A Facebook post shares footage of a white vehicle crashing, but this is not related to the fatal accident killing the Liverpool forward and his brother, contrary to a claim online.
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Full Fact→ Facebook posts falsely claim a female police officer is missing
Police forces across the country say the appeal is not genuine and that they are not seeking anyone of that name.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nurse and Cops Falsely Accusing Black Man of Being Drunk in Hospital
Did a widely-shared video show a real nurse and police officers falsely accusing a Black man of being drunk, and calling him "Drunky McDrunk Pants? No, that's not true: The people in the video were simply acting out a scripted scenario. T
PolitiFact→ X posts – ‘No Kings’ protest video falsely described as showing US demonstrations against Iran attack
Video shows protesters “outraged” over U.S. attacks in Iran.
Full Fact→ Facebook posts falsely claim Lego is selling ‘mystery boxes’ for just £3
Despite claims on Facebook to the contrary, Lego has confirmed these are not genuine Lego offers.
News Facts Network→ Man Falsely Accused of Threatening Trump Released on Bond, Faces Ongoing Deportation Battle
Ramón Morales Reyes, a 54-year-old Milwaukee dishwasher and father of three U.S. citizens, was released... The post Man Falsely Accused of Threatening Trump Released on Bond, Faces Ongoing Deportation Battle appeared first on News Facts Network.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – How AI chatbots falsely described photos Gavin Newsom shared of sleeping troops
California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025.
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: AI Video Falsely Claims Whoopi Goldberg Fled The Country After An $800M Lawsuit From Karoline Leavitt — Made Up Story
Did Whoopi Goldberg flee the country after an $800 million lawsuit from Karoline Leavitt had a "speed up"? No, that's not true: A viral video making that claim was largely AI generated. No actual news outlet has reported on such a lawsuit
Full Fact→ Post falsely claims police asked ‘British Jews’ to stay at home due to ‘pro-Palestine marches’
Both the Metropolitan Police and the Community Security Trust have said this is completely untrue.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Photo of PA arson suspect Cody Balmer was falsely edited to show anti-Trump sentiment
Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump falsely calls 2020 election ‘rigged’ in memo targeting former cybersecurity leader
The 2020 election was “rigged” and Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, “baselessly” dismissed “election malfeasance.”
PolitiFact→ JD Vance – JD Vance falsely says Maryland man deported to El Salvador was ‘a convicted MS-13 gang member’
Kilmar Armado Abrego-Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media SCAM Posts Falsely Warn Tattooed Man Called ‘Talavera, Benjamin’ Stabbed Two People To Death
Is there a legitimate warning circulating about a man named "Talavera, Benjamin" on the run and charged with stabbing to death someone's two Caseyville, IL neighbors, two Pensacola, FL neighbors, two Portage, IN neighbors? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Falsely Implies Zelenskyy Said ‘Fuck Him’ About Trump
Does a video show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying "fuck him" after a reporter asked him about Donald Trump as Zelenskyy entered a meeting with U.K. Prime Minster Keir Starmer? No, that's not true: The video uses a tone to c
Health Feedback→ Vaccine skeptics misconstrue studies to falsely claim that measles vaccine causes measles outbreaks
REVIEW In February 2025, social media posts appeared alleging that the current Texas measles outbreak, which began in January 2025, was caused by people who received the measles vaccine. One example is this article from The People’s Voice, publish
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video FALSELY Claims Joy Behar Was Arrested At The Airport Over $50M Lawsuit Involving Karoline Leavitt
Was TV host Joy Behar arrested at the airport trying to flee the country after a $50M lawsuit involving comments about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt? No, that's not true: The story narrated in a viral video was written by A
The Dispatch→ Social Media Posts Falsely Attribute Comments to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
There is no evidence Sheinbaum called for a boycott of U.S. goods.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post FALSELY Identifies Woman In Photo As Pilot Of Black Hawk Helicopter in DC Crash
Does an image in a social media post show one of the Black Hawk helicopter pilots killed in the January 2025 Washington, D.C., aircraft collision as she worked on the White House staff for two years "instead of flying"? No, that's not tru
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump faults DEI hiring in plane crash and falsely describes FAA policies under Obama, Biden
“I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) ... And then Biden came in and he changed it.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – Posts falsely claim Elon Musk said MAGA will ‘succeed’ where Nazi Germany ‘failed’
Elon Musk posted on X that the MAGA movement will “succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed to.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Viral rumor falsely claims Donald Trump changed tax law to benefit parent paying child support
“Trump passed a new law that whoever is paying the child support will get to declare those children on their taxes.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Conspiracy theory falsely links Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to Los Angeles wildfires
Los Angeles wildfires are part of a Hollywood conspiracy to cover up evidence related to Sean “Diddy” Combs.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Posts falsely claim California wildfires were planned to remake Los Angeles ahead of 2028 Olympics
The Los Angeles wildfires were planned in preparation for the 2028 Olympics.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Los Angeles wildfires: Threads post falsely claims police are searching for suspect tied to MAGA
The Los Angeles Police Department is “looking for three ‘persons of interest’ all tied to a MAGA website who were spotted at the source of all three major LA fires.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Posts falsely claim mystery disease outbreak, state of emergency in China
China has “a mystery disease outbreak” and has declared a “state of emergency.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Congress certified Trump’s 2024 win. The next day, he falsely said votes were still being counted.
“They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE ‘Over 300 Confirmed Kills’ Quote Was Falsely Attributed To Rep. Dan Crenshaw
Did Rep. Dan Crenshaw share a post on X that included inflammatory language boasting of "over 300 confirmed kills," as an image on the platform suggested? No, that's not true: The quote is known colloquially as the "Navy Seal Copypasta,"
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fatal airplane crash on Connecticut-New York border falsely identified as drone crash in New Jersey
Video shows a drone crashed in New Jersey.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Photo falsely tied to Wisconsin school shooting suspect Natalie Rupnow
Photo of a young man in a tie shows Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow.
Full Fact→ Image from 2016 falsely linked to recent South Korea martial law attempt
A photo shared online supposedly depicting protests against the recent declaration of martial law is actually from eight years ago.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Question Citizenship of Trump’s Children Under His Birthright Plan
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take President-elect Donald Trump has renewed his call to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. whose parents are not in the country legally. Online post
FactCheck.org→ Viral Claim Falsely Suggests Trump Ended Violence in Gaza
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Attacks by Israeli forces and Hamas continue to kill or displace people in the Gaza Strip. But social media posts misleadingly claim Donald Trump’s victory in th
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Question Barron Trump’s Citizenship Status
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take President-elect Donald Trump has called for an interpretation of the 14th Amendment that would deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents in the cou
Full Fact→ Old clip of cargo ship fire falsely linked to Houthi attacks
The video showing a ship ablaze has been shared to suggest it was attacked by the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Claim CBS News Reported ‘Cheating’ in Election
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Some social media posts falsely claimed that CBS News reported there was “cheating” in the 2024 presidential election that benefitted President-elect Donal
FactCheck.org→ Both Sides Distort Incomplete Vote Counts to Falsely Suggest Election Fraud
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Ballots were still being counted in the days following the 2024 election, but a claim that there was a suspicious gap of 15 million to 20 million votes as compared wit
PolitiFact→ Patriot Voice – In another sign of Russian influence, posts falsely try to tie Kamala Harris to Sean Diddy Combs
Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff received $500,000 for tipping off Sean “Diddy” Combs about police raids.
Full Fact→ Fake BBC article falsely claims Rachel Reeves has pledged to share ‘income from taxes’
An article about the Chancellor promoting an online investment scheme which has been mocked-up to appear as if it was published by BBC News is circulating on Facebook.
PolitiFact→ Lisa Grafstein – NC Democrat falsely claims her Republican opponent campaigned for 'largest ever' school funding cut
Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education.