Does a real video show a bus driver named Linda Thompson or Derek Harris being hit by a rock thrown by children? No, that's not true: The names were inserted into template-based stories where the details are essentially the same except fo
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sen. Katie Britt Saying She Thinks ‘America Deserved 9/11’ — She Was Using Someone Else’s Words
Does a video show Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama saying she thinks "America deserved 9/11"? No, that's not true: She was quoting Hasan Piker, a political commentator and Twitch streamer who campaigned with a Democratic Senate candidate in Mi
Full Fact→ Video of Elon Musk warning of water shortage deaths is a deepfake
A viral video uses AI to make it look like Elon Musk recently said over a billion people could die by 2030 due to water shortages.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Australian PM Collapsing, Falling Face First Into The Ground
Is a video that shows Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese collapsing and falling face first into the ground real? No, that's not true: Video published by an international news outlet did not show Albanese falling when he arrived in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: REAL Screenshots Show Trump Confused Brazil And India In Post About Presidential Elections
Are the screenshots showing President Donald Trump confusing election results from Brazil and India in a post real? Yes, that's true: The president first shared a post noting the first round of India's presidential election, which he said
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Write ‘Every Republican Vote Counts As 3 Votes!’ Due To Elon Musk — It’s A Fabricated Screenshot
Did President Donald Trump write "every Republican vote counts as 3 votes" because of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk? No, that's not true: A review of Trump's Truth Social account found no record of such a post, although one post containe
Full Fact→ Compilation video shared of ‘US strikes on Iran’ includes fake and old footage from across the Middle East
The video features clips from Lebanon and Gaza as well as fake content.
Full Fact→ Government wrong to claim over 14.5 million children used free bus scheme
A figure quoted by the Department for Transport and transport secretary counts journeys, not children. Only about 7.5 million children in England are the right age.
FactCheck.org→ Democratic Ads Misleadingly Connect Susan Collins to Epstein
In the Maine Senate race, ads from a Democratic super PAC misleadingly claim Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote to “cover up the Epstein files” and received “$3 million to her super PAC” from “Jeffrey Epstein’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Large Group Of Muslims Chanting In Dublin In September 2026 — They Are FC Schalke 04 Hooligans
Does a video show a large group of Muslims chanting on the streets of Dublin in September 2026? No, that's not true: The video is from about a year earlier and shows a group of fans of the German professional football team FC Schalke 04 m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arrest of Man Accused of Inappropriately Touching Influencer at Disneyland — 2024 Footage
Does a video show the arrest of the man accused of inappropriately touching influencer Yoatzi Castro at Disneyland in 2026? No, that's not true: The footage used in the viral video was originally posted on Instagram in 2024. It does not s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Franklin Graham and Pope Leo XIV Did NOT Have Live TV Discussion — Story Is Spam From Vietnam
Did evangelist Franklin Graham and Pope Leo XIV have a live discussion on television? No, that's not true: There is no evidence of such a TV show. The claim is an example of so-called "Viet Spam" campaigns consisting of nearly identical,
FactCheck.org→ Experts Question the White House’s Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The White House has defended three taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump by comparing them to ads that were paid for by past presidential administrations. But some legal experts have said the Trump White House commercials are
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
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→ There’s still no evidence that wearing sunglasses causes cancer
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: 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 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
Full Fact→ Video showing thousands of people at London protest is AI fake
Full Fact→ Claim that migrants intercepted by rescue ships in the Channel automatically get refugee status misunderstands asylum rules
The Home Office confirmed to Full Fact that those who are rescued at sea must apply for asylum in the usual way, despite contrary claims on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Caitlyn Jenner Image Used In Melania Trump Comparison — It Is AI-Generated
Have two real photos been paired to compare the appearance of Melania Trump and Caitlyn Jenner? No, that's not true: The image representing Caitlyn Jenner in the viral composite image is fake, containing an invisible watermark indicating
Full Fact→ Old video of Alaskan glacier shared with claims it shows cause of Nepal flood
Dramatic helicopter footage above a glacier has been shared online with false claims it shows the glacier that caused last month’s flood in Nepal.
Full Fact→ Covid vaccines have not been shown to cause ‘turbo cancer’
Social media posts suggest that Covid vaccinations are responsible for ‘turbo cancers’. There is no evidence to support this.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post A Map With "United States" Covering Russia and U.S. — Screenshot Is Made-Up
Did Donald Trump post a map with "United States" covering both Russia and the U.S. on social media? No, that's not true: A review of Trump's Truth Social account found no record of such a post. There are no credible reports that he shared
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Muslim Man Was NOT Proven To Have Spiked Millie Taplin’s Drink — Essex Police Say Claim Is ‘Deliberately False’
Was it proven that a Muslim man spiked Millie Taplin's drink in an Essex, England, nightclub on her 18th birthday in 2021, paralyzing her? No, that's not true: Essex Police told Lead Stories there is "absolutely nothing" in the case that
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: AI-Generated Earthquake Posts About Various U.S. States Causing Tremors Online — Shake-And-Rattle Grip On Reality
Have you seen viral posts showing a map graphic with information about tremors felt all around a state? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such posts recently and found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. The m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Truck Pushing Car From Railway Crossing Does NOT Document Real Event
Does a viral video claiming to capture a truck pushing car from a railway crossing with closed barriers actually show a real-life situation? No, that's not true: When it was first posted on social media, the clip was marked as containing
Full Fact→ Fake image of Nepal house goes viral
A widely seen image of a house that survived the floods in Nepal is actually an AI-generated fake.
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 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
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
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.
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: 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: 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.