A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter and Facebook that claim it shows a protester berating US senator Mitch McConnell at a restaurant after he recognised Biden as president-elect in December 2020. The claim
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AFP Fact Check→ These photos show snakes at a farm in Vietnam, not in Myanmar
Three photos have been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that they show snakes at a farm in a Myanmar village. The posts, which urge Facebook users to share the photos, go on to claim that the couple who discovere
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Mansion Is NOT Joel Osteen’s
Is this Joel Osteen's house? No, that's not true: The sprawling mansion, shown in a Facebook post, is not Joel and Victoria Osteen's River Oaks, Texas, home. It is the Hidden Hills, California, home of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, accor
FactCheck.org→ Perdue’s Shaky Claim of a Nonexistent ‘Investigation’
A TV ad from Republican Sen. David Perdue’s campaign claims a supposed “China scandal” involving his challenger, Democrat Jon Ossoff, “keeps getting worse.” But it’s the distortions of the facts that are getting wors
Full Fact→ 2020, the year QAnon aligned with the UK’s fears
In late Summer of 2020, amidst an ease of lockdown, protesters marched through central London apparently in aid of abused children. The congregation travelled through the city, eventually settling at Buckingham Palace, where, in a now-viral moment, gr
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Stimulus Pork’
A long-rumored “second stimulus” check of $600 was announced on December 21 2020 and widely deemed to be paltry to the point of insulting; not long after that, a screengrab of a chart labeled “Stimulus Pork” began spreading on
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Border Wall: Where Does It Stand?
In the final weeks of his presidency, President Donald Trump has returned to the signature issue that brought him to the White House — his pledge to build “a beautiful, gorgeous, big wall” on the southern border. On two separate occas
Logically→ Almost 28 sets of Lego toys are sold every second during the Christmas season.
Though few reports suggest that 28 sets of Lego are sold every second during Christmas, the firm has never officially confirmed it.
Truth or Fiction?→ Far Right News Organizations Issue Statements, Admit ‘No Evidence’ Exists to Support Wall-to-Wall Coverage of Election Fraud
Far right propaganda purveyors like Newsmax, One America News Network, and certain Fox personalities became hot topics after the November 3 2020 election, when they captured a significant number of former Fox News viewers thanks to their regular ̶
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: An Asteroid Is NOT About To Hit Near Puerto Rico, And The Arecibo Telescope Collapse Was NOT Nefarious
Is an asteroid "on its way to strike" near Puerto Rico and was the Arecibo Telescope purposefully destroyed in attempt to hide the purportedly impending asteroid strike? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that an asteroid will stri
Health Feedback→ Nurse who fainted after getting Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has a history of fainting episodes; does not mean the vaccine is unsafe
REVIEW A video clip of a nurse who fainted after she received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine went viral on Facebook in mid-December 2020 and received millions of views. Some social media posts used the incident to imply or claim that the vacci
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Giulia Tofana Was an Italian Professional Poisoner … Famous for Selling Poison to Women Who Wanted to Murder Their Abusive Husbands’
A popular December 16 2020 post by the Facebook page “Beauty is Inside” discussed Giulia Tofana, a purported “Italian professional poisoner,” who became historically significant for selling a poison called “Aqua Tofana
Full Fact→ PPE: What actually happened during the first wave?
On 16 April, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced at the daily coronavirus briefing the five tests that needed to be met before the government would consider easing the first national lockdown. To consider adjusting the current measures, the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fact-Checking on Facebook Is NOT Done by Appen. How Fact-Checking Actually Works Is NOT How ‘Whistleblower’ Describes It
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
AFP Fact Check→ Old video of whistleblower accusing Philippine vice president of poll fraud recirculates in misleading social media posts in 2020
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple YouTube and Facebook posts that claim it shows a December 2020 news report about a whistleblower accusing Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo of poll fraud. The claim is misleading;
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated online since March 2020 — months before the Diwali festival in November
A video showing crowds of people igniting firecrackers has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows Diwali celebrations in the west Indian state of Rajasthan, despite a ban on the sale of firecrackers to t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Mother With COVID-19 Holding Child With Cancer
Does a photo of a mother in protective gear holding a baby show a mom hospitalized with COVID-19 holding a child with cancer? No, that's not true: The image was taken in 1985, 35 years before the COVID-19 pandemic. A photo agency website
Health Feedback→ The U.S. National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act does not stop people from suing vaccine manufacturers
REVIEW A video recording of a 14 December 2020 event showed Rizza Islam and members of the group America’s Frontline Doctors purportedly confirming the “dangers of the COVID-19 vaccine.” Both parties have propagated health misinformation in th
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
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
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘BREAKING: State of Georgia Issues Huge Announcement, Will Conduct Statewide Signature Audit’
On December 17 2020, right-wing disinformation site TrendingPolitics.com published an item titled “BREAKING: State of Georgia Issues Huge Announcement, Will Conduct Statewide Signature Audit,” which began: In a shocking announcement, the G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lead GBI Agent Investigating Georgia Voter Fraud And GOP Staffer Death Was NOT Found Dead
Did the lead Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent investigating both voter fraud in Georgia and the death of a young GOP campaign volunteer die in a suspicious shooting"? No, that's not true: The agent who was found dead of a self-inflic
Truth or Fiction?→ Is EO 13848 Trump’s ‘Ace in the Hole’ for Election Challenges?
As political disinformation about the 2020 election continued into December 2020, its purveyors turned to Executive Order 13848 — more precisely, claims that EO 13848 existed to ensure that U.S. President Donald Trump would remain in power for a
FactCheck.org→ Cherry-Picked Pay-Raise Attacks on Perdue
A Democratic super PAC cherry-picks from huge appropriations bills that Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue opposed in order to accuse him of trying to increase his own pay while rejecting pay increases for the military. In a TV ad from American Bridg
Full Fact→ Survey doesn’t show voters ditching Conservatives over bike lanes
“We will ditch Boris Johnson over bike lanes, say 27 percent of Tory voters.” The Mail on Sunday, 13 December 2020. The Mail on Sunday has reported the results of a survey which claimed that 27% of people who voted Conservative at the last
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→ Putting outsourced contact tracing spend in context
“Test and Trace is costing £22 billion – more than the policing and fire service combined – and yet according to the NAO, up to September only £785 million was allocated to local council public health teams. Jonathan Ashw
AFP Fact Check→ Old photo from 2018 circulated online alongside misleading claim about ongoing Indian farmers’ protests
A photo has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows thousands of Indian farmers protesting in the Indian capital of Delhi against the new agriculture laws. The photo has been shared in a mi
Full Fact→ Full Fact publishes new report on Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking programme
Today we publish our second report on our experience of the Third-Party Fact-Checking programme run by Facebook. We attempt in these reports to create further transparency around the Third-Party Fact-Checking programme, so that people can reach i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence A Nurse Was Found Dead Eight Hours After Receiving The COVID-19 Vaccine
Was a nurse found dead only eight hours after she received the COVID-19 vaccine? This is an unsubstantiated rumor. There are no verified reports of a nurse who received the vaccine dying just hours later. This situation has been complicat
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
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows a market during India’s Covid-19 lockdown, before the farmers’ protests began
A photo has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts in December 2020 alongside a claim it shows damage that Indian farmers inflicted on food stalls while protesting over new agriculture laws. The claim is false; the phot
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cyber Analyst Did NOT Prove Dominion Software Used In Antrim County, Michigan Was Designed For Fraud
Did a computer analyst prove voting software used in Antrim County, Michigan was designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud? No, that's not true: The expert making the claims has not been put under oath nor cross-examined, pro
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
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Tweets About ‘Fake Water Main Break’ on Election Night in Georgia
As electors of the gathered on December 14 2020 in order to finalize the incoming Joe Biden administration, sitting U.S. President Donald Trump continued advancing baseless claims that his decisive loss in the 2020 election was fraudulent, claiming
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pennsylvania, Georgia And Nevada Electors Did NOT Vote For President Trump
Did presidential electors in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada cast their electoral college votes for President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Joe Biden got all of the electoral college votes in those three states, a result of the Bide
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
Health Feedback→ The flu is caused by the influenza virus; stress and lack of vitamin D can make infection more likely, but don’t cause the flu
REVIEW A viral meme published on Facebook in mid-December 2020 claims that “The flu is not a season! It is an inability to adapt due to decreased sun exposure and water intake, combined with increased sugar intake and stress.” This claim predate