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by Nur Ibrahim, Feb. 26, 2024
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In 2024, Snopes investigated a variety of videos popular on TikTok, YouTube or other platforms.
They included clips supposedly showing President-elect Donald Trump's son Barron singing, a self-driving Tesla vehicle hitting a deer and UCLA students converting to Islam at a pro-Palestine protest.
Below is a random compilation of 20 videos that we fact-checked this year, selected by Snopes staff members.
By Nur Ibrahim
Nur Nasreen Ibrahim is a reporter with experience working in television, international news coverage, fact checking, and creative writing.
Nov. 19, 2024
Online users and some journalists published misinformation about a video-recorded moment from Bi ...
Sept. 12, 2024
A video of an American citizen has been shared as evidence that Haitians are eating pets.
Sept. 18, 2024
The presidential candidate was dating TV host and actor Montel Williams in 2001.
Nov. 4, 2024
The footage allegedly showed a Kentucky voting machine malfunctioning as a voter tried to cast a ...
Dec. 9, 2024
Crowds sang and danced in a Manhattan street after a Natasha Bedingfield concert.
Dec. 6, 2024
Natural clouds are made up of ice crystals and water droplets with little to no weight.
Nov. 20, 2024
The video claimed to show the president dancing in a sparkling red bodysuit.
Nov. 2, 2024
The footage, recorded from a low angle to make the turtle look bigger, showed the animal slowly ...
Nov. 1, 2024
The owner of the car said the collision was caused by a "perfect storm" of factors, including lo ...
Oct. 17, 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign shared the 13-second video clip on Facebook, Instagr ...
Oct. 17, 2024
The video shows an individual with features similar to those of the Minnesota governor.
Sept. 17, 2024
"He's one scary dude, same age as Hitler when the latter assumed power," one X user commented.
May 3, 2024
Converting to Islam involves a personal declaration of faith known as the Shahada, which can be ...
Dec. 10, 2024
Most of the songs were about his support for his father, President-elect Donald Trump.
July 9, 2024
Kevin Roberts became president of the Heritage Foundation in October 2021.
Sept. 20, 2024
An online rumor about exploding goats followed a fresh wave of violence in the Middle East in Se ...
July 30, 2024
One TikTok user commented, "That's my president. Trump 2024!"
April 3, 2024
Following a red-carpet interview with Johansson, a woman mysteriously seems to vanish behind the ...
May 18, 2024
The footage was allegedly captured outside a Dupont Factory in Massachusetts in 1938.
Feb. 26, 2024
Five children can be seen locked in a chicken coop as a man apparently recording the clip laughs.
