Did media associated with Hungary's left-wing opposition defend a reckless driver who led police on a high-speed chase on a motorway near Budapest? No, that's not true: The author of the claim edited a soundbite to create the impression that a TV reporter was sticking up for the driver, when she was actually relaying a quote from his family. Moreover,…

Did a woman claim Pfizer-BioNtech's COVID-19 vaccine had triggered an incurable rash on her face? No, that's not true: The social media video in which the claim appears has been edited. In a longer version of the clip, the woman explains she had been suffering from eczema, an incurable skin condition, before she was vaccinated. She says she does not…

Did a Portuguese court in 2020 find that PCR tests were an unreliable method of determining COVID-19 infection, based on a "scientific study"? No, that's not true: The claim mischaracterizes the finding of the Portuguese court and the nature of an informal letter to the editor of a scientific journal that was not a "study," as well as the letter's…

Is Pfizer being sued for $3 billion for using graphene oxide in their COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: Pfizer's COVID vaccines do not contain any kind of metals. Pfizer was fined for a similar amount in 2009 for illegal promotion of some of its pharmaceutical products. The claim appeared in a Hungarian TikTok video (translated into English by Lead…

Is COVID-19 a bioweapon? No, that's not true: There is no evidence proving that anyone developed COVID as a bioweapon. The origin of the virus is still not confirmed but the World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating possible sources. The claim appeared in several Hungarian language TikTok videos. One simply stated: Covid is a bioweapon. (Source: TikTok screenshot taken on…

Is Hungary planning to help Russia chop up Ukraine so it can get back Transcarpathia? No, that's not true: There is no evidence proving that Hungary has territorial claims towards Ukraine, either on the government's websites or reported by news organizations. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published by @tordadavid on June 9, 2023. Hungary takes part in…

Did Pfizer mutate the COVID-19 virus so that they could produce and sell vaccines? No, that's not true: Pfizer denied the claim and there is no credible evidence to prove it. The claim appeared in a video on TikTok, published on February 9, 2023, by the account @pstv_official2/ (archived here). The video shows Zsolt Jeszenszky, a Hungarian conservative pundit and…

Did French authorities decline to prosecute Dahbia Benkired, an undocumented migrant suspected of murdering 12-year-old Lola Daviet in October 2022, and simply send her back to her native Algeria instead? No, that's not true: Police arrested Benkired and sent her to pre-trial custody, where she remained at the time of writing. In December 2022, French authorities expelled Benkired's sister, Friha,…

Az Európai Unió azért függesztette fel a Magyarországnak járó támogatásokat, mert Magyarország nem hajlandó migránsokat befogadni? Nem, ez nem igaz: az Európai Bizottság és a Tanács főként a jogállamisággal kapcsolatos problémák miatt indított eljárásokat az ország ellen, aminek keretében forrásokat fagyasztottak be. Az állítás egy videóban (archiválva itt) jelent meg a TikTokon 2023. május 18-án a "Ha nem fogadunk be…

Are global elites plotting to implant microchips in people's brains that will allow these elites to control human thoughts via fifth-generation cellular technology (5G)? No, that's not true: Human skin blocks radio waves at the high frequencies used in 5G transmissions, shielding internal organs from adverse effects, scientists say. And while medical-technology companies have won regulatory approval for human trials…

Are the student protests organized by a left wing background person, Zoltan Somogyi, who met Lili Pankotai, a well-known protester, in a bistro in Budapest to give her a briefing? No, that's not true: Somogyi met a part of Lili Pankotai's high school class to have a burger together, as he invited them for a school trip to Budapest. A…

Did U.S. President Joe Biden propose to pay English teachers $500,000 to educate students about transgenderism in Pakistan, in violation of Pakistani law? No, that's not true: This claim misconstrues a U.S. State Department grant aimed at funding English teaching programs in Pakistan. Moreover, transgenderism is not against the law in Pakistan - it's a legally protected attribute. The claim…

Did saboteurs deliberately sink the Titanic in order to kill off three elite U.S. passengers -- John Jacob Astor IV, Benjamin Guggenheim, and Isidor Straus -- because they were trying to block the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve System? No, there is no evidence to support this conspiracy theory. None of these three men are known to have opposed…

Did Jacques Attali, an adviser to the late French President Francois Mitterrand, call for a pandemic that would target "weak" human beings for elimination in 1981? No, that's not true: The claim is a fabrication that has been circulating on social media since at least April 2021, when the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing. A new iteration has now…

Will an amendment to Hungary's 2021. XCII. law require apartment residents to give their real estate to the apartment building's legal entity? No, that's not true: The amendments take effect in July 2023, but it won't change the real estate ownership. The law only relates to the record keeping of legal entities. The claim appeared in a video (archived here)…

Did the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rule that mothers are women and fathers are men? No, that's not true: The ECHR's decision in O.H. and G.H. v. Germany addressed the narrow question of whether Germany had the right to identify a transgender parent as "mother" on a child's birth certificate, even though authorities had already confirmed the parent's…