Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 13, 2025
Social media posts exaggerated a gel treatment for osteoarthritis on the market since 2013 but p ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 13, 2025
Cobb, a White House lawyer during Trump's first presidency, made the remark on an acquaintance's ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 12, 2025
A proposal in Ireland suggested boycotting Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 12, 2025
Haliey Welch rose to internet fame following her appearance in a viral TikTok video in 2024.
Written by: Emery Winter
Aug. 12, 2025
Internet users falsely claimed a photo of a woman in hijab posing next to swastika graffiti was ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 12, 2025
The president deployed the National Guard after declaring a crime emergency in Washington, D.C, ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Aug. 12, 2025
The rumor about the Edmonton Oilers center spread through social media posts without anything to ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Aug. 12, 2025
The U.S. vice president and his family were vacationing in the English countryside.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 12, 2025
The story read: "It was a deeply moving moment — a connection between past and present — proving ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 12, 2025
Though seemingly based on real events from 2010, claims circulating on social media were generat ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Aug. 12, 2025
The survey explored the attitudes of a representative sample of around a thousand American voter ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Aug. 12, 2025
Satirical posts targeted progressive lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- ...
Written by: Cindy Shan
Aug. 11, 2025
The same monetary figure was used in a blog post about NASCAR driver Kyle Busch earlier in 2025.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 11, 2025
Meta's social media platform Threads reported on its "trending now" list on Aug. 11, 2025, that ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Aug. 11, 2025
The claim circulated days after a separate false claim that the late-night host adopted a pair o ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Aug. 11, 2025
Salt contributes to water retention and therefore weight gain, a clinical dietitian said.
Written by: Cindy Shan
Aug. 11, 2025
Fabricated stories claiming the queen was caught cheating with a royal staff member gained tract ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 11, 2025 (Updated: Aug. 14, 2025)
According to one story, officials released Reid after he spent 15 years in an asylum.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Aug. 10, 2025
An online rumor claimed that meeting the rock 'n' roll singer gave the boy six more months to live.
Written by: Jack Izzo
Aug. 10, 2025
Rivas is a member of the Rarámuri, an indigenous group known for traditional long-distance running.
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