Laerke Christensen
Laerke Christensen is a journalist based in London, England. Prior to reporting for Snopes, she verified UGC footage for Storyful news agency, covering topics including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, U.S. college protests, and COVID in China. In addition to the UK, Laerke has lived in Denmark, Austria, and near Denver, Colorado.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Oct. 18, 2025
Days after the October 2025 Israel-Hamas ceasefire, graphic videos appeared to show the executio ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Oct. 16, 2025
The fake statement played on various claims about autism, Tylenol, vaccines and radiation that K ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Oct. 16, 2025
Organizations supporting Second Amendment gun-ownership rights bristled at a court order to subm ...
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Oct. 13, 2025
Claims about Valdés' arrest recirculated months apart amid mixed reports about his status in the ...
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Oct. 13, 2025
Stephanopoulos cut to commercials after Vance denied having knowledge of border czar Tom Homan a ...
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Oct. 10, 2025
The U.S. secretary of health and human services cited a preprint study to back his claim.
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Oct. 10, 2025
Some versions of the clip included snippets of The Beatles' famed song, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely He ...
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Oct. 10, 2025
Though protesters in Portland carried out similar action, the actual image showed protesters in ...
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Oct. 9, 2025
Holtec International announced it would release tritiated water into the Hudson River in 2023. P ...
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Oct. 8, 2025
One eyewitness told local news she saw agents leading zip-tied children out of an apartment buil ...
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Oct. 7, 2025 (Updated: Oct. 20, 2025)
Israeli authorities arrested Thunberg and more than 400 other activists who were part of the Glo ...
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Oct. 5, 2025
We found the rumor was all bark, no bite.
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Oct. 3, 2025
McIlroy clashed with spectators at the tournament final in New York, but a video seeming to show ...
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Oct. 3, 2025
British politician Nigel Farage aired the claim that echoed a rumor the U.S. president shared ab ...
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Oct. 1, 2025 (Updated: Oct. 2, 2025)
A message on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development website blamed the October 202 ...
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Sept. 30, 2025 (Updated: Oct. 1, 2025)
Neither U.S. nor Venezuelan officials have confirmed the identities of 17 people killed in three ...
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Sept. 29, 2025
Claims that the individual was a Trump supporter circulated as online sleuths dug through associ ...
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Sept. 25, 2025
Ryan Walters announced a "partnership" with Turning Point USA the day before he said he would re ...
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Sept. 20, 2025
A park ranger and a spokesperson for a local university both said they had never heard of the al ...
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Sept. 18, 2025
A TikTok user claimed Starbucks baristas in California repeatedly refused to write Kirk's name o ...
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