Internet Hoaxes

  • Fact Check

Did Regis Philbin leave Trump campaign $20 million? Fact Check

Messages online claim that TV host Regis Philbin left a $20 million sum in his will to help support Donald…

4 years ago
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Does image show photo of futuristic US police officer? Fact Check

An image claims to show a photograph of a US police officer wearing a futuristic type uniform including helmet, face…

4 years ago
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Are pedophiles identifying as “age fluid”? Fact Check

A post on social media purports to describe the rise in people identifying as "age fluid" as a cover to…

4 years ago
  • Coronavirus Hoaxes and Rumours

Type three digit number with “new cases” is proof of COVID-19 conspiracy? Fact Check

An online conspiracy claims to demonstrate that the COVID-19 pandemic has somehow been manufactured by the mainstream media, because you…

4 years ago
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Do colored boxes on toothpaste tube indicate its ingredients? Fact Check

Messages online claim that a person can determine the ingredients in toothpaste by looking for a coloured box at the…

4 years ago
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Did Trump tweet confederate flag was symbol of love? Fact Check

A tweet apparently authored by Donald Trump claimed the US President described the Confederate Flag as a “symbol of love”…

4 years ago
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Does photo show Shamima Begum beheading prisoner? Fact Check

An image circulating online claims to show Shamima Begum, the woman who left the UK has a girl to join…

4 years ago
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Does photo show Obama, Fauci and Melinda Gates at Wuhan Lab? Fact Check

A photo claims to show President Obama, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Melinda Gates at a laboratory in Wuhan in 2015,…

4 years ago
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Parent’s warning goes viral about video of Peppa Pig “stabbing herself”. Fact Check

A warning posted on social media purports to come from a parent whose child witnessed a video of Peppa Pig…

4 years ago
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Is WayFair involved in sex trafficking children online? Fact Check

A popular furniture website has become the latest entity to become entangled in the never ending barrage of bizarre, illogical…

4 years ago