Do posts on social media show that Israel is registered as a company in the United Kingdom? No, that's not true: Companies House, an executive agency of the British government that maintains the register of companies, told Lead Stories th
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FactCheck.org→ IRS Funding Cut Doesn’t Offset Israel Aid in GOP Bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson cited concern about “fiscal stability” in saying that a Republican bill to provide aid for Israel would have “pay-fors in it.” But the legislation would increase the deficit, not pay for itself. Ho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rubbing Castor Oil On Eyelids Does NOT Remove Eye Floaters In Days
Is castor oil a safe and effective method to cure eye floaters in just a few days? No, that's not true: There is no FDA-approved castor oil treatment for eye floaters, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology. They recommend tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Yemen Did NOT Declare War On Israel In October 2023 — It Was The Houthi Movement, Not Internationally Recognized As Yemen’s Government
Did Yemen officially declare war on Israel in October 2023? No, that's not true: No credible sources have reported that as of November 1, 2023. Posts on social media making the claim misrepresented the role of the Houthi movement, which t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jada Pinkett Smith Promoting ‘Health Spending Card’ — Fake Audio Is Combined With Video Clips of Pinkett Smith
Does a video on Facebook show actress Jada Pinkett Smith endorsing a "health spending card" promotion? No, that's not true: The audio in this post is fake, as she was talking about her health in at least one of the video clips used in thi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Map Shared On Social Media By Elon Musk Does NOT Accurately Show US Military Presence In Middle East
Does a map published on social media claiming to show U.S. military bases around Iran accurately portray America's military presence there? No, that's not true: The map overestimates the number of U.S. bases in the region. U.S. Central Co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Record Confirms Trump’s IQ Was Tested At 73 While In Military School
Did recently discovered New York Military Academy papers confirm in 2023 that former President Donald Trump's IQ was measured at 73 at the time? No, that's not true: The claim is a recycled rumor that has been circulating on the internet
Full Fact→ Images of a ‘Palestinian girl’ being rescued were taken in Syria in 2016
Social media posts have queried a series of images showing a girl being saved by rescuers.
Full Fact→ No evidence government minister said Scotland isn’t a country
As far as we can tell, Conservative MP Andrew Bowie did not make comments denying Scottish nationhood, as social media posts suggested.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Gaza ‘Corpse … Texting On His Phone’ — Image Predates 2023 Conflict
Was a "corpse" in Gaza captured on camera "texting on his phone" in October 2023, amid the Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: This photo has appeared on social media since at least November 2022 -- 11 months prior to the conflict
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Flag Over Iran’s Razavi Shrine Was NOT Call For War To All Muslims In October 2023 — Claim Misrepresented Its Meaning
Was a black flag that appeared over Razavi Shrine in Iran in October 2023 meant to express a "call to all of Islam for War"? No, that's not true: In this particular case, it was a symbol of mourning, as the Facebook account for the shrine
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Have Not Been Shown to Alter DNA, Cause Cancer
SciCheck Digest Small amounts of DNA from the manufacturing process may remain in the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Purification and quality control steps ensure any leftover DNA is present within regulatory limits. There isn’t reason to thin
Health Feedback→ Marty Makary relies on misleading and unsubstantiated claims to accuse U.S. government of spreading misinformation
REVIEW In October 2023, a video in which surgeon Marty Makary accused the U.S. government of being the “Greatest perpetrator of misinformation during the pandemic” circulated on Facebook. This video showed an excerpt of a Roundtable “Examining
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Lia Thomas And NCAA Forced To Pay Riley Gaines Millions Of Dollars In Lawsuit’ — Claim Is From A Satire Site
Were swimmer Lia Thomas and the NCAA forced to pay swimmer Riley Gaines millions of dollars in a lawsuit? No, that's not true: This claim appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. That website
FactCheck.org→ Viral Post Uses Altered Audio of Interview with Greta Thunberg
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Greta Thunberg recalled in a 2022 BBC interview how she began her environmental activism. But a recent video shared on social media deceptively alters the audio from that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arrest Of Lewiston, Maine, Shooting Suspect Robert Card On October 25, 2023 — Suspect Still Being Sought A Day After Claim Was Posted
Does a video that began circulating on October 25, 2023, show the arrest of Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting suspect Robert Card? No, that's not true: Card was still at large at the time of writing on October 26, 2023. A manhunt was ongoing
Full Fact→ Photo of pensioner used in ‘missing man’ hoax
Hundreds of people have shared these hoax posts in Facebook groups for communities across the UK.
Health Feedback→ Contrary to viral claim, regulatory agencies knew of residual DNA in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines; no evidence this poses health concern
REVIEW A preprint posted on 20 October 2023 to the OSF preprint server claimed that DNA fragments were present in certain lots of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. It also claimed the amount of residual DNA correlated with the number of seri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Recent Convoy of Armored UN Vehicles In Hagerstown, MD Preparing US Takeover — Alastair Williamson Report Is Old
Does a video on social media prove that the United Nations "is setting up shop" in the United States in 2023 to plot for a "take over" scheduled to take place "when WW3 is declared"? No, that's not true: This years-old claim was refuted b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Does NOT Show That Vaccination Causes Greater Prevalence Of Childhood Illnesses
Does an article published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and featured in a video on social media prove that vaccination causes a greater prevalence of childhood illnesses? No, that's not true: Jou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: London Mayor Did NOT ‘Sign Up All Nine Million Londoners For The Planetary Health Diet’ And ‘Vegetarian Plan’ In October 2023 — Claim Distorts His Statements
Did London Mayor Sadiq Khan impose restrictions on meat consumption on all city residents as of October 20, 2023? No, that's not true: While the mayor publicly promotes increased vegetable consumption, he neither introduced rationing of m
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Poverty Rate Comparison
The official U.S. poverty rate in 2022 “remained stable compared to 2021,” but an alternative method of measuring poverty “increased significantly, reflecting changes in economic well-being following the end of many pandemic-era prog
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Turkish President Erdogan Did NOT Threaten ‘To Intervene In The Israeli War On Gaza’
Did Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan say his country may get involved in the Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: His words as cited in a social media post were both misconstrued and altered. Erdogan did not talk about milita
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Failed Hamas Rocket Launch’ Striking Hospital In Gaza On October 17, 2023 — It’s From 2022 Video
Does a video shared on social media show a "failed Hamas rocket launch" striking a hospital in Gaza on October 17, 2023? No, that's not true: The clip was widely shared more than a year earlier in August 2022. At the time, it was reported
FactCheck.org→ Video: FactChecking Social Media Misinformation
Hearst Television, which has been one of our media partners since 2019, recently featured our work in a “Get the Facts” segment on how to detect social media misinformation. The segment includes two of our recent articles about the Israel-Hamas
Health Feedback→ Studies continue to show that COVID-19 vaccines don’t harm fertility
REVIEW Claims blaming COVID-19 vaccines for innumerable alleged harmful effects have been a constant throughout the pandemic. One persistent claim that spread even before a COVID-19 vaccine was available is that the vaccines cause infertility. This
FactCheck.org→ What We Know About Three Widespread Israel-Hamas War Claims
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Since fighting broke out between Israel and Hamas militants on Oct. 7, misinformation about the war has circulated online. But a widely viewed and shared video supp
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Hamas Paraglider’ Crashing Into Power Line — Footage Predates Most Recent Israel-Hamas Conflict
Did a viral video capture a "Hamas paraglider" falling on electric transmission lines during the Hamas attack on Israel that started on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The footage began circulating on social media months before that
FactCheck.org→ Online Video Misrepresents Ukraine’s Conscription of Women in War with Russia
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Ukraine began requiring women with medical and pharmaceutical backgrounds to register for the military on Oct. 1 and remain in the country in the event they are called i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Mass Graves Of Thousands Of Children Killed By Fauci In Illegal Experiments’ NOT Found In NYC — Or Anywhere Else
Were the "mass graves of thousands of children killed ... in illegal experiments" by Dr. Anthony Fauci found in New York City? No, that's not true: The police department for the county where the mass graves supposedly rest says there are
Health Feedback→ Analysis claiming to find COVID-19 vaccines killed 17 million people is highly flawed, doesn’t account for COVID-19 mortality surges
REVIEW A claim that COVID-19 vaccines have killed 17 million people appeared in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Israelis Rehearsing ‘Fake Child Death Video’ To Frame Hamas In 2023 — It’s A Staged Scene From A Film
Does a viral video capture the staging of a "fake child death" aimed at blaming Hamas for attacking civilians during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, or during later atrocities? No, that's not true: The footage predates this
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hamas Did NOT Claim Ukraine Sold Them Weapons Used To Attack Israel In October 2023
Did Hamas claim that Ukraine sold them the weapons, purportedly paid for by the United States, that they used to attack Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: Hamas has made no such public claim. Additionally, there is no credibl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Smiling Woman Taking Selfies Does NOT Show A Kidnapped Israeli Woman — She’s An Arabic-Speaking Influencer
Does a video of a woman taking selfies while she is surrounded by men who are swiftly moving her down the street show an Israeli woman who has been kidnapped? No, that's not true: This woman is an Arabic-speaking social media health and b
FactCheck.org→ Trump Cherry-Picks Law Journal Commentary on his Civil Trial
Former President Donald Trump cited an article in the New York Law Journal as evidence that a civil business fraud case against him is a “hoax.” The author of the article argued that dissolution of Trump businesses is not a remedy included
Health Feedback→ No evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can be sexually transmitted or change people’s blood
REVIEW A video from naturopath Aaron Lewis circulated on social media in September 2023 claiming that COVID-19 vaccines could be sexually transmitted from a vaccinated person to an unvaccinated one. To support his claim, Lewis showed what was allege
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Rapper Boosie Was Celebrating Pride Day in Baton Rouge
Do images in a social media post show rapper Boosie celebrating Pride Day in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana? No, that's not true: These pictures have been created using artificial intelligence. An AI content detector assessed that there
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Venus Williams Did NOT ‘Refuse To Play Against A Trans Woman’ — Claim Is From A Satire Network
Did star tennis player Venus Williams receive a standing ovation for "refusing to play a trans woman"? No, that's not true: The claim came from an article on a website that's part of a satirical network. The publishing network's Facebook
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Trans Species Rights’ Protest In Germany — People Barking Like Dogs Were At A Fetish Events Rally
Does a video show hundreds of people "who identify as dogs" at a "trans species rights" protest in Germany? No, that's not true: The group of people dressed as dogs and barking in the video attended a festival in Europe that celebrated "a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Report 99% Of COVID Deaths Weren’t Caused By COVID — Claim Abuses A Headline Gaffe
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 99 percent of "Covid deaths" were not primarily caused by the virus? No, that's not true: The claim was propagated by an incorrect headline written by the Daily Mail, wh