Fact Check – Page 26

False: Video Showing UAE Fire Falsely Shared as Iranian Attack on Israeli Energy Infrastructure

An old video of a fire in the UAE is recirculating online with false claims it shows a recent Iranian strike on Israeli oil facilities.

Full Fact debunks a viral clip from Belfast being circulated with false claims it shows police misconduct in Southampton during recent unrest.

Fact checkers find Trump distorted a Maryland ballot vendor error claiming 500000 corrupt and illegal ballots were mailed to rig the election.

Snopes monitors a wave of convincing but entirely fabricated AI-generated news stories using Trump and Pope Francis as bait for engagement.

Full Fact clarifies that welfare has exceeded income tax receipts for at least 16 years contradicting viral claims about a first-ever milestone.

Fact checkers find Trump overstated prior administration spending on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool which reopened after routine maintenance.

Artificially generated photographs purporting to show bodies of Iranian girls went viral and were shared by elected officials and journalists.

A viral AI-generated video falsely showing the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ablaze was initially shared and believed before being debunked.

Fact checkers confirm clips of prior explosions in Ukraine and China were falsely relabelled and shared as footage of attacks inside Israel.

FactCheck.org finds available federal data does not support the president’s repeated assertion of a dramatic reduction in ocean drug trafficking.