Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 8, 2025
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended the ceremony on behalf of the Trump administration.
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 8, 2025
Thousands of Facebook users reposted a story featuring a supposed photo of Musk proudly holding ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
April 8, 2025
He said he flew on Epstein’s jet once in 1993 and again one or two years later "before anybody k ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 8, 2025
The Nazi leader died by suicide in 1945.
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 7, 2025
Over 1,200 locations in all 50 U.S. states featured "Hands Off!" rallies on April 5, 2025, prote ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 7, 2025 (Updated: April 8, 2025)
The webpage's administrators temporarily changed an introductory paragraph to emphasize “Black/W ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
April 7, 2025
According to the screenshot, people who protested Trump in cities nationwide April 5 were paid a ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
April 7, 2025
An image depicting teetotaler women protesting the consumption of alcohol actually has origins a ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
April 7, 2025
Users shared the image as Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in the news for his work with President Donald ...
Written by: Rae Deng
April 6, 2025
While the work is often attributed solely to sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd, she led a team of artis ...
Written by: Amelia Clarke
April 5, 2025
One newspaper reported that people who were given the responsibility "must have had a good diges ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 5, 2025
Errors in the footage make it clear the video is AI-generated.
Written by: Jack Izzo
April 4, 2025
Self later posted on X calling a video's framing of his remarks "completely misleading."
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 4, 2025
A network of Facebook pages and websites describing its output as satirical in nature originated ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 4, 2025
Also, the right-leaning cable news channel has never had a continuous live stocks ticker.
Written by: Rae Deng
April 4, 2025 (Updated: April 16, 2025)
A confidential police source claimed he was an MS-13 gang member — but other cited "evidence" co ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 4, 2025
A 2019 video of the Danish parliament was doctored to add audio of Trump talking about acquiring ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
April 4, 2025
Claims shared online about "exciting news for pet owners" regarding potential tax deductions for ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
April 4, 2025
The claim that "zero" school shooters have ever been sentenced to death is false.
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 3, 2025
The purported screenshot circulated in early April 2025, following the imposition of U.S. Presid ...
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