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Daniel Funke is a staff writer covering online misinformation for PolitiFact. He previously reported for Poynter as a fact-checking reporter and a Google News Lab Fellow, and has worked for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. When he’s not chasing down online hoaxes, the University of Georgia graduate can be found cycling to your local brewery.

Featured Statements

Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2021 in a video:

"mRNA is not a vaccine" — it's "actually an operating system" that's run by Bill Gates to program humans.

By Daniel Funke • April 1, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 in a post:

"Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship named Evergreen. Evergreen shipping is most likely a cover for human and sex trafficking” by Hillary Clinton.

By Daniel Funke • March 25, 2021
Jack Posobiec
stated on March 23, 2021 in a tweet:

“New information coming in that Boulder shooter was a Syrian refugee who arrived via Obama-era asylum programs.”

By Daniel Funke • March 24, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2021 in a text post:

The shooting in Boulder, Colo., was a "false flag like most of the others."

By Daniel Funke • March 23, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on March 17, 2021 in a video caption:

“You will need a WHO Yellow Vaccination Passport if you plan on traveling internationally once borders open.”

By Daniel Funke • March 22, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2021 in a text post:

Says Joe Biden is “now saying he inherited ‘a mess’ at the border. Fact: 9,000 illegals all of 2020. So far in 2021 108,000 entered U.S.”

By Daniel Funke • March 17, 2021
Sherri Tenpenny
stated on February 9, 2021 in a Bitchute video:

"Some people are going to die from the vaccine directly. But a large number of people are going to start getting horribly sick and get all kinds of autoimmune diseases."

By Daniel Funke • March 4, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2021 in an image:

Says Jerry Nadler said “God has no authority in the House of Representatives”

By Daniel Funke • February 26, 2021
J. Bart Classen
stated on January 18, 2021 in a research article:

The COVID-19 vaccine could lead to prion diseases, Alzheimer’s, ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.

By Daniel Funke • February 26, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2021 in a post:

Facebook users can avoid “problems with your Facebook going against community standards” by changing your settings.

By Daniel Funke • February 24, 2021