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Is Rep. Adam Schiff a known pedophile who has secretly settled numerous sex crime cases involving underage males? No, that's not true: allegations that the California congressman had been accused of "indecent liberties" with boys and was accused of sexual violence against a gay lover began circulating on social media since Schiff became chairman of the house intelligence committee. They've…

Is Chick-Fil-A giving away $100 and $50 gift cards in a lottery to people who share and comment on a Facebook post? No, that's not true: It is a scam that sends those who follow the instructions to a dangerous app download link.The scammers earn money for every unsuspecting person who downloads the app, which could take control (hack) their…

Was a Michigan conference on global warming that Greta Thunberg was due to attend cancelled due to sub-artctic freezing temperatures? No, that's not true: the story originated on a satire website but many people only saw the headline on Facebook and believed it was true. The story originated from an article published by Genesius Times on November 13, 2019 titled…

Did Bill Gates admit in a CNN interview that vaccinations are intended to reduce the world's population? No, that's not true: The Microsoft founder was talking to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in 2013 about his investment in delivering child vaccinations to third world countries with the goal of saving lives. Gates said that reducing population growth is one of the…

Did a 40-year-old hotel cleaner in Las Vegas win a child support battle against a 28-year-old millionaire after stealing his sperm from a discarded condom? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a South African humor website masquerading as a news outlet. The story went massively viral over the past few days and was copied by several…

Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez push for killing more people to save the planet? No, that's not true: an article about AOC backing a report that calls for various measures to tackle climate change misrepresented the "population control measures" the report actually contained by claiming it included killing people. In reality the report called for measures to reduce fertility. The story originated…

Did Malia Obama have 24 classmates expelled for praying on campus? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run fake news websites.…

Does the photo below show a woman who had 11 babies? No, that's not true: a viral image combined two unrelated photographs, one showing a woman from Mexico who was operated for a huge tumor and the other showing eleven babies born in India on the same day but not from the same parents. The combined image appeared in a…

Did President Trump reveal that he is Q, the anonymous leaker of purported "deep state" secrets to followers? No, that's not true: The claim is based on a video clip of a Trump rally in Kentucky on November 4, 2019 in which the president says he may not "hang it up" for another five, nine, 13, or 17 years. The…

Did the Campus Young Republican Club at Bartlett College in Oregon topple an Obama statue? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by…