Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 22, 2024
In the run-up to the 2024 presidential elections, social media influencers misrepresented a feat ...
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
March 22, 2024
These Bhutan phallic symbols are said to be associated with Drukpa Kunley, a revered 15th-centur ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 21, 2024
Snopes puts to rest a series of claims that photos prove that Fruit of the Loom's logo once incl ...
Written by: Nick Hardinges
March 21, 2024
Social media users questioned whether the image of the Trumps was legitimate.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 21, 2024
Amid renewed royal controversy around Kate Middleton, old royal scandals were revisited on socia ...
Written by: Nick Hardinges
March 21, 2024
Social media users were asking whether an op-ed about the billionaire was real.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
March 21, 2024
Let's not forget that millions of jobs were lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
March 21, 2024
The clip provided "evidence that we have been lied to all along and that dinosaurs exist," claim ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 20, 2024
"We are looking at the next Alabama dynasty," the sports commentator purportedly said, regarding ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
March 20, 2024
Simpler times. (OK, there was a financial crisis. Still, simpler times.)
Written by: Nick Hardinges
March 20, 2024
The annual ranking of the happiest countries in the world was published on March 20.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 20, 2024
With the exception of one popular Facebook satire page, nobody appeared to be making this claim.
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 20, 2024
"Aldi's customers: If you shop at Aldi you need to know that store brand bacon is not from pig i ...
Written by: Nick Hardinges
March 20, 2024
A black-and-white photo reportedly showed a young girl partaking in the tradition.
Written by: Nick Hardinges
March 20, 2024
A supposedly shirtless photo of the Ukrainian leader was recirculating online alongside the claim.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
March 20, 2024
A video on social media claimed to show the astronaut floating in zero gravity while wearing the ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 19, 2024
Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk shared the video on X in March 2024 and said the funeral w ...
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
March 19, 2024
A post included photos of Stallone and transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who partnered with ...
Written by: Nick Hardinges
March 19, 2024
The award-winning British fast food outlet was at the heart of a controversy in the U.K. press.
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 19, 2024
"To enforce this, Disney has installed MagicBand readers on all of their garbage cans," the Mous ...
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