Does a video that shows political commentator Hasan Piker saying America should resume lynching Black people show him giving his own opinion? No, that's missing context: The words in question were not Piker's own, he was reading a comment
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Euronews Did NOT Publish Report Saying Ukrainian Gunman Shot Dead 3 NATO Soldiers in Latvia — Did NOT Happen
Did Euronews report that a "Ukrainian gunman" shot and killed three NATO soldiers during the August 2026 military drill held in Latvia? No, that's not true: There is no such report on the news organization's website nor its social media a
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Revive False Miscarriage Statistic, Twist Fauci’s Texts About COVID-19 Shots
Studies have shown no connection between COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and increased risk of miscarriage. Despite this, Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Johnson resurrected a long-debunked claim of an astronomical rate of miscarriage after v
FactCheck.org→ Alaska Senate Candidates Attempt to Link Each Other to Epstein
In Alaska’s tossup Senate race, Democrat Mary Peltola has put out a new ad misleadingly accusing Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of casting “the deciding vote” to keep the Epstein files “hidden.” While Sullivan voted agains
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Abdul El-Sayed, Ms. Rachel Talking To Kids About Israeli ‘Colonizers’
Does a real video show Abdul El-Sayed and Ms. Rachel talking to kids about Israeli "colonizers"? No, that's not true: An AI detection tool concluded that the video showing the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan was generated u
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sophie Cunningham Did NOT Say She Was Considering Retirement After DiJonai Carrington Controversy
Did Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham say she was considering retirement after her controversy with DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Cunningham ever publicly stated that she was con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Migrant Eating Rat In Europe — Scene Is From South Africa
Does a video show a migrant eating a rat in Europe? No, that's not true: The video does show a person eating a rodent, but it was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2024. It does not show a migrant in Europe as claimed in social media
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Helicopter Landing Upside Down In A Field — AI-Generated
Does a real video show a helicopter landing upside down and then flopping over in a field while bystanders watch in the distance? No, that's not true: The Hive Moderation content detection tool determined the video was 95.2% likely to be
Full Fact→ Edited image of Andy Burnham in ‘Free Palestine’ shirt being shared on Facebook
An image of the Prime Minister has been altered to make it look like he’s wearing a “Free Palestine” T-shirt.
Full Fact→ Old video shared with misleading suggestion it shows migrants recently crossing into Ceuta
A Facebook video suggesting it shows recent footage of people crossing the border from Morocco into Ceuta actually dates back to May 2021.
FactCheck.org→ Wright’s Hairsplitting Statements About Canceled Energy Grants in Blue States
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has repeatedly denied that politics were involved in the termination of more than 280 grants last October. A court filing made public in July, however, shows that Energy Department lawyers admitted that the only reason wh
Full Fact→ How does Labour’s record on prison places compare to the Conservatives’?
Labour claims it’s added more than 3,000 prison places in the last two years, and the Conservatives added fewer than 500 in 14 years. But that’s a misleading comparison.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sylvester Stallone Did NOT Say Talking To AOC Was ‘Like Listening To A High School Girl’
Did American actor Sylvester Stallone say talking to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was "like listening to a high school girl"? No, that's not true: The claim originated from a page with a satire label that specifies everything on it is fi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Athletes With Medals Flipping The Bird To President Trump’s Back During Patriot Games
Does a real photo show athletes wearing medals flipping the bird at President Donald Trump's back during the Patriot Games on Aug. 11, 2026, in Geneva, Ohio? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Trump was ever flipped off by the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows AOC In Revealing Sports Bra — Original Has High-Neck, Full Coverage
Does a real image show Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York in a revealing sports bra? No, that's not true: The image is a manipulated screenshot from a video posted to her Instagram account, digitally altered to make the sports bra
FactCheck.org→ Trump Uses Deceptive Chart in False Inflation Boast
In a recent interview, President Donald Trump falsely claimed to be the “lowest of the last 10 presidents on inflation,” seemingly based on a chart Trump posted to social media that misleadingly compares price growth over the first 18 months of hi
Full Fact→ Picture showing total eclipse over Stonehenge is an AI fake
An image shared on Facebook claiming to show a total solar eclipse over Stonehenge is fake. The image was generated using AI tools and contains a SynthID watermark.
Full Fact→ Video of children being taught Muslim prayers does not show a school in England
A video being shared with captions suggesting it shows children at an English school being taught about Salah was actually filmed at an Islamic pre-school in Australia.
Full Fact→ Video does not show ‘Moroccan migrant’ swimming into Ceuta
The viral video clip of a man filming himself swimming with a selfie stick was actually taken in a harbour in El Jadida, Morocco, which is over 250 miles from Spain’s Ceuta.
Full Fact→ Graphene oxide not an ingredient in magnetic antibiotic capsule
Claims that a common antibiotic reacting to a magnet shows it contains graphene oxide, are false. The reaction occurs because the iron oxide used to colour the capsule is magnetic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Landlord Evicting Tenant While New Tenants Are Already on Doorstep — For Entertainment
Does a real video show a landlord forcibly evicting a tenant while new tenants are already waiting on the doorstep? No, that's not true: The video is scripted entertainment content by a production company. The production watermark has bee
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: FAKE VFX Behind-the-Scenes Footage Is Just Clickbait Effect — Lights, Camera, AI
Have you seen viral videos showing elaborate movie sets of small-scale cities and landscapes where the crew creates special effects -- explosions and natural disasters -- in front of a blue or green screen? Lead Stories has spotted a numb
FactCheck.org→ Collins Did Not ‘Support’ OBBBA’s Medicaid Cuts, as Democratic Ad Claims
Sen. Susan Collins was one of three Republican senators who voted against passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, and she cited the legislation’s many changes to Medicaid as the main reason. But an ad from a Democratic outside group
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Nonexistent White House X Post With ‘Nintendo Lives Matter’ Images of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin
Does a real screenshot show a White House X post with "Nintendo Lives Matter" and images of what appear to be George Floyd and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the image ever
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Sports Journalist ‘Marc Jacobs’ Falsely Reported Russell Westbrook Was Signing With Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel
Did a real sports journalist named "Marc Jacobs" report that Russell Westbrook was signing with Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel? No, that's not true: There was no evidence that Westbrook, a 37-year-old NBA free agent, had signed with the Israel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Father Punching Stalker Is NOT Real — It Came From A Thai Skit Channel
Does a viral video actually capture a father punching a person who followed his daughter home? No, that's not true: The clip originated from a channel on YouTube that warned viewers not to take its contents too seriously. Reverse image se
Full Fact→ False claim Muslim majority countries don’t host refugees recirculates
A false claim that no Muslim countries accept refugees is being shared again on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Indiana Fever Did NOT Fire Head Coach Stephanie White on Aug. 10, 2026 — She Continues to Hold Her Job
Did the Indiana Fever fire head coach Stephanie White on Aug. 10, 2026? No, that's not true: The claim is not supported by any official announcement from the team and was not found on the Fever website. In addition, White appeared at the
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: AI-Generated Robot Girlfriend Videos — Even These Fake Girls Aren’t Real
Have you seen viral videos of what look like female robots marketed on social media as girlfriends for human men? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and found that many of them were created using artificial intellig
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Real 1944 Photo Is AI-Enhanced, Colorized — Black-and-White Original Shows Schoolchildren Praying Before Their Morning Milk
Does a real color photo show English schoolchildren praying before their morning milk in 1944? No, that's not true: The original photo is real, part of the archives of the Imperial War Museums, but it's black and white. The photo has been
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Studies Do NOT Show an 81% or 82% Miscarriage Rate in Women Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in First Trimester
Do studies show an 81% or 82% miscarriage rate in pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first trimester? No, that's not true: The numbers are a long-running misrepresentation of early safety data on how mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
FactCheck.org→ Trump and RFK Jr. Repeat False and Misleading Vaccine Claims
During the signing of an executive order on vaccines, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a deluge of false and misleading claims about the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule. The executive order e
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False MMR Vaccine Claims
In signing an executive order about childhood vaccines, President Donald Trump falsely suggested that the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine was unsafe and that splitting up the combination shot would reduce the number of children with autism
Full Fact→ People over 70 will not be ordered to retake their driving test under new plans
Social media posts falsely claim that over-70s must retake their driving test as part of a policy change by Prime Minister Andy Burnham. But the proposals actually concern mandatory eye tests.
Full Fact→ Viral video appearing to show SpaceX rocket hitting moon is fake
Astronomy experts told Full Fact there are several clues that the clip is bogus, while SpaceX founder Elon Musk has also said it is not real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ALTERED Audio Added Sound Of Fart To White House Event Featuring Trump
Was the sound of a fart part of a White House event with President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The original recordings of the May 11, 2026, Oval Office meeting didn't feature it. The sound was digitally added in the version of the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows DiJonai Carrington Saying Sophie Cunningham Should Be Charged With Assault For Trying To Pull Off Her Wig
Does a real video show Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington saying Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham should be charged with assault for nearly pulling off her wig? No, that's not true: The video is AI-generated. An online detection
FactCheck.org→ Rogers Makes False 9/11 Claim About El-Sayed
Republican Mike Rogers has provided no evidence that Democrat Abdul El-Sayed “believes that America deserved 9/11,” as Rogers falsely claimed in a statement this month. Instead Rogers’ Senate campaign has pointed to past comments made by a liber
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Enhanced Photo Shows Moment When Fauci’s Wife Flipped The Bird At Photographer
Does a real photo show the moment when Dr. Anthony Fauci's wife, Christine Grady, flipped the bird at a photographer? Yes, that's essentially true: The image is an AI-enhanced photo showing Grady flipping off a photographer as the couple
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Cyclist Powering A Mercedes Car On The Autobahn — It Is AI-Generated
Does a real video show a cyclist powering a Mercedes on the Autobahn at highway speeds? No, that's not true: The Hive Moderation content detection tool rated the video with a 99.7% likelihood of being AI-generated. Lead Stories found seve