Did a viral video show passengers singing with a flight attendant waving an Israeli flag, in June 2025? No, that's not true: Posts on social media reused an old recording. The footage had been on the internet since October 2023. The claim
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Full Fact→ Clip from 2023 Nepal plane accident shared as footage from recent Air India crash
The clip has been shared with claims it shows footage from London-bound Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on 12 June, but it actually dates back to January 2023.
Full Fact→ Clip of 2023 fire falsely shared as Indian missile attack on Pakistani airbase
The clip shows a fire near Pakistan’s Nur Khan airbase in December 2023.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show India Striking Pakistan In May Of 2025 — Video Clip Has Been Online Since 2023
Full Fact→ Video of Pope’s ‘final public address’ is actually from 2023
Misleading claims that a clip of Pope Francis speaking about the conflict in Gaza is from his final speech before his death on 21 April have been circulating on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show April 17, 2025 Gunman At FSU/Florida State University — Real Photo, But From 2023 Shooting In Maine
Did an image shared on social media show the shooter during an April 17, 2025 mass shooting on the campus of Florida State University? No, that's not true: The image of the armed man in a brown hoodie first appeared online in 2023. It sho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Photo Of Javier Milei’s Sister Shows Different Eyes, Nose, Mouth — Original Taken In 2023
Does a viral photo accurately portray Argentinian President Javier Milei's sister Karina Milei? No, that's not true: The image has been heavily edited to completely change her face. The original image was taken in 2023 and shows completel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Man Flipping Off Trump During 2025 Super Bowl — It Was Taken In 2023
Does a photo on social media show a man flipping off President Donald Trump during the 2025 Super Bowl game? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found evidence of the photo being posted online since 2023. Social media posts of the photo ind
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2023 Photo of Swastika Spray-Painted on Tesla in Austria Predates 2025 Elon Musk Controversy
Is a photo of a swastika spray-painted on a Tesla car in Austria related to current events involving Elon Musk in 2025? No, that's not true, the photo has been online since at least 2023. It showed just one car out of 19 that were damaged
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Migrants At Blockade On Southern Border In January 2025 — It Was March 2023
Did a video show "over 1,000" migrants entering the United States through the southern border shortly after President Donald Trump's second inauguration? No, that's not true: This video was posted on X in March 2023, a reverse image searc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Supporting Georgia Sen. Colton Moore After 2025 Arrest — It’s From 2023
Does a video show President-elect Donald Trump supporting Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore after his arrest on January 16, 2025? No, that's not true: The video where Trump praises Moore was originally posted on Trump's official Facebook ac
Full Fact→ Picture of ‘Bashar al-Assad in Moscow’ is from 2023 visit to earthquake victims in Aleppo
Syria's ousted president is reportedly in Moscow, but the picture being shared is old and shows him in Syria.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Has Gaza’s population grown 2% since Oct. 7, 2023? No, that figure was projected before the war
“The population in Gaza has increased by 2.02% since Oct. 7, 2023.”
Full Fact→ Picture supposedly showing recent Tel Aviv missile strike is actually of 2023 attack on Kiryat Shmona
Hezbollah claimed it launched a drone attack on a military base in Tel Aviv recently but there were no indications any drones reached central Israel.
PolitiFact→ One year after Oct. 7, 2023, attack: The evolution of misinformation about Israel and Gaza
After Hamas attacked Israel Oct. 7, 2023, and triggered war, misinformation persisted. We’ve seen altered images distorting reality and claims that “crisis actors” were faking casualties. Here’s a look at a year of misinformation.
Full Fact→ Video of ‘missiles hitting Tel Aviv’ is from Kyiv in 2023
The clip is actually year-old footage from Kyiv, Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Picture of boarded-up windows is from 2023 Florida storm, not Michigan voting centers
Image of people boarding up a window shows Michigan election officials are “preparing to steal this election”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Crime Data Did NOT Report Zero Homicides In Los Angeles Or New Orleans In 2023
Did FBI crime statistics falsely record no homicides in Los Angeles or New Orleans in 2023? No, that's not true: The FBI's Crime Data Explorer shows that both cities had numerous homicides during that calendar year. The incorrect assertio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jarren Duran Of Red Sox Getting Standing Ovation in August 2024 After Suspension For Homophobic Slur Toward Fan — Crowd Footage Is From 2023
Does a video on social media show Boston Red Sox player Jarren Duran receiving a standing ovation upon returning from suspension for calling a fan a homophobic slur? No, that's not true: The video uses old footage from a 2023 game at Fenw
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Throat-Slitting Gesture NOT Filmed At Paris Olympics — Scene Of Moroccan Footballers’ Throat Slitting Motions, Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Is From 2023
Does a video on social media show Moroccan football players at the Paris Olympics doing throat-slitting motions and shouting "Allahu Akbar"? No, that's not true: That video was posted to Instagram in July 2023, when Morocco was participat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2023 Data Does NOT Prove Arctic Sea Ice Levels Trended ‘To Highest Level For 21 Years’
Did data from December 2023 show that Arctic sea ice had soared to its "highest level for 21 years," thus disproving global warming and climate change? No, that's not true: The blog that made this claim cherry-picked genuine data, a senio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sphere Did NOT Show ‘Blue Screen Of Death’ OR ‘BSoD’ During CrowdStrike Outage — Image Is Doctored, From 2023
Did the Sphere in Las Vegas show a "blue screen of death" or "BSoD" on July 19, 2024, during the global Windows outages caused by a CrowdStrike software defect? No, that's not true: The image on social media that makes this claim is docto
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Crowds In Australia Greeting Assange On His Return In 2024 — Scene Is From 2023
Does a video on social media show crowds gathered in Australia to greet Julian Assange on his return in June 2024? No, that's not true: The video was published in 2023, showing footage from crowds at the May 20 Sydney Freedom March. The v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bombing In Rafah In May 2024 — It’s Northern Gaza In November 2023
Does a viral video show Israeli strikes in Rafah in May 2024? No, that's not true: The video was first posted on November 10, 2023. At the time, news organizations published reports about most fighting being concentrated on the opposite s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Palestinians Performing Funeral Prayer In Rafah After Israeli Strike In Late May 2024 — 2023 Photo
Does a photo portray a funeral procession in southern Gaza after an Israeli strike on Rafah in late May 2024? No, that's not true: The image predates this particular attack. It shows a different funeral that took place in central Gaza on
AllSides→ Did El Paso record only four inches of rain in 2023?
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Full Fact→ Small boat arrivals are higher so far this year compared to 2023
Rishi Sunak’s claim that small boat crossings are “down by a third” since he became Prime Minister is only true when looking at arrivals in 2023.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Vote ‘For Palestine’ In October 2023 UN Security Council Session — Post Misrepresents Council’s President’s Spoken Mistake
Does a viral video prove that Israel voted "for Palestine" during a United Nations Security Council meeting? No, that's not true: In the meeting the then-president of the U.N. Security Council read a list of the countries supporting a res
PolitiFact→ Mark Pocan – Yes, in 2023 Congress passed the fewest number of bills since the Great Depression
“We passed 27 bills last year, which is the fewest since the Depression.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Give $16 Billion Of US Money To Iran In 2023; They’re Frozen Iranian Assets
Did President Joe Biden give $16 billion of American money away to Iran in 2023? No, that's not true: First, it's important to say that the amount in question is $6 billion, not $16 billion. Secondly, the money wasn't U.S. taxpayer dollar
Full Fact→ Baltimore bridge collapse not depicted in 2023 Netflix film
A claim circulating on Facebook that the ruins of the Francis Scott Key Bridge were featured in the disaster film Leave the World Behind is false.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Biden FCC nominee withdrew in 2023, not 2024
President Joe Biden’s “FCC pick just withdrew after being humiliated by Senator J.D. Vance” in April.
Full Fact→ How many people were ‘deported’ from the UK in 2023?
We take a look at the figures after the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed the government had “deported 24,000 illegal migrants”.
Logically→ 2023 video of actor Akshay Kumar wrongly linked to Ayodhya Ram temple inauguration
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Claim 97 ‘Media’ Arrests In November And December 2023
Did the U.S. Judge Advocate General's Corps arrest 97 media personnel in November and December 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. Also, the website where this claim was made decl
Logically→ Unsubstantiated sea ice figures misused to deny 2023 was hottest year on record
Logically→ Unrelated image from 2023 shared as recent explosion at Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s warehouse
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Netanyahu Did NOT Say In October 2023 That ‘America Is A Thing You Can Move Very Easily’ — Recording Was Made In 2001
Did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describe the United States as "a thing you can move very easily" just one week after the October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion? No, that's not true: The tape in which he made the remark reportedly w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oprah Winfrey Was NOT Sent To GITMO On December 3, 2023
Was former talk show host Oprah Winfrey arrested and sent to Guantanamo Bay in early December 2023? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Winfrey is in Guantanamo Bay. She has posted as recently as January 15, 2024, on her verifi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Portal’ At Miami Mall New Year’s Day 2024 — Edited Video Dates To May 2023
Was a video filmed on New Year's Day 2024 at the Bayside Marketplace in Miami showing panicked bystanders running and falling as a mysterious glowing "portal" opened near them? No, that's not true: This video was first posted on TikTok by