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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Claiming Florida School Bus Beating Of ‘Lily Trejo’ By ‘Jake Lynch’ Is Partially AI-Generated — Names Unverified, Photos From Unrelated Cases
Does a real video show 9-year-old Lily Trejo being beaten by Jake Lynch and another boy on Feb. 1 in Florida, with Lynch getting a "stern warning"? No, that's not true: The video combines cellphone footage of a real 2023 attack on a schoo
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Fake New York Post Headlines From Parody Rabbi Account Used To Bait Chatbot — The ‘@Grok-Is-This-Jew?’ Trick
Have you seen posts on X that look like screenshots of New York Post headlines, which have a caption asking the xAI chatbot Grok to determine if the story is real or not? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such posts recently from an ac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Will NOT Be Personally Responsible For Her Campaign’s $39 Million Debt — Claim Comes From Satire Site
Will Kamala Harris be held personally responsible for her campaign's $39 million debt, according to a federal bankruptcy court? No, that's not true: The story originated from a network of self-described satire websites that place multiple
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Lebensraum For Israel’ Post DID Appear On Times Of Israel Blog In 2024 — But Was Taken Down Later
Did a post mentioning Lebensraum for Israel appear on the Times of Israel blog platform? Yes, that's true: The screenshot that resurfaced on social media in 2026 showed a blog entry that was indeed published there almost two years earlier
Full Fact→ Andy Burnham’s first Labour Party conference speech as PM: fact checked
We’ve taken a look at a few of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech in Liverpool.
Full Fact→ Video of huge pro-Palestine rally in the UK is AI-generated
A video appears to show a large UK march for Palestine. It's fake. Both the audio and visuals carry Google's SynthID watermark.
Full Fact→ Viral NATO video isn’t a ‘new ad campaign’
A clip of NATO soldiers is being shared with claims it is a new promotional clip. It was actually posted in 2024 to mark the alliance's 75th anniversary.
Full Fact→ Video shows Muslim women queuing for a clothing sale, not free childcare
The video has been widely shared on social media alongside the false claim that it shows women in headscarves lining up to enroll their children into free public daycare.
Full Fact→ Old video of crowd running through streets of Sheffield shared as if recent
A video filmed in Sheffield in August 2024 has been reshared online with misleading claims it shows an event in September 2026.
Full Fact→ Video compilation includes fake video of crying Ukrainian soldier shared on Facebook again
Full Fact→ There’s still no evidence that wearing sunglasses causes cancer
Full Fact→ Video of ‘asylum seeker’ saying he wants ‘more money and more freedom’ is AI-generated
A clip which has been shared online contains a SynthID watermark, suggesting it was made with Google’s AI tools.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Video Shows Giorgia Meloni Wearing Palestinian Flag As Cape At UN
Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wear a Palestinian flag as a cape while at the U.N.? No, that's not true: The AI detector ZeroGPT determined the video of Meloni's alleged protest was created with AI. A visual analysis also revea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Ban Israeli Tourists
Did Japan issue a blanket ban on all Israeli tourists, as of September 2026? No, that's not true: No government pages or media reports confirmed the online rumor. While there were some isolated instances of hotels employees invoking "war
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump, Xi, Musk, Altman, Bezos And Others Toasting At Black-Tie Event
Does a real photo show President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and others toasting at a black-tie event? No, that's not true: The image is AI-generat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Charli XCX Was NOT Giving Taylor Swift A Stone Face At MTV VMAs — Footage Is From Nirvana Award
Was Charli XCX sitting with a stone face and barely clapping while Taylor Swift was on stage at the 2026 MTV VMAs? No, that's not true: Video from the VMA X account shows Charli XCX with no expression and tapping her knee during a Nirvana
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Shows FAKE Israeli Passport Pictures Of Zelenskyy And His Wife
Does a viral image prove that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska hold Israeli citizenship? No, that's not true: The composite image shared on social media was likely created by AI, online tools showed. Lea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ivgeni Zarubinski Is NOT An Israeli Foreign Ministry Official Who Posted About Activating Pagers in Ireland — He’s A Satirist
Is Ivgeni Zarubinski an Israeli Foreign Ministry official who posted about activating explosive pagers in Ireland following Israel's 3-0 soccer loss to Ireland in late September 2026, as some posts on social media claimed? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Get In Big Fight With Secret Service Agents — He Was Talking To PGA Tour CEO At Presidents Cup
Does a video show President Trump getting into a big fight with Secret Service agents? No, that's not true: The video shows the president talking with the PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp at the Presidents Cup golf tournament in September 2026.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Labeled ‘Iran Attacks A Nuclear Site On The Israeli Side Of The Sea’ Is AI-Generated
Does a video show Iran attacked a nuclear site on the Israeli side of the sea? No, that's not true: The content detection tool at Hive Moderation determined the video is 98.4% likely to be AI-generated. The fake video has been circulating
Full Fact→ No, Japan has not introduced ‘anti-Islam’ laws
Viral posts claim Japan has banned halal food, mosques, burqas and the call to prayer. This is false. No such laws exist, and Japan's constitution guarantees religious freedom.
Full Fact→ Facebook posts wrong to claim former Makerfield MP is new head of No 10 policy unit
Josh Simons, whose resignation as an MP led to the by-election Andy Burnham won, has not been appointed to lead on policy at Downing Street.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Enhanced Picture Of RAF Fairford Suspects Is NOT An Original Photograph — Based On Blurry Viral Photo
Is this an actual, sharp photograph of suspects arrested near RAF Fairford air base in the United Kingdom on Sept. 27, 2026? No, that's not true: According to an AI detection tool, the image contained a SynthID watermark indicating it had
New York Times→ White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers
The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Swaps Photo Of Real CNN Article ‘Cuckolding Can Be Positive For Some Couples’
Is a screenshot of a CNN article with the headline, "Cuckolding can be positive for some couples, study says" real? No, that's not true: The "cuckolding" article was originally published by CNN in 2018 and the original photo showed three
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Real Photo Shows Zelenskyy Wearing Platform Shoes At European Council Event
Does a real photo show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wearing platform dress shoes during a press conference? No, that's not true: Real photos and official video from the Oct. 23, 2025, European Council event in Brussels show Zel
FactCheck.org→ Paxton’s Uvalde Comment in Full Context
In the Texas Senate race, comments Republican Ken Paxton made in 2022 about the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are circulating on social media, thanks to posts by his opponent, Democrat James Talarico, and the Democratic Party
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Trump State Dinner With Xi, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos At The Head Table Is Al-Generated
Is a photo of President Trump, President of China Xi Jinping, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos at the head table at the White House state dinner on Sept. 24, 2026, real? No, that's not true: The image is clearly labeled AI-generated. The head tab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Story Claims $140 Million Found At Home Of Ukraine’s Zhumadilov, Marked ‘Servant Of The People’ — Came From FAKE NV Website
Is a story mimicking The New Voice of Ukraine claiming $140 million was found at Arsen Zhumadilov's home, marked "For the Servant of the People," real? No, that's not true: The New Voice of Ukraine did not publish such a report. Instead,
FactCheck.org→ Republican Ad Attacks Cooper with Misleading Claim About Rape Kits
A Republican super PAC has been running an ad that makes the misleading claim that North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper “let 16,000 untested rape kits sit on the shelf” when he was the state’s attorney general. The evidence kits we
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Post Did NOT Publish Article About Jewish Student’s Dorm Door Being Targeted By Antisemitic Attack — Fake News
Did the New York Post publish an article about a student who was targeted by an antisemitic attack, vandalizing her dorm door? No, that's not true: The fabricated screenshot used preexisting photos to craft a fake screenshot of a New York
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Benjamin Netanyahu Did NOT Say America Deserved 9/11 — He Was Quoting Hassan Piker To Criticize Mamdani
Did Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say that America deserved 9/11 during an address to the United Nations General Assembly? No, that's not true: Netanyahu was criticizing New York's Mayor Zohran Mamdani when he repeated the wor
Full Fact→ Morrisons isn’t giving away free food boxes to people who comment on Facebook posts
Full Fact→ Small boat crossings didn’t start after the Brexit referendum
The Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesperson wrongly claimed that “not a single small boat crossed the Channel” before the vote to leave the EU.
Full Fact→ AI-generated video of Manchester protest shared on social media
Full Fact→ Video showing thousands of people at London protest is AI fake
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE New York Times Videos Of Alyssa Milano, Rachael Harris, Sean Astin, Falsely Claim They Support ‘All Democrats Are Criminals’
Do videos falsely attributed to the New York Times show actors Alyssa Milano, Sean Astin and Rachael Harris supporting the "All Democrats Are Criminals" movement? No, that's not true: The videos use clips from Cameo accounts and add compl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE New York Times Videos Of Leonardo DiCaprio, Eric Braeden, Other Celebs, Falsely Claim They Support ‘All Democrats Are Criminals’
Do videos falsely attributed to the New York Times show actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Eric Braeden, Annie Potts and Patrick Fabian supporting the "All Democrats Are Criminals" movement? No, that's not true: Braeden's rep told Lead Stories the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Breaking News Video Titled ‘Sad News: 30 Minutes Ago In Ohio, JD Vance Was Confirmed As…’ Is AI-Generated Clickbait
Did a real news broadcast show Vice President JD Vance in Ohio breaking sad news while flanked by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio? No, that's not true: The short video clip is AI-generated and there was no such a