Latest Mostly False Fact-checks on Facebook posts 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 28, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.” 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.” 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. Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2022 in a post: "Alopecia isn't a medical disease; it's an aesthetic one." Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a Facebook post: “The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’” Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees. Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2022 in a Facebook post: The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits. Facebook posts stated on March 1, 2022 in a Facebook post: “NEW: Biden Admin. instructs Americans to social distance and wear masks in the event of a Nuclear Fallout.” Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: The United States buys "206,000 barrels of oil a day" from Russia but "shut down domestic oil production a year ago." Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2022 in a video post: “Only 16% Of Canadians Would SUPPORT Trudeau After Trucker Protest!” Facebook posts stated on February 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: Requesting a chargeback is “a better way to get back at” GoFundMe. Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Biden and most Democrats want to cap insulin prices at $35 per month. All 50 Republicans in the Senate are opposed to it.” Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2022 in a post: In the U.S., myocarditis cases among ages 12 to 20 numbered four in 2019; four in 2020; and 2,236 in 2021. Facebook posts stated on January 19, 2022 in an article on Facebook: “Moderna COVID vaccine is no longer recommended due to heart inflammation.” Facebook posts stated on January 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: A Black Lives Matter administrator was arrested in a 1983 bombing at the U.S. Capitol. Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2022 in a post: Senior citizens qualify for a Medicare “flex card” that pays for groceries, dental costs and prescriptions. Facebook posts stated on January 9, 2022 in a Facebook post: Washington’s State Board of Health will discuss mandatory COVID-19 quarantines and vaccine requirements for schoolchildren at a Jan. 12 meeting. Facebook posts stated on December 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: “It feels amazing” that unvaccinated people are “4.5 times LESS LIKELY to catch omicron” than people who are fully vaccinated and boosted. Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2021 in a post: "Canada joins the no jab, no food trend" Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2021 in a post: “On the first day of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, the CEO of Twitter resigned, the CEO of Walmart resigned, the CEO of CNBC resigned” Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Don’t be fooled by the next ‘Variant’! There are actually 1000’s of them. They just will pick the next one to keep the fear going." Facebook posts stated on October 31, 2021 in a post: “If you were in the military before 2002 you get an additional $1,200 a year, ($100 per month) in Social Security. But you have to ask for it and almost no one knows about it.” Facebook posts stated on November 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Malcolm X’s daughter found dead in NYC days after she exposed NYPD and FBI were behind Malcolm X assassination” Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2021 in a post: The media televised the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse “because he is a ‘white supremacist shooter,’” while limiting coverage of accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial to “some cartoon drawing….What are they hiding?”
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 28, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.” 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.” 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. Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2022 in a post: "Alopecia isn't a medical disease; it's an aesthetic one." Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a Facebook post: “The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’” Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees. Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2022 in a Facebook post: The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits. Facebook posts stated on March 1, 2022 in a Facebook post: “NEW: Biden Admin. instructs Americans to social distance and wear masks in the event of a Nuclear Fallout.” Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: The United States buys "206,000 barrels of oil a day" from Russia but "shut down domestic oil production a year ago." Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2022 in a video post: “Only 16% Of Canadians Would SUPPORT Trudeau After Trucker Protest!” Facebook posts stated on February 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: Requesting a chargeback is “a better way to get back at” GoFundMe. Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Biden and most Democrats want to cap insulin prices at $35 per month. All 50 Republicans in the Senate are opposed to it.” Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2022 in a post: In the U.S., myocarditis cases among ages 12 to 20 numbered four in 2019; four in 2020; and 2,236 in 2021. Facebook posts stated on January 19, 2022 in an article on Facebook: “Moderna COVID vaccine is no longer recommended due to heart inflammation.” Facebook posts stated on January 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: A Black Lives Matter administrator was arrested in a 1983 bombing at the U.S. Capitol. Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2022 in a post: Senior citizens qualify for a Medicare “flex card” that pays for groceries, dental costs and prescriptions. Facebook posts stated on January 9, 2022 in a Facebook post: Washington’s State Board of Health will discuss mandatory COVID-19 quarantines and vaccine requirements for schoolchildren at a Jan. 12 meeting. Facebook posts stated on December 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: “It feels amazing” that unvaccinated people are “4.5 times LESS LIKELY to catch omicron” than people who are fully vaccinated and boosted. Facebook posts stated on December 7, 2021 in a post: "Canada joins the no jab, no food trend" Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2021 in a post: “On the first day of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, the CEO of Twitter resigned, the CEO of Walmart resigned, the CEO of CNBC resigned” Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Don’t be fooled by the next ‘Variant’! There are actually 1000’s of them. They just will pick the next one to keep the fear going." Facebook posts stated on October 31, 2021 in a post: “If you were in the military before 2002 you get an additional $1,200 a year, ($100 per month) in Social Security. But you have to ask for it and almost no one knows about it.” Facebook posts stated on November 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Malcolm X’s daughter found dead in NYC days after she exposed NYPD and FBI were behind Malcolm X assassination” Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2021 in a post: The media televised the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse “because he is a ‘white supremacist shooter,’” while limiting coverage of accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial to “some cartoon drawing….What are they hiding?”
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 28, 2022 in a video on Facebook: “We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.”
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.”
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.
Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2022 in a post: "Alopecia isn't a medical disease; it's an aesthetic one."
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a Facebook post: “The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”
Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees.
Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2022 in a Facebook post: The IRS is taking money away from people who received unemployment benefits.
Facebook posts stated on March 1, 2022 in a Facebook post: “NEW: Biden Admin. instructs Americans to social distance and wear masks in the event of a Nuclear Fallout.”
Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: The United States buys "206,000 barrels of oil a day" from Russia but "shut down domestic oil production a year ago."
Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2022 in a video post: “Only 16% Of Canadians Would SUPPORT Trudeau After Trucker Protest!”
Facebook posts stated on February 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: Requesting a chargeback is “a better way to get back at” GoFundMe.
Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Biden and most Democrats want to cap insulin prices at $35 per month. All 50 Republicans in the Senate are opposed to it.”
Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2022 in a post: In the U.S., myocarditis cases among ages 12 to 20 numbered four in 2019; four in 2020; and 2,236 in 2021.
Facebook posts stated on January 19, 2022 in an article on Facebook: “Moderna COVID vaccine is no longer recommended due to heart inflammation.”
Facebook posts stated on January 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: A Black Lives Matter administrator was arrested in a 1983 bombing at the U.S. Capitol.
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2022 in a post: Senior citizens qualify for a Medicare “flex card” that pays for groceries, dental costs and prescriptions.
Facebook posts stated on January 9, 2022 in a Facebook post: Washington’s State Board of Health will discuss mandatory COVID-19 quarantines and vaccine requirements for schoolchildren at a Jan. 12 meeting.
Facebook posts stated on December 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: “It feels amazing” that unvaccinated people are “4.5 times LESS LIKELY to catch omicron” than people who are fully vaccinated and boosted.
Facebook posts stated on November 30, 2021 in a post: “On the first day of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, the CEO of Twitter resigned, the CEO of Walmart resigned, the CEO of CNBC resigned”
Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Don’t be fooled by the next ‘Variant’! There are actually 1000’s of them. They just will pick the next one to keep the fear going."
Facebook posts stated on October 31, 2021 in a post: “If you were in the military before 2002 you get an additional $1,200 a year, ($100 per month) in Social Security. But you have to ask for it and almost no one knows about it.”
Facebook posts stated on November 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Malcolm X’s daughter found dead in NYC days after she exposed NYPD and FBI were behind Malcolm X assassination”
Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2021 in a post: The media televised the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse “because he is a ‘white supremacist shooter,’” while limiting coverage of accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial to “some cartoon drawing….What are they hiding?”