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Claim: Bill Gates is being sued by India over the deaths of girls resulting from vaccinations. Snopes is still fighting an “infodemic” of rumors and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, and you can help. Find out what we’ve learned and how to inoculate yourself against COVID-19 …
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Claim: A television station broadcast results from the 2020 Illinois presidential primary the day before the election occurred. What’s True A local Illinois television station accidentally aired a graphic that appeared to show the results from the state’s 2020 Democratic primary one day before the …
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Claim: Jared Kushner’s brother, Joshua Kushner, owns a company involved in COVID-19 testing. What’s True Jared Kushner’s brother, Joshua, is co-founder of the health insurance start-up Oscar, which recently released an online tool to locate COVID-19 testing centers in some areas. At least in the …
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Claim: A bus that crashed in Texas was found to be carrying undocumented persons into the state to support Joe Biden during a primary election. On March 3, 2020, the We are the LLOD website published an article positing that a bus that crashed in Texas was found to be carrying undocumented persons …
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Claim: Sales of Corona beer dropped sharply in early 2020 because consumers mistakenly associated the brand name with the new coronavirus. In February 2020, as fears of a world-wide COVID-19 pandemic caused by a new coronavirus from China spread across the globe, many Western news outlets began …
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Advertisment: Claim: “The Simpsons” TV show predicted the 2020 new coronavirus outbreak in a 1993 episode. In January 2020, a rumor started circulating on social media that the long-running sitcom “The Simpsons” had “predicted” the outbreak of the new coronavirus: The first three panels of this …
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Claim: Videos show people collapsing on the street due to coronavirus. In January 2020, videos supposedly showing people collapsing on the street due to “coronavirus” started to circulate on social media. One example that garnered more than 1.2 million views (since removed) is viewable on the …
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Advertisment: Claim: Musician Jimi Hendrix faked his death and is now living as actor Morgan Freeman. A bizarre conspiracy theory holding that U.S. musician Jimi Hendrix faked his death in 1970 and is now living as renowned actor Morgan Freeman is frequently shared on social media. For instance, …
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Claim: George Soros was arrested in Switzerland in February 2019. George Soros, perhaps the most maligned and lied-about public figure alive, was once again the target of another garbled and malicious rumor in February 2019, when conspiracy theory websites reported the “breaking news” that he had …
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Advertisment: Claim: President John F. Kennedy said: “There’s a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot.” “There’s a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and …
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