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Did Bud Light Beer Account Tweet That It Hates Gays, Trans People?

Written by: Damakant Jayshi

April 7, 2023

The company's been in the news a lot of late.

Did Elon Musk Increase the Fee for Twitter Blue to $15 a Month?

Written by: Damakant Jayshi

April 3, 2023

A tweet claiming the fee was increased attracted over 1.6 million views and over 20,000 likes as ...

No, Alcatraz Island is Not Being Turned into Twitter's Headquarters

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 3, 2023

Elon Musk becomes an April Fools Day joke.

Did Elon Musk Add a Pop Sound to Twitter's 'Like' Button?

Written by: Damakant Jayshi

April 1, 2023

A tweet with the claim attracted over 26,000 likes and over 821,000 views as of this writing.

Did Elon Musk Say Twitter Employees 'Who Are a 7 or Below' Are Fired?

Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

March 8, 2023

Musk supposedly tweeted, "Effective immediately, all remaining twitter employees who are a 7 or ...

Did Biden Say, 'Wait Until You See Our Plan for the Destruction of Taiwan'?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Feb. 28, 2023

"One of the things I'm known for is my breaking news tweets," the originator of this claim said ...

Is Twitter Censoring the Ukrainian Flag Emoji?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Feb. 27, 2023

"Has anyone else gotten this popup yet or is it only us?" a viral tweet read.

'Save the Palestinian Girl' Fundraiser on Twitter Lacks Identifying Details, Uses Old Photo

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 22, 2023

"This Palestinian mother asks benefactors to save her daughter," a series of tweets claimed.

Video Does Not Show Refugee or Migrant Assaulting Catholic Priest, Nor Was It Recorded in France

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 21, 2023

"This is the destruction of Western civilization," tweeted Twitter user Stew Peters, who mislead ...

Does Photo Show Airplane View of Smoke Clouds from Ohio Train Derailment?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 15, 2023

We looked into the origins of a popular Reddit post that claimed to show a view of the disaster ...

Did Elon Musk Delete a 'Go Eagles' Tweet After Team's Super Bowl Loss?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 13, 2023

Tweet screenshots are easy to fake. However, this one was real.

Did Elon Musk Say, 'When Something Is Important Enough, Do It, Even if Odds Are Not in Your Favor'?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Feb. 12, 2023

We traced the origins of this inspirational quote to the year 2012.

Did Pope Francis Really Tweet This Praise of the Middle Finger?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Feb. 2, 2023

Twitter got a taste of the bird through papal musings.

Did Ben Shapiro Tweet About a 'Hot' and 'Beautiful' Sister?

Written by: Jordan Liles

March 23, 2022

We looked for the origins of two supposed tweets where the conservative commentator mentioned hi ...

Did Elon Musk Warn that 'Woke Mind Virus' Is Destroying Civilization?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 29, 2023

The purported quote from Musk was featured in paid advertising on YouTube.

Twitter Bans White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Hours After Restoring His Account

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 25, 2023

Fuentes, a Holocaust denier, previously used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white n ...

Did Denzel Washington Say, 'Just Because You Don't Share It on Social Media Doesn't Mean You Are Not Up to Big Things'?

Written by: Jordan Liles

April 19, 2022

We looked for the origins of a quote about social media that's been credited to the actor in twe ...

What We Know About Elon Musk and the Emerald Mine Rumor

Written by: Jordan Liles

Nov. 17, 2022

A story about Musk's father once owning an emerald mine evolved into a larger rumor that had no ...

Viral Tweet About Andrew Tate Under 'Demonic Attack' Originated as Satire

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 4, 2023

Users responded to the tweet with the belief that its author was serious. However, that was not ...

Did Elon Musk Appoint Donald Trump Jr. as Twitter's New CEO?

Written by: Jordan Liles

Dec. 22, 2022

Musk previously announced that he would be stepping down as the company's CEO after a majority o ...