No, that's not true. A nurse, who was given the COVID-19 live on television at the hospital where she is emplo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Q-Tip Nasal Swab For COVID-19 ‘Up Someone’s Brain’ Is NOT Equivalent To ‘Drop Of Spit’ From Six Feet Away
Is the Q-tip nasal swab for COVID-19 that is stuck "up someone's brain" equivalent to "a drop of spit" that can infect someone from six feet away? No, that's not true. A single virus can hatch an infection, while a much bigger sample is n
FactCheck.org→ The Whoppers of 2020
Summary For the sixth year in a row President Donald Trump has proved he is in a class of his own when it comes to political mendacity. His claims again make up the majority of our top 10 list of the most egregious falsehoods. And in 2020, two of Trump
Full Fact→ A framework for information incidents: five levels of severity
This year Full Fact has been developing a new collaborative model for tackling information incidents, with funding support from Facebook. Information incidents happen where the information environment changes in a way that merits an exceptional a
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine candidates are generally safe and effective at preventing disease; ongoing studies investigate whether the vaccine can also reduce transmission
REVIEW The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to the general population, in particular healthcare workers, having received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S Food and Drug Administrat
Full Fact→ The problem with coronavirus transmission in hospitals
More than 65,000 people in the UK have died from coronavirus since the pandemic hit our shores in early March. But as attention has focused on infections in care homes, schools, universities and pubs and restaurants, relatively little is still
Full Fact→ A post about coronavirus vaccines gets facts about their safety, ingredients, and legality wrong
An Instagram post gets several things wrong about the coronavirus vaccine, and makes other claims misleadingly out of context. The post’s text reads: “I get £12.58 If I give you this covid vaccine “And you get aborted babies inj
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Distorts Facts on COVID-19 Death Reporting
Quick Take An Instagram post falsely claims that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting all pneumonia and influenza deaths as caused by COVID-19. That’s wrong and is based on a misreading of one type of monitoring the agency
Truth or Fiction?→ Dominion Voting Systems and the SolarWinds Vulnerability, Explained
On December 15 2020, a popular post was shared to the far-right forum TheDonald.win. Its topic was included in its title, “Dominion CEO states in MI hearing that Dominion has never used Solarwinds. Pro tip: If you’re gonna remove the Solarwin
Truth or Fiction?→ Is a ‘Firefly’ Reboot Coming To Disney+?
On December 15 2020, rumors of a purported Disney+ Firefly “reboot” that was refashioned to be “family-friendly” spread on social media, with fans of the show registering opinions about the what that might mean: We have ex
Full Fact→ Why are people not self-isolating?
“Research conducted for the Department of Health found that only 11% of people asked to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace have done so.” Annaliese Dodds MP, 17 November 2020 “It is estimated that only about 11% of people self-isol
Health Feedback→ The Krippin virus in “I Am Legend” was intended as a cancer cure, not used as a vaccine
REVIEW A meme containing a screenshot from the 2007 American sci-fi/postapocalyptic film “I Am Legend” carries the caption: “Remember, in ‘I Am Legend,’ the sickness didn’t make the zombies. The vaccination did.” The meme went viral on
FactCheck.org→ False Claim About Biden’s Win Probability
Quick Take Facebook posts have repeated a false claim about a “one in a quadrillion” chance that President-elect Joe Biden received more votes than President Donald Trump in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Experts told us the claim m
Health Feedback→ The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech is comprised of ingredients standard in many vaccines, including mRNA, lipids, sucrose, and salts
REVIEW With the initial rollout of the first vaccine against COVID-19 in the U.S., claims regarding the composition of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine began circulating on social media. Vaccine composition has been a subject of anti-vaccine misinformat
Snopes→ Will Trump’s Presidency End on the Day of a Comet, Meteor Shower, and Total Eclipse?
It is unlikely that U.S. viewers will be able to capture a glimpse of all three sky events.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Say ‘My Son Has Not Made Money In China’ In The First Presidential Debate
Did Joe Biden say "My son has not made money in China" in the first presidential debate? No, that's not true: During the September 29, 2020 debate, Biden addressed the controversy over his son landing overseas work at the time that Biden
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Student Project Meme Misleadingly Claims Newsday, Washington Post and New York Times Have Highest Fake News Risk
Do the websites of Newsday, the Washington Post and the New York Times have the highest "fake news risk"? No, that's quite misleading: the claim was made in an image put out by a Facebook page that appears to be a student project about fa
FactCheck.org→ Nine Election Fraud Claims, None Credible
A list of bogus election fraud claims, cobbled together from dubious websites and failed lawsuits aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, has spread widely online. It appeared in a recent story posted in a p
Health Feedback→ Cases of Bell’s palsy and death observed during Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine clinical trials were within expected background range of general population
REVIEW Following the publication of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of the COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech, social media posts and articles went viral on Facebook, claiming that the vaccine was responsible for causing adve
Truth or Fiction?→ Does London Christmas Tree Rental Enable People to Borrow a Sustainable Christmas Tree?
On December 10 2020, the Facebook page “Wholesome Meets The Internet” shared an undated Twitter screenshot with information about a London Christmas tree rental company, and its purportedly sustainable model of lending out live Christmas
Health Feedback→ There is no risk of infertility from COVID-19 vaccines, as SARS-CoV-2 proteins and placenta proteins are different
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic motivated unprecedented efforts to develop vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the disease. Towards the end of 2020, several vaccine candidates reached the approval phase. However, the rollout of these
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: First Brit To Receive Approved COVID Vaccine Is NOT A Crisis Actor
Did the United Kingdom's National Health Service hire a "crisis actor" to play the part of the first person to receive Pfizer's approved COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: A visual comparison of the Irish granny who got a needle in th
Snopes→ Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Faces Last Hurdle Before US Decision
The Dec. 10 meeting of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory panel is likely the last step before a U.S. decision to begin shipping millions of doses of the shot, which has shown strong protection against the coronavirus.
AllSides→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/a-guide-to-pfizer-biontechs-covid-19-vaccine/ The first COVID-19 vacc
Full Fact→ Claims about the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine ingredients lack evidence
We’ve been asked to check a number of claims about the new Covid-19 vaccine and its ingredients. Several websites have claimed the Pfizer vaccine contains “PEG” which could cause large numbers of allergic reactions, and also that the
Health Feedback→ Study on vaccinated and unvaccinated children used a dubious metric for comparing disease incidence in both groups
REVIEW The claim that unvaccinated children are healthier than vaccinated children is common in vaccine-skeptic and anti-vaccine circles. The claim was recently revived on Facebook after a study was published on 22 November 2020 in the International
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccine that’s likely to go into any American arms is Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, which was designed and developed by the German biotech company BioNTech. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine
The first COVID-19 vaccine that’s likely to go into any American arms is Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, which was designed and developed by the German biotech company BioNTech. Here, we give a rundown of basic facts about the vaccine and an overview of how
Truth or Fiction?→ Will the Northern Lights Be Visible in the Continental United States in December 2020?
On December 9 2020, “Northern Lights” trended on Twitter, due in part to scattered reports that the phenomena might be visible to some Americans: Look up! https://t.co/XGQ3Rl1mYc — Thrillist (@Thrillist) December 9, 2020 Twitter h
FactCheck.org→ Warnock’s False Ad on Taxes
A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler “supports raising taxes on Georgia’s middle class.” That’s a reference to the 2017 Republican tax law that temporarily cut individual income taxes, bu
FactCheck.org→ Warnock’s False Ad on Taxes
A TV ad from Democrat Raphael Warnock falsely says Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler “supports raising taxes on Georgia’s middle class.” That’s a reference to the 2017 Republican tax law that temporarily cut individual income taxes, bu
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Deadliest Days in American History’ Meme
In early December 2020, a meme began circulating titled “Deadliest Days in American History,” a sobering list of individual dates on which mass casualty events in the United States led to large losses of life — and four of the eight
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bogus Swing State Claim
At a rally in Georgia, President Donald Trump continued to make baseless claims about the 2020 election being “rigged,” drawing false comparisons at one point between President-elect Joe Biden’s performance in swing states and that of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Psychiatrist Is NOT Correct To Claim No Virus, No COVID Pandemic, No Safe Vaccine, Nor Need For Vaccine
Is the psychiatrist who leads off a video attack on epidemiology and vaccinology correct in saying there is no SARS-Cov-2 virus, no COVID-19 pandemic, no safe vaccine and no need for one? No, that's not true. Neither Dr. Andrew Kaufman, n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DIY Vote Analysis Does NOT Prove Arizona Votes Were ‘Eaten From Mr. Trump And Handed Over To Mr. Biden’
Did a Massachusetts engineer prove election software took Maricopa County, Arizona, votes from Donald Trump to give them to Joe Biden? No, that's not true. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on December 4, 2020, rejected Trump's chall
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Named Goya’s ‘Employee of the Month’?
On December 7 2020, right-wing “personality” Candace Owens (among others) asserted that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) was selected as “employee of the month” at Goya because her calls to boycott the brand purport