Old videos of explosions in Ukraine and China were shared on social media and falsely claimed to show new strikes during the 2026 Iran war before being identified and labelled as misinformation.
Tag: Fact Check
Viral Video Purportedly Showing Trump Dozing at Arlington Ceremony Is Misleading
Social media accounts shared a video purportedly showing President Trump dozing off during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery which Snopes found required additional context.
Trump Was Never Convicted of Rape Despite Viral Social Media Posts Claiming Otherwise
Viral social media posts falsely claiming Trump was convicted of rape were debunked with fact-checkers confirming a civil jury found him liable for sexual abuse in 2023 but there was no criminal conviction.
Claim That Pakistan Joined Abraham Accords Is Circulating Falsely Pakistan Says No
Viral claims suggesting Pakistan had agreed to normalize ties with Israel were false as Pakistan’s defence minister explicitly rejected the idea.
Joyriding Bills in Multiple US States and Federally Contain No Such Bans Says Fact-Check
A legal fact-check found that viral claims about state and federal laws banning joyriding were not accurately representing what the legislation actually said.
False Claim That Punjab School Timing Changes Nationwide Goes Viral Amid Heatwave
Fact-checkers clarified that changes to school and office timings amid the heatwave applied only to Punjab and were being falsely shared as a nationwide Indian government directive.
Claim That Rafale Deal Price Was Rs 5 Lakh Crore Significantly Inflated Compared to Official Figure
Indian fact-checkers corrected widely shared social media posts that inflated the Rafale deal cost to Rs 5 lakh crore when the government’s official figure stands at approximately Rs 3.25 lakh crore.
Claim That Bill Gates Is Behind Spread of Ticks That Cause Red Meat Allergy Debunked
Media Bias Fact Check confirmed there is no credible evidence linking Bill Gates to the deliberate spread of lone star ticks that cause alpha-gal red meat allergy syndrome.
Claim That FDA Approved Two Oncology Drugs in Record Time Found to Be Misleading
Fact checkers found that viral claims about the FDA approving two new cancer drugs in record time were misleading omitting key context about conditional accelerated approvals.
AI-Generated Images of Iranian Girls Shared by UN Official as Authentic Photos Debunked
Fact checkers confirmed that AI-generated images purporting to show bodies of Iranian girls which were shared by a UN Special Rapporteur on social media were not authentic photographs.