Video footage from a Philippines tremor in early June 2026 was being misidentified on social media as footage from the Venezuela disaster.
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No Images Circulating Online Show the Real B-52 Crash at Edwards Air Force Base
PolitiFact confirmed that photos spread on social media claiming to show the June 16 B-52 crash in California were not from the actual crash site.
Makerfield By-Election Vote Share Predictions Circulating on Social Media Are Unreliable Full Fact Says
Ahead of the Makerfield by-election in the UK fact-checkers found that vote share predictions circulating on social media lacked credible methodology and should not be trusted.
False: A Video Circulating Online Is Not From a June 2026 Philippines Earthquake
PolitiFact verified that a viral video being shared as footage of a June 2026 Philippines earthquake actually shows a different event.
Rajasthan Man Arrested for Circulating Communal Hate Speech Video on WhatsApp Groups
A Rajasthan man is arrested under IPC provisions after a communally divisive video he circulated went viral across local WhatsApp groups
WHO Director-General Warns No Vaccine Exists for the Ebola Strain Now Spreading in Africa
The specific strain circulating in eastern Congo and Uganda is different from strains covered by available vaccines.