Latest Fact-Checks In Technology

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2015 posts on social media
Facebook has unveiled new rules to stop their users from creating posts related in any way to religion.
Pants on Fire!
By Audrey Bowler • April 10, 2015
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Last Week Tonight"
"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 9, 2015
Donna Nesselbush
Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 a commentary
"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 24, 2015 a conference in Silicon Valley
"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2015
Mike Lee
Mike Lee
stated on February 16, 2015 an email through Protect Internet Freedom
The FCC’s net neutrality policy includes what is "essentially a massive tax increase."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 26, 2015
Jeff Clemens
Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing
Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014
"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 10, 2014 a Facebook post
Says Obama's net neutrality proposal "puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 13, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on October 21, 2014 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker is "forcing some women to undergo a transvaginal probe to get an abortion."  
Half-True
October 24, 2014
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on September 9, 2014 a tweet
A poll found that "20% of young adults use (smartphones) during sex."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 12, 2014 a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show"
Americans "invented the automobile."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2014
Larry Pratt
Larry Pratt
stated on May 6, 2014 an interview on 'All in with Chris Hayes'
"20 percent of the time (smart guns) won't work."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 20, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on May 11, 2014 a segment on "Last Week Tonight"
"28 percent of Kentuckians don’t have any online access."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • May 14, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2014 a Facebook post
A judge's order means there's a "Constitution exemption zone" if you live "within 100 miles of the United States border."
False
By Julie Kliegman • January 13, 2014
Jody Conradt
Jody Conradt
stated on September 28, 2013 a Texas Tribune Festival panel
"All" University of Texas "student-athletes get an iPad."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2013
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on November 6, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"Things went wrong with the Medicare prescription D plan that George Bush rolled out."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 13, 2013
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on October 24, 2013 a Fox News interview
"Hidden" in the healthcare.gov code is language that means users "waive any reasonable right to privacy of your personal information."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 29, 2013
Sam Stein
Sam Stein
stated on October 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe'
"No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 22, 2013
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 3, 2013 an MSNBC interview
The health care marketplaces have "no privacy protections."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 9, 2013
James O'Neil
James O'Neil
stated on September 1, 2013 an appearance on "10 News Conference."
"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2013
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