Does a video show a real scuffle in front of a Grand Central Market between a Cherokee woman and an ICE Agent? No, that's not true: This video is AI-generated and was recaptioned for additional ragebaiting effect. It is one of a series of
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Videos of Bathtub Viking And ‘Techno Viking’ Escaping ICE Officers In Minneapolis Are FAKE — Made With AI By Parodists
Did real news video show Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers being outrun by a viking in a wheeled bathtub, or a dancing "Techno Viking", on a Minneapolis street? No, that's not true: No real news outlet broadcast either video, w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Video Of Erika Kirk Jumping On Stage Using A Power Boosted Lift At ‘Rolling Loud Orlando 2026 Is AI
Is a video of Erika Kirk jumping on stage at the Rolling Loud Orlando 2026 event using a power boosted lift real? No, that's not true: The video is an AI-generated compilation using footage from South Korean rapper Psy's publicly availabl
Full Fact→ Fake AI doctors endorse weight loss patches on social media
Posts claiming to show clinicians from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust using and endorsing weight loss patches are fake and were made with AI.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 20% of Oregon Voters Were NOT Shown To Be Fake When 800,000 Inactive Registrations Were Removed
Were 20 percent of Oregon voters revealed to be "fake" after the secretary of state announced they were going to clean 800,000 names from voter rolls? No, that's not true: The removal of 800,000 inactive registered voters is part of routi
Full Fact→ Fake Guardian headline about Christmas being ‘offensive’ to Muslims shared online
A screenshot supposedly showing a Guardian article with this headline comes from a satirical account, but has been shared as real on social media.
Full Fact→ Fake image of young Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein recirculates online
The image appears to show the US President sitting next to Epstein on a sofa surrounded by women, but there are several signs that show it was likely made with artificial intelligence.
Full Fact→ Fake transcript of Farage-Kuenssberg clash shared online
A fake transcript claiming to show a heated interview between Nigel Farage and Laura Kuenssberg is circulating on Facebook. The BBC confirmed this didn’t happen, and the pictures of it are AI-generated.
Full Fact→ Fake video of Donald Trump criticising Keir Starmer’s leadership is AI-generated
A clip that appears to show the US President criticising Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media. But it isn’t real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Stories Say Streisand, Farage, Speaker Johnson And Others Said ‘Our country would be safer without Somali immigrants’ — Vietnam-Launched Hoaxes Say Celebrities Targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar
Did Barbra Streisand, British politician Nigel Farage and Kevin Costner each say "Our country would be safer without Somali immigrants -- starting with Ilhan Omar!"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories featuring those and other
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Federal Judge Did NOT Instruct Treasury Department To Claw Back $15 Million From A USAID Scam By Adam Schiff — Fake Story From Satire Site
Did a federal Judge say the Treasury Department can take back $15 million of USAID money granted to companies owned by Sen. Adam Schiff? No, that's not true: This post originated from a website that produces satire content designed to foo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Posts About ‘100% Free Community Health Center’ Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real — Foreign Clickbait
Did Eminem, Kid Rock, Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift or other celebrities stand for photos of themselves and supporters opening "America's first 100% free community health center"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical storie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Abiy Ahmed’s 5-Star Cruise Ship Abandoned In Desert Shows Telltale Signs Of Being AI-Generated
Does a video show a large cruise ship abandoned in the desert by Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia? No, that's not true: No legitimate news organization has reported it, though a massive engineering feat such as this undertaken b
Full Fact→ Fake planning notice falsely claims application lodged for Stockport asylum seeker housing
Stockport Council says it has removed bogus planning notices which had been put up detailing a fake application for a temporary structure to provide accommodation for up to 800 asylum seekers.
Full Fact→ Fake planning notice falsely claims application lodged for Stockport asylum seeker housing
Stockport Council says it has removed bogus planning notices which had been put up detailing a fake application for a temporary structure to provide accommodation for up to 800 asylum seekers.
Full Fact→ Faked photo of Keir Starmer and Jimmy Savile decorating a Christmas tree recirculates
An old photo of Sir Keir Starmer decorating a Christmas tree has been edited to include serial sex abuser Jimmy Savile.
Full Fact→ Faked photo of Keir Starmer and Jimmy Savile decorating a Christmas tree recirculates
An old photo of Sir Keir Starmer decorating a Christmas tree has been edited to include serial sex abuser Jimmy Savile.
Full Fact→ New wave of fake stories about curbs on personal freedoms and bogus taxes rack up millions of views on social media
In the three months since we first covered the problem, we’ve fact checked a further 45 false and misleading claims, about everything from nighttime curfews to a “Christmas decorations tax”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake ‘You Need To Shut Up’ Tweet Story About Karoline Leavitt, Other Celebrities — Spam From Vietnam
Did Karoline Leavitt or someone else tweet "You Need To Shut Up" at various celebrities and did they all react during a "live show" with millions of viewers? No, that's not true: Dozens of variations of the same story but mentioning diffe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Fake Stories Say SAT Score Reveal Silenced Trump, Obama, Kimmel After Each Called Harvard Grads ‘Overrated’
Were President Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama or TV host Jimmy Kimmel silenced after calling Harvard grads "overrated and dumb" when opponents revealed their SAT scores? No, that's not true: There is no public record of Trump
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Austria’s Eurovision 2026 Stage Design Is NOT A Swastika, It’s A Curved Leaf — Fake Image Circulating Is From Satire Account
Did Austria reveal the stage design for Eurovision 2026 is a swastika? No, that's not true: The image is fake and was posted by a satire account which says they have been "Spreading misinformation on the internet since 1827". On Dec. 16,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People In Music For 2025 Does NOT Include Tom Jones, Jelly Roll, Stevie Wonder, Pink, Willie Nelson, Or Anyone — Fake List From Vietnam
Does Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in music for 2025 include Tom Jones, Jelly Roll, Willie Nelson, Pink, Jimmy Page, Johnny Mathis, Mick Jagger, or anyone? No, that's not true: There is no such TIME Magazine list. While musi
Full Fact→ Fake ‘BBC’ article falsely claims that Martin Lewis has been arrested
The page features a fake image probably generated with AI, and also falsely claims Martin Lewis is endorsing a new AI trading platform.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Long Road Ahead, But I Believe In Recovery …’ Is NOT A Real Post By Maddow, Gauff, Sunak And Other Celebrities — Plucky Sick-Bed Notes Are Another Fake News Scam
Did Rachel Maddow, tennis champion Coco Gauff and former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, plus dozens of other prominent Americans, post identical brave notes from a hospital bed, saying "I still have a long road ahead. But I believe i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 90-Year-Old Man Is NOT Being Sued By The Families Of Two Home Invaders He Killed — Ragebait Fake Story
Did an elderly man kill two thieves inside his home and is he now being sued by their families for $1 million in damages? No, that's not true: This story is made up, designed to get social media engagement by causing outrage. There is no
Full Fact→ Fake video of mass funeral recirculates on social media
Posts being shared on social media suggest a video shows a mass funeral taking place in Sudan, but the clip is almost certainly AI-generated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Venezuela Ship Commanded By Captain Yonaiker Bermúdez And US Destroyer USS Jason Durham
Is a video of a conversation between the Venezuelan ship Guaiquerí, commanded by Capt. Yonaiker Bermúdez, and the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Jason Durham legitimate? No, that's not true: The creator of the video said on social media that i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arnold Schwarzenegger Did NOT Offer To Cover All Funeral Expenses For Rob Reiner And His Wife — Video Is AI Fakery
Did Arnold Schwarzenegger offer to "cover all funeral expenses for Rob Reiner and his wife"? No, that's not true: The original TikTok video was labeled AI-generated by the content creator. There has not been any reporting that Schwarzeneg
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Story About Retired Charleston Detective Solving A 21-Year-Old Cold Case After Spotting a Wax Figure At A Gala Is Formulaic Clickbait
Did retired Charleston detective Vincent Hayes solve a cold case by recognizing missing woman Aaliyah Porter's face in a wax figure at a gala? No, that's not true: This story is just another fabricated tale from a YouTube channel that has
Full Fact→ Fake AI image of Bondi Beach victim having blood applied circulates online
The AI generated picture has been circulating widely on social media alongside completely false claims the man pictured was a ‘crisis actor’ and never really injured.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Story About ‘Live 3 A.M. Emergency Monologue’ By Mamdani, Melania Trump, Sen. Kennedy, Others Is NOT Real– It’s Fake News Clickbait From Vietnam
Did Zohran Mamdani, Melania Trump, Sen. John Kennedy or other prominent Americans go live with a 3 a.m. emergency monologue claiming they were under threat for secrets they were about to expose about President Donald Trump or former presi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Quote From Charli XCX Article ‘The Death of Cool’ About God And Gender Roles — University Of Oklahoma Student Essay
Did singer Charli XCX write an article titled "The Death of Cool" about God and gender roles? No, that's not true: The passage attributed to Charli XCX on social media is taken from an essay by a University of Oklahoma student about God a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rob Reiner Did NOT Post Anti-Trump Tweet In 2023 — Fake Message
Did Rob Reiner post an anti-Trump tweet in 2023 saying he would not be posting on Twitter until Trump goes to prison? No, that's not true: The tweet is fake, and Reiner at that time replied that it was not from his account. Reiner's X acc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rob Reiner Is NOT On ‘The Epstein List’ — It’s A Fake List
Is Rob Reiner's name on the "Epstein List"? No, that's not true: An image that lists 165 celebrities and politicians, including Reiner, who purportedly visited "Epstein Island" is fake. The actual Epstein flight logs obtained by Lead Stor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Missing Boy Scout ‘Eric Langford’ Story Contains Contradictions — Originated On Unreliable YouTube Channel
Did a boy scout named Eric Langford disappear in the Airondirac forests of New York State in 1989 and did he mysteriously return in 2001? No, that's not true: The fictional tale about a kidnapping appeared on a YouTube channel that publis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake Image Does NOT Show Actual Crisis Actor At Bondi Beach Laughing As Fake Blood Makeup Is Applied — Signs Of AI Use
Does a real photo show a crisis actor laughing while a makeup artist puts fake blood on his face before he pretended to be a victim of the Bondi Beach terror attack? No, that's not true: This is an AI-generated image made to support a fal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Site Said IT Professional ‘Edward Crabtree’ Disarmed Bondi Beach Shooter — NOT Actual News Site
Did an actual news site report a 43-year-old IT professional named "Edward Crabtree" disarmed a terrorist during a terrorist attack on Bondi beach in Australia on December 14, 2025? No, that's not true: That name and description came from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Say Jesus Told Him God’s ‘Happy That You’re Making America Great Again’ — It’s A Fake Post
Did President Trump post on his Truth Social account that Jesus told him that "my father is happy that you're making America Great Again"? No, that's not true: There is no post on Donald Trump's Truth Social timeline in which the phrase "
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama, Trump, Rubio Did NOT ‘Cut Ribbon’ On A $150M Free Education And Health ‘Promise Campus’ In Chicago Or Miami — Fake Stories From Clickbait Factories
Did Barack Obama, Donald Trump or Marco Rubio "just cut the ribbon on a $150 million free education and health campus, entirely funded "by his own pocket", without a single tax dollar."? No, none of them did: The made-up stories are amon
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Videos Show Women Told To Leave Courtrooms Because Of How They Dress
Are videos of women being kicked out of court for outfits described as "inappropriate" real? No, that's not true: Multiple low-quality viral videos following the same script and posted by the same creators show signs of AI. Evidence of AI