From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Economy, Business & Finance
A post suggesting that war in Ukraine is not the cause of shortages of a number of products is missing context. Read
Facebook posts claiming ‘Bernie Gores’ was reported to have died in the school shooting nine months after he was first reported to have died in Afghanistan are based on fake tweets. Read
The crowd sounded different in two versions of the clip because it was recorded by different crews. Read
Europe
The law is more complicated than recent headlines have made it seem. Read
A conspiracy theory linking the Queen and Prince Philip to missing Indigenous children in Canada has re-emerged on Facebook. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We don’t yet have reliable figures for the total cost of the event, but a Facebook post muddles the maths. Read
Claims that the use of a modified chimpanzee virus in the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine are the cause of monkeypox are untrue. Read
A Facebook post claiming an Australian grandmother shot off the testicles of two men who raped her granddaughter is not true. Read
Health
A tweet claims shingles is ‘being termed as monkeypox’. Read
Footage of Albert Bourla speaking at Davos has been edited. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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