Is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security preparing to mobilize the National Guard to enforce a nationwide quarantine? No, that's not true: The National Guard has issued a tweet refuting those claims. The item has been copied-and-pasted from chain letters, text messages, and other social media posts. It purports to be from the user's "contact at FEMA." However, it's a…
Does a video showing U.S. military vehicles being transported on trains indicate the country is getting ready for martial law? No, that's not true: The video was uploaded to YouTube on March 3, 2013. This old video is currently being posted in various Facebook groups and pages to falsely suggest martial law will be imposed to combat the novel coronavirus…
Does a video of military troops walking on a sidewalk show U.S. soldiers on a Philadelphia street preparing to invoke martial law on the city and round up citizens to be "hauled off to FEMA camps" because of the coronavirus crisis? No, that's not true: Although Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf did issue a disaster declaration last week, a Pennsylvania National…
Was Joe Biden given a demonstration of guillotines during a tour of REX 84 FEMA camps? No, that's not true: The photo purportedly depicting the former U.S. vice president with a guillotine is a digitally-doctored image using a photo of the "Chanel" guillotine created as a work of art. Also, "Rex84 FEMA camps" are creations by those who believe there…
Is an "Emergency report" correctly predicting President Trump is planning mass arrest and military tribunals for "deep state traitors" based on some cited documents? No, that's not true: the story is at least half a year old by now so it is not really an emergency anymore but it still keeps getting copy-pasted to new websites claiming things are about…
Were 1600 cars burned in France during a so called Halloween Purge and were 320 people wounded and 23 killed? No, that's not true: although there was some real violence and car burning after rumors of a "Halloween Purge" against police spread on social media the news about the huge death toll and the inflated number of cars burned all…
Notorious fake news website YourNewsWire posted an article titled "Charlottesville Killer Was Hillary Supporter, Funded By Soros". It opened like this: The man accused of being a neo-Nazi and murdering a woman by deliberately driving into her during protests in Charlottesville is in reality a supporter of Hillary Clinton and member of Antifa in receipt of funding by George Soros,…
A fake story claiming that "violent anti-police rallies" are planned for 37 U.S. cities Friday night is trending on Facebook and other social networks Tuesday, according to Lead Stories' Trendolizer. This may be the most dangerous and racist hoax ever detected by our social media analysis system as it could cause a violent reaction among readers who believe it to…
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