Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Facebook Fact-checks Instagram posts stated on December 30, 2022 in a post: “Ray Epps confessed to Jan. 6 Committee he ‘orchestrated’ attack on Capitol” Instagram posts stated on November 28, 2022 in a post: The 2021 infrastructure bill requires all new vehicles to have kill switches that will stop vehicle operation and alert law enforcement when drivers are impaired. Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.” Instagram posts stated on October 31, 2022 in a post: California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.” Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in una publicación en Instagram: “El CDC está a punto de agregar la vacuna Co vid al calendario de vacunación infantil, lo que haría que la vacunación sea obligatoria para que los niños asistan a la escuela”. Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2022 in Facebook post: A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding. Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2022 in a post: "$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure." Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2022 in a screenshot: "Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19. Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2022 in a post: “Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam.” Facebook posts stated on September 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: The World Economic Forum has called for the end of “wasteful private car ownership.” Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: "FEC charges (Beto O'Rourke's 2018 campaign) Illegal Campaign Contributions." Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post: “With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.” Instagram posts stated on August 27, 2022 in an Instagram video: There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: "The IRS is about to double in size, with 87,000 new armed agents and an additional $80 billion in order to primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Putin humiliatingly blows up all weapons and facilities" on Snake Island by retreating Russian troops. Facebook posts stated on June 27, 2022 in a post: Planned Parenthood clinics are “closing down all over the country” because Roe v. Wade was overturned. Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: "The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it." Nikki Haley stated on June 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: Americans aren’t required to show IDs to vote. Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: Baby boomers didn’t have autism, seizures, allergies and other ailments when they were kids. Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media: The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Candace Owens stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet: “79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design." Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Amazon will ship baby formula to U.S. addresses if you change your preferred country on its website from the U.S. to Canada. Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Finland joins NATO.” Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: “If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.” One America News stated on April 12, 2022 in a video: "Pfizer tries to hide 2.4K full-time hires handling vax injuries." Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2022 in a post: Fuel containing 15% ethanol will ruin a car engine. Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “It’s been proven that sugar triggers and causes cancer. … So the best thing to do to prevent cancer is to avoid sugar.” Facebook posts stated on April 8, 2022 in a post: As with people vaccinated against COVID-19, “many people who were NOT vaccinated also experienced zero or mild symptoms.” Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.” Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2022 in a post: Germany imposes a 19% tax on feminine hygiene products but a 7% tax on books, so one company is packaging tampons as books.
Instagram posts stated on December 30, 2022 in a post: “Ray Epps confessed to Jan. 6 Committee he ‘orchestrated’ attack on Capitol” Instagram posts stated on November 28, 2022 in a post: The 2021 infrastructure bill requires all new vehicles to have kill switches that will stop vehicle operation and alert law enforcement when drivers are impaired. Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.” Instagram posts stated on October 31, 2022 in a post: California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.” Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in una publicación en Instagram: “El CDC está a punto de agregar la vacuna Co vid al calendario de vacunación infantil, lo que haría que la vacunación sea obligatoria para que los niños asistan a la escuela”. Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2022 in Facebook post: A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding. Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2022 in a post: "$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure." Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2022 in a screenshot: "Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19. Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2022 in a post: “Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam.” Facebook posts stated on September 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: The World Economic Forum has called for the end of “wasteful private car ownership.” Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: "FEC charges (Beto O'Rourke's 2018 campaign) Illegal Campaign Contributions." Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post: “With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.” Instagram posts stated on August 27, 2022 in an Instagram video: There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: "The IRS is about to double in size, with 87,000 new armed agents and an additional $80 billion in order to primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Putin humiliatingly blows up all weapons and facilities" on Snake Island by retreating Russian troops. Facebook posts stated on June 27, 2022 in a post: Planned Parenthood clinics are “closing down all over the country” because Roe v. Wade was overturned. Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: "The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it." Nikki Haley stated on June 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: Americans aren’t required to show IDs to vote. Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: Baby boomers didn’t have autism, seizures, allergies and other ailments when they were kids. Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media: The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Candace Owens stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet: “79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design." Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Amazon will ship baby formula to U.S. addresses if you change your preferred country on its website from the U.S. to Canada. Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Finland joins NATO.” Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: “If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.” One America News stated on April 12, 2022 in a video: "Pfizer tries to hide 2.4K full-time hires handling vax injuries." Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2022 in a post: Fuel containing 15% ethanol will ruin a car engine. Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “It’s been proven that sugar triggers and causes cancer. … So the best thing to do to prevent cancer is to avoid sugar.” Facebook posts stated on April 8, 2022 in a post: As with people vaccinated against COVID-19, “many people who were NOT vaccinated also experienced zero or mild symptoms.” Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.” Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2022 in a post: Germany imposes a 19% tax on feminine hygiene products but a 7% tax on books, so one company is packaging tampons as books.
Instagram posts stated on December 30, 2022 in a post: “Ray Epps confessed to Jan. 6 Committee he ‘orchestrated’ attack on Capitol”
Instagram posts stated on November 28, 2022 in a post: The 2021 infrastructure bill requires all new vehicles to have kill switches that will stop vehicle operation and alert law enforcement when drivers are impaired.
Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”
Instagram posts stated on October 31, 2022 in a post: California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”
Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in una publicación en Instagram: “El CDC está a punto de agregar la vacuna Co vid al calendario de vacunación infantil, lo que haría que la vacunación sea obligatoria para que los niños asistan a la escuela”.
Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2022 in Facebook post: A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding.
Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2022 in a post: "$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure."
Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2022 in a screenshot: "Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19.
Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2022 in a post: “Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam.”
Facebook posts stated on September 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: The World Economic Forum has called for the end of “wasteful private car ownership.”
Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: "FEC charges (Beto O'Rourke's 2018 campaign) Illegal Campaign Contributions."
Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post: “With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.”
Instagram posts stated on August 27, 2022 in an Instagram video: There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: "The IRS is about to double in size, with 87,000 new armed agents and an additional $80 billion in order to primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations.”
Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Putin humiliatingly blows up all weapons and facilities" on Snake Island by retreating Russian troops.
Facebook posts stated on June 27, 2022 in a post: Planned Parenthood clinics are “closing down all over the country” because Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: "The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it."
Nikki Haley stated on June 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: Americans aren’t required to show IDs to vote.
Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: Baby boomers didn’t have autism, seizures, allergies and other ailments when they were kids.
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media: The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Candace Owens stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet: “79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."
Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Amazon will ship baby formula to U.S. addresses if you change your preferred country on its website from the U.S. to Canada.
Facebook posts stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: “If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”
One America News stated on April 12, 2022 in a video: "Pfizer tries to hide 2.4K full-time hires handling vax injuries."
Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2022 in a post: Fuel containing 15% ethanol will ruin a car engine.
Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “It’s been proven that sugar triggers and causes cancer. … So the best thing to do to prevent cancer is to avoid sugar.”
Facebook posts stated on April 8, 2022 in a post: As with people vaccinated against COVID-19, “many people who were NOT vaccinated also experienced zero or mild symptoms.”
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”
Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2022 in a post: Germany imposes a 19% tax on feminine hygiene products but a 7% tax on books, so one company is packaging tampons as books.