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Image Claiming to Show Ballot Stuffing at California Ballot Box Is Misleading PolitiFact Finds
PolitiFact reviewed footage circulating with claims of California ballot stuffing and found key context was missing from claims being made about the video.
Trump Did Not Spend ‘Hundreds of Millions’ Claiming Previous Administrations Failed on Pool
FactCheck.org found Trump overstated prior spending on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool while claiming his administration fixed it cheaply.
Video Claiming to Show Israelis Fleeing to Cyprus Is Misleading Social Media Posts Rated False
PolitiFact found that a social media video falsely claimed to show Israeli citizens fleeing to Cyprus amid the Iran conflict.
AI-Generated Story Falsely Claiming WNBA Star Was Arrested Spreads on Social Media
Misinformation spread through AI social media accounts falsely claimed a WNBA player had been arrested with no factual basis for the story.
Image Claiming Andy Burnham Said He Wants More Asylum Seekers in Makerfield Was AI-Generated
Full Fact confirms that an image of Andy Burnham with the fabricated quote about asylum seekers was generated using artificial intelligence
Viral Image Claiming to Show 1950s Ad Was Modern Fabrication Mimicking Vintage Sexism
Fact-checkers confirmed that a supposedly antique 1950s advertisement widely circulated online was a recently created fake designed to imitate the era’s advertising style.
Viral Photo Claiming to Show Child Buchenwald Survivors Is Inauthentic Fact-Checkers Confirm
Snopes and other fact-checkers confirmed that a widely circulated photograph purportedly showing young survivors of Buchenwald concentration camp is not an authentic historical image.
Viral Post Claiming NEET 2026 Paper Was Leaked Three Days Ago Lacks Evidence
Fact-checkers from BOOM and Alt News found no credible evidence backing claims that the NEET 2026 paper was leaked three days before the exam