A widely seen image of a house that survived the floods in Nepal is actually an AI-generated fake.
Here are the latest articles published by U.S. fact-checking sites:
Full Fact→ False claims Bill Gates wrote an article on depopulating the earth with ‘forced vaccines’ recirculate
Several incorrect posts claiming that Mr Gates wrote an article about using vaccinations to control the population have been shared online.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Image of Trump Wetting Chair After Meeting With Irish President Catherine Connolly — NOT Real Photo
Is an image of President Donald Trump appearing to have wetted himself after meeting with Irish President Catherine Connolly a real photo? No, that's not true: It's from an AI-generated meme. No officially released images showed such a sc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Foreign Press’ Did NOT Report Irish President Refused To Sit Near Donald Trump Due To ‘Fecal’ Odor
Did the 'foreign press' report that the Irish president insisted on being seated away from Donald Trump because he was emanating a disgusting 'fecal' like odor? No, that's not true: There are no credible reports that Catherine Connolly re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Natalie Harp Smiling With Prominent Teeth And Gums — Image Is AI-Altered
Does a real photo accurately portray Natalie Harp smiling? No, that's not true: A real image has been altered with AI tools to elongate Harp's teeth and expose her gums. A visual comparison between the altered image and the original, as w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Images Marked July 1985 Shows Trump and Epstein On Yacht In Swim Briefs
Did a real photo from July 14, 1985, recently surface that shows Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein together on a yacht wearing swim briefs? No, that's not true: At least two images surfaced online on Sept. 11, 2026, one with an AI label. C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Image Shows Putin BRICS Selfie — Posted By Russian Embassy In South Africa
Is the viral selfie featuring Russia's Vladimir Putin surrounded by BRICS leaders an actual photo documenting the group's summit in September 2026? No, that's not true: Three online detectors ruled that it was made by AI. Lead Stories did
Full Fact→ London’s white population has not ‘plummeted to 34%’
Census data doesn’t support this claim—this percentage is closer to the figure for white British people in London, not white people generally.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image of Trump Clearing Rubble at Ground Zero After 9/11 Is AI-Generated
Does a viral image authentically document President Donald Trump's efforts to clear the rubble at the 9/11 site? No, that's not true: Three online tools said it was generated by AI. In particular, one tool detected an invisible watermark
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image of Dead Osama Bin Laden Was Made Using Image From ‘Black Hawk Down’ — No Real Images Made Public
Does a grainy green night vision photo show Osama bin Laden after he was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALs? No, that's not true: This image was made by adding bin Laden's face to a still image taken from the movie "Black Hawk Down." This
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Kim Jong Un Called For Benjamin Netanyahu Arrest
Did North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un call for Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested in September 2026? No, that's not true: There are no credible news reports that Kim made an announcement calling for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to be a
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Day Two of the GOP Midterm Convention
Vice President JD Vance gave the keynote address on the second night of the Republican midterm convention, which also featured Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., House Speaker Mike Johnson and a final send-off from President Do
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Image Shows Damage From Folding On iPhone Duo — Original Photos Show No Such Damage
Does a viral image authentically show the folding iPhone Duo released in September 2026 after three months of use? No, that's not true: Two online AI detectors found evidence of generative AI. Earlier versions of the image shared on socia
Full Fact→ Baseless 9/11 claim recirculates on 25th anniversary of the attacks
Posts suggesting that planes did not cause the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings continue to be shared online. This isn’t the case, according to official investigations and independent experts.
Full Fact→ Solar panels do not currently occupy ‘thousands of square miles’ of farmland
Reform UK party chair Lee Anderson claimed there are “thousands of square miles” of solar panels on farmland in the UK. This is a huge overstatement.
Lead Stories→ 25 Years Later: The Top 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Fact Checks Readers Are Searching For On Lead Stories
A quarter of a century after four hijacked airliners crashed into New York's Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field false claims about the September 11, 2001, terror attacks still draw interest. Here is a list of the top 9/11
Full Fact→ Clip of Mark Zuckerberg saying humans will run out of water is deepfake
A viral video uses AI to falsely show Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming humans have one year of water left.
Full Fact→ Kent Police didn’t say 76% of Dover protestors have previous convictions
People are taking the claim at face value, but it seems to have originated from a page calling itself “an obvious satire account”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Grindr Outage Did NOT Take Place in Dallas During 2026 Republican National Convention
Did a real Grindr outage take place in Dallas during the 2026 Republican National Convention, which began on Sept. 9, 2026? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Grindr told Lead Stories it had no outages connected to the convention, an
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech
In a nearly two-hour speech at the first Republican midterm convention, President Donald Trump promised to pay Americans if Republicans won, and he repeatedly said communists could take over Congress if they didn’t, among other familiar claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly Is NOT Dropping Bid For Re-Election — It’s Satire
Is Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly dropping his bid for re-election after learning he's lost 40 points in the polls among veterans? No, that's not true: The story is entirely made up. It originated from a network of self-described satire websites
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Images Illustrate Story Of Bear Carrying Injured Animals To Wildlife Center — Images Are AI-Generated
Do real photos show a bear carrying an injured fox and an injured raccoon to the door of a wildlife center where it had once received care? No, that's not true: The images, designed to look like security camera footage, are AI-generated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Collage Does NOT Show Real List Of Reform UK Candidates — It Is AI-Generated
Does a viral composite image show the real list of candidates running for office from the Reform UK party? No, that's not true: While some of the people on the list are real Reform UK affiliates, a closer manual examination showed that th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Show Clay Matthews In Makeup And Prosthetics With Prominent Muscles And Jawline — It Is A Caesars Sportsbook Ad Campaign
Do real photos show former NFL star Clay Matthews with prominent muscles and a pronounced jawline? No, that's not true: The images are part of an ad campaign for Caesars Sportsbook, a gambling app. A video on the company's X account shows
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ALTERED Image Shows Shadow Mustache On AfD Leader Alice Weidel — Not In The Original 2016 Photo
Did a microphone cast an uncanny shadow across the upper lip of Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party? No, that's not true: The image circulating on social media has been altered. The original
Full Fact→ Are UK household energy bills the ‘highest in Europe’?
We’ve looked at how UK energy costs compare internationally, after two different claims from Andy Burnham and Nigel Farage.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post ‘No More Free Niagara Falls For Canada!’ — It Is A Made-Up Screenshot
Did President Donald Trump post "No more free Niagara Falls for Canada" on his social media accounts? No, that's not true: A review of Trump's Truth Social account found no record of such a post. The claim appears to have originated with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NYC Mayor Mamdani Did NOT Write Post About Interview With Charlie Kirk In September 2025
Did New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani post on X in September 2025 that he, Mamdani, had an interview with conservative activist Charlie Kirk shortly before his assassination? No, that's not true: At the time, Mamdani hadn't taken office
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Ad Featuring Sydney Sweeney In Nike Branding Is AI-Generated — No Official Nike Campaign Exists
Does Nike have an ad campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney with the slogan, "Buy the stock. Just do it."? No, that's not true: The fake ad circulating on social media features an AI-generated likeness of Sydney Sweeney. The meme surfaced afte
FactCheck.org→ Ohio Democratic Ads Connect Husted to Bribery Scandal, Despite No Charges of Wrongdoing
Democratic ads in the Ohio Senate race are highlighting a political bribery scandal involving an energy company that benefited from a 2019 nuclear-power bailout law. It’s true, as the ads say, that Republican Sen. Jon Husted backed the legislati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence AI-Generated Image Trump Shared Is Official New Space Force Uniform
Is the image that President Donald Trump shared of a United States Space Force Service Dress Uniform Next Generation the official uniform for the military branch? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the image shows the new offi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Miley Cyrus Saying Dolly Parton Left Her Entire Fortune To Her Is AI-Generated
Does a real video show Miley Cyrus saying that Dolly Parton left her entire fortune to her? No, that's not true: An online AI detection tool determined the clip was very likely AI-generated, assigning it a 99% confidence score. There is n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Russia’s Rossotrudnichestvo Head Igor Chaika Is FAKE — Likely Altered With AI
Does a viral image authentically portray Russia's Rossotrudnichestvo agency head Igor Chaika? No, that's not true: the picture was likely altered using AI to make the Russian official look bigger than in the original. Chaika's face and th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Defend Natalie Harp After She Posted Nuclear Codes on Instagram — Story Is From Borowitz Report Satire
Did President Donald Trump defend White House aide Natalie Harp after she posted nuclear codes on Instagram? No, that's not true: The claim originated on a website known for posting satirical news content, and there is no evidence that Ha
Full Fact→ Misleading ‘fact’ sheet about UK Muslims recirculates
A viral graphic making a number of claims about Muslims in the UK has been shared online again, but several are wrong, unevidenced or unlikely to be true given the information we have.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Declare Moon ‘A U.S.A. Territory’
Did President Donald Trump write a Truth Social post declaring the "Moon a U.S.A. territory," saying it has "rare Moon metals"? No, that's not true: The claim was initially posted with a satire label. Searches across Trump's posts and an
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Don’t Let Fake Father-Daughter Hospital Scenes Put Your Judgment In A Coma — AI Clickbait Preying On Your Prayers
Have you seen viral videos showing a father crying at the hospital bedside of his unconscious young daughter asking viewers for prayers? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and has found that many of them were create
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Say He Is Removing ‘Negger’ From His Name Because It ‘Could Be Offensive’
Did Arnold Schwarzenegger say he was removing "negger" from his last name because it "could be offensive" and instead going by "Schwarzen"? No, that's not true: The account that posted the claim is a satire and parody entertainment site.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post Animated Video Of Himself Attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney With Hockey Stick
Did Donald Trump post an animated video where he is attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney with a hockey stick? No, that's not true: Trump did not post an animated video of him beating Carney with a hockey stick. Trump posted a sta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Norway’s Prime Minister Did NOT Rip Apart Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Letter — It Was A Text Message, Not A Letter
Did Norway's prime minister rip apart U.S. President Donald Trump's Nobel Peace Prize letter with red-pen corrections? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre graded and corrected a letter