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Will Posting This Notice Stop Facebook from Making Your Posts Public?
4 June 2012 - "WARNING: Everything you’ve ever posted becomes public from tomorrow!"
Trending Fact Checks
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Did Muslim Terrorists Bomb a Church in the Philippines “Yesterday,” Killing 30 Christians?
18 March 2019 - Some social media users started recirculating stories about terrorist attacks perpetrated by Muslim extremists in response to a deadly mass shooting in New Zealand by a suspected white supremacist.
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Will Dangerous Cosmic Rays Pass Close to Earth ‘Tonight’?
24 May 2017 - This claim has been around for years and makes no scientific sense whatsoever.
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Is U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez an Actress Playing a Congresswoman?
15 March 2019 - The claims made by "Mr. Reagan" in the "Brains Behind AOC" viral video illustrate a lack of knowledge about political action committees.
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Is This a ‘Discomforting’ Photograph of Joe Biden with a Boy?
15 March 2019 - "This is a man who thinks he is running for president in 2020?"
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Was a Wyoming Man Found with 30 Eyeballs in His Anal Cavity?
24 July 2015 - "We should be allowed to take scrap meat and other parts home."
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Did a Muslim Student Set Fire to a Christian School to ‘Protest’ Trump?
15 March 2019 - A years-old incident, an unrelated photograph, and some misleading reporting were mixed together and spread on social media after dozens of Muslims were killed in a mass shooting in New Zealand.
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Is This a Real Photograph of Donald Trump’s Older Sons?
16 July 2017 - A cartoonish photograph purportedly showing presidential sons Eric and Donald Trump, Jr. was digitally manipulated.
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Does This Video Show an Extreme Theme Park Thrill Ride?
15 March 2019 - "I dunno how to explain this but watching these rides gives me a real deep primal fear and makes me feel uncomfortable."
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Did the Department of Defense Spend $4.6 Million on Lobster and Crab in September 2018?
15 March 2019 - "The lobster thing is pennies compared to the literally billions of dollars they were spending in a mad rush at the end of the year."
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Will U.S. Citizens Need a New Visa to Visit Europe Starting in 2021?
15 March 2019 - What exactly is the European Union planning? And what, if anything, did they announce in March 2019?
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Jane Fonda at Sir Scott’s Oasis Steakhouse
23 April 2004 - Viral story claimed Jane Fonda and Ted Turner were refused service in a restaurant run by a Vietnam War veteran.
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Is This a Video of President Trump Without His Toupee?
12 March 2019 - Evidence that Trump wears a toupee is as thin as a balding person's hair.
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Beto O’Rourke’s ‘Reality Check’
4 September 2018 - A widely-shared Facebook meme offered allegations about a rising Democratic politician in Texas.
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Did Rush Limbaugh Avoid the Draft Due to an Anal Cyst?
16 December 2002 - "Anyone who has listened to Limbaugh's program can imagine the dripping scorn he would bring to the revelation that a prominent Democrat had skipped a war over something like that."
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Does This Photograph Show the Cooking Instructions on a Bacon Package?
10 August 2018 - The instructions on the back label of a bacon package advised consumers to "complain to elected officials" if they "don't know how to cook bacon."
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Were ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ Characters Created to Represent Different Mental Disorders?
21 August 2018 - A popular theory holds that the characters in 'Winnie-the-Pooh' stories each represents a different mental disorder.
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Did Donald Trump Encourage Violence at His Rallies?
A viral cartoon accurately presented several quotations by the then-presidential candidate, delivered on the campaign trail in 2015 and 2016.
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Does This Photograph Show Nigerian Christians Burned Alive by Muslims?
20 April 2016 - DISTURBING IMAGE WARNING
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Does R&B Singer Avant Have Six Months to Live?
18 March 2019 - Official statements from celebrities tend to be posted on the official websites and social media pages of said celebrities.
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Is Performing Pelvic Exams on Unconscious Women Without Informed Consent Legal?
24 September 2018 - Despite widespread condemnation of the practice, performing pelvic exams on unconscious women for medical training, without explicit consent, is legal in 45 states.
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Do Tony and John Podesta Match Madeleine McCann Police Sketches?
12 December 2016 - In a classic conspiracy theory trope, rumormongers "spotted" the Podesta brothers in police sketches linked to the Madeleine McCann disappearance.
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Does This Photograph Show a Girl Forced Into Child Marriage by Muslims?
18 March 2019 - “To all you misguided, uninformed liberal ‘women’ demonstrating in favor of embracing Islam ..."
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Did Harry Truman Denounce the Use of ‘Socialism’ as a ‘Scare Word’?
15 March 2019 - "Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people."
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Is West Virginia Building a ‘Sharia Zone’ Housing Project for Syrian Refugees?
14 March 2019 - A video shot at a public housing project makes numerous, factually challenged claims about Syrian migration to West Virginia.
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Are the Obamas Tied to the Celebrity College-Admissions Scandal?
18 March 2019 - Gordon Ernst was one of the coaches alleged to have accepted bribes from parents to provide entry into elite universities under the guise of recruiting. He also coached Michelle Obama.
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Was a Woman Sentenced to Five Years for Sending Her Son to a Better School?
24 August 2016 - Images contrasting the sentencings of white swimmers with that of homeless mother Tanya McDowell lacked context necessary to accurately compare the scenarios.
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Did Stephen Miller Throw a White Power Sign?
22 February 2017 - A photograph showing Stephen Miller with his hands in an odd configuration is real, but is not proof that the White House advisor was using a "white power" hand symbol.
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Did the Australian Prime Minister Tell Muslims to Leave?
25 October 2001 - A purported speech by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard encouraging Muslims to leave Australia is misattributed.
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Is This a Real Photograph of Michael Jackson?
17 November 2002 - "In his zeal to have this sharply defined nose, he's had so many things done, the tissue is no longer able to withstand it. "
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Do Farmers Feed Cows Skittles?
25 January 2017 - Cattle diets typically consist of corn, hay, and other plant-based foods, but farmers occasionally do pad their feed with candy.
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Are Pigs Unhealthy to Eat Because They Don’t Sweat?
21 October 2018 - The notion that a pig’s lack of functional sweat glands has anything to do with its risk of transmitting disease is without scientific basis.
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Does This Video Show School Lemonade Spiked with Laxatives?
19 September 2018 - A video appears to capture the disturbing and messy aftermath of a school prank.
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Did a White House Intern Make the ‘White Power’ Hand Gesture?
4 January 2018 - An intern could be seen making the "OK" gesture in an official photograph with the President, but he denied he was making a white supremacist gesture.
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Is This Beto O’Rourke with the Words ‘Feminist’ and ‘Vegan’ Painted on His Body?
22 February 2019 - Photographs from a Pride parades have not uncommonly been re-purposed for political reasons.
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Does This Video Capture the Ethiopian Airlines Crash?
11 March 2019 - Tragedies are bad enough without misrepresenting them via repurposed videos.
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Did ‘El Chapo’ Testify That He Gave Millions to Pelosi, Schiff, and Clinton?
12 February 2019 - You can claim anything if you remove evidence from the equation.
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Why Does Frau Blücher’s Name Scare Horses in ‘Young Frankenstein’?
17 March 2001 - The horses in the film 'Young Frankenstein' don't react violently to Frau Blücher's name because it means 'glue' in German.
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Does U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Oppose Daylight Saving Time Because It Speeds Up Climate Change?
13 March 2019 - Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has proposed a number of ideas to combat global warming.
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Did U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Marry Her Brother?
15 February 2019 - Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of recurrent controversies, including ones regarding her marriages and family immigration history.
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How Much of a Threat Is the Purported ‘Momo Challenge’ Suicide Game?
26 February 2019 - Warnings have been spread worldwide about the 'game's alleged potential to harm young people who may be lured into playing it.
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Have All U.S. Presidents Since 1976 Declared National Emergencies?
16 February 2019 - The United States has in fact been under a constant state of emergency for the last 40 years.
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Did Barack Obama Say ‘The Country Owes Me a Debt of Gratitude’?
19 July 2017 - Unreliable web sites stoked partisan rancor by attributing a fake, self-aggrandizing quote to former President Barack Obama.
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Did New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Don a Hijab and Offer Aid to Families of Massacre Victims?
18 March 2019 - New Zealand was rocked by grief following a massacre at two mosques perpetrated by a suspected white supremacist.
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Did Sinbad Play a Genie in the 1990s Movie ‘Shazaam’?
28 December 2016 - Although many viewers claim to clearly recall comedian Sinbad's playing a genie in a movie called "Shazaam," those memories appear to be yet another example of the "Mandela Effect."
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Was Sarah Huckabee Sanders Voted Among the ‘Most Admired’ Women in the United States?
15 May 2018 - A pro-Trump Facebook page accurately alludes to the results of an April 2018 survey from YouGov.
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Did a Russian Asbestos Company Put Trump’s Face on Their Product?
20 July 2018 - A Russian asbestos producer shared a photograph of their product to social media with a seal of Donald Trump’s face and the text "Approved by Donald Trump”.
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Were There Irish Slaves in America, Too?
24 September 2016 - Questionable sources maintain that the plight of so-called "Irish slaves" in early America was worse than that of African slaves. Historians beg to differ.
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Did U.S. House Democrats Pass a Bill to Allow Immigrants to Vote?
12 March 2019 - A major piece of legislation called H.R. 1 became the subject of confused, misleading scrutiny in March 2019.
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Did John McCain Cause a Fire Aboard the USS Forrestal that Killed 134 People?
24 October 2017 - A fabricated story blames the fluke 1967 aircraft carrier fire on the negligence of then-Navy bomber pilot and future United States Senator John McCain.
