Does a video falsely attributed to the Washington Post show Billie Eilish received $120 million from the Democratic Party? No, that's not true: The video uses clips from Eilish's real December 2024 Vanity Fair interview and adds completel
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Ban of News Organizations Goes Beyond Obama, Biden Actions
In banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House, the Trump administration has argued that the move is similar to actions taken by Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. But the ban goes beyond what those presidents did. The James S. Brady
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Captions Added to Real New York Times Video Falsely Claim Taylor Swift Agreed to $500 Million Deal With Democrats
Does a video falsely attributed to the New York Times really show Taylor Swift agreeing to support Democrats and gender reassignment surgeries for children in exchange for $500 million? No, that's not true: The video uses clips from Swift
FactCheck.org→ GOP Ads Mislead on Public Option Proposals’ Impact on Rural Hospitals
As Democrats release a flurry of midterm ads portraying GOP cuts to Medicaid as a threat to rural healthcare, Republicans have countered with ads claiming Democratic candidates in Texas and Pennsylvania would put dozens of rural hospitals out of busin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Denmark Did NOT Choose ‘Send In The Clowns’ For Trump-Rubio Greenland Press Conference — UN Also Denies Involvement
Did Danish officials or Danish media play "Send in the Clowns" before President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Greenland press conference at the United Nations? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Danish offi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DOJ Did NOT Delete Trump’s Pardons From Their Website — List Was Off The Site For Hours But Returned
Did the Department of Justice delete President Donald Trump's pardons from its website? No, that's not true: The list of pardons and commutations on the "Clemency Grants" page of the Office of the Pardon Attorney on the Justice Department
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Is NOT From World Trade Center On 9/11 — Shows Fatal 2013 Lahore Development Authority Fire In Pakistan
Does a photo show a person falling from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001? No, that's not true: This real photo dates from a May 9, 2013, fire in the nine-story Lahore Development Authority (LDA) building in Pakistan. Local media r
Full Fact→ Labour by-election candidate has British nationality, contrary to social media claims
Holborn and St Pancras candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK as a child refugee in the 1990s and is now listed as a British citizen on Companies House.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC, CNN and CBS Did NOT Report That Fred Durst, Krist Novoselic And Damon Albarn All Criticized Democrats In September 2026
Did ABC, CNN and CBS each report about specific political criticisms against Democrats from Fred Durst, Krist Novoselic and Damon Albarn before the U.S. midterm elections? No, that's not true: A collection of similarly-styled videos decep
Full Fact→ Image of teachers saying they would quit over pride flag removal is AI-generated
Many people interacting with the social media post appear to believe the picture is real, but visual clues and an AI watermark tell us it’s fake.
Full Fact→ What is the UK’s ‘tax burden’ – and how much tax is paid on workers’ earnings?
Ahead of the Budget we’ve taken a look at how the so-called ‘tax burden’ is changing, and how taxes on earnings in the UK compare both historically and internationally.
Full Fact→ AI-generated video of people marching in London shared online
Full Fact→ How are tax threshold freezes impacting pensioners?
Nigel Farage claimed the impact of both threshold freezes and the triple lock is “dragging about nine million pensioners into taxation”.
Full Fact→ Video of protests in Greece isn’t recent – it’s from February 2025
A clip shared on Facebook recently actually shows a demonstration which took place last year to mark the anniversary of a rail disaster.
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Videos Of Medical Robots Run Away From Reality — AI Running In Data Center, Not Robot In City Center
Have you seen viral videos showing runaway medical robots? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. They do not show real people or situations but ar
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Automatic Haircut Machines Do Not Cut Permanent Reality — AI Videos Wash, Rinse And Condition The Truth
Have you seen viral videos showing automatic haircut machines? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos recently and found that many were created using artificial intelligence. These videos do not show real people or situations. I
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Wonder Years’ Actor Fred Savage Is NOT Dead At Age 50 — No Credible Reports Of His Death
Did Fred Savage, the well-known actor from The Wonder Years, die at the age of 50? No, that's not true: The viral social media post cited Fox News as a source but no such report exists by Fox News. There is no evidence that Savage had die
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
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at the United Nations
President Trump’s remarks about oil reserves, the drug trade and his peace efforts contained falsehoods and exaggerations.
Full Fact→ Toby Carvery isn’t giving away free carvery on Facebook to celebrate ‘National Spud Week’
Full Fact→ False claim cancer is ‘trying to heal’ shared online yet again
Full Fact→ No, Currys isn’t giving away KitchenAid mixers for £10
Full Fact→ Fake Currys Samsung smartphone offer circulating online
Full Fact→ Eligible asylum seekers could get support before 2003 court case
Eligible asylum seekers received support prior to a 2003 court case involving Keir Starmer, despite online claims that he “won the case that gave illegal migrants access to UK benefits”.
Full Fact→ Facebook post’s ‘National Cheeseburger Day’ deal is not a real Burger King offer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show September 12, 2026 Anti-AfD March in Germany
Was a viral video of people dressed in various costumes recorded at protests against the Alternative for Germany political party on Sept. 12, 2026? No, that's not true: The clip predated those rallies. It was recorded at a Pride event, as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Paris Butcher Was NOT Arrested For Selling Human Meat — That Never Happened, Video Was Filmed In Dubai
Does a video show human meat for sale in a Paris butcher shop where arrests have been reportedly made? No, that's not true: There are no news reports matching the story of a butcher arrested for selling human meat in Paris. The video of a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video of JD Vance Asking For ‘Another Chance,’ Saying ‘Things Are Bad’ Is AI
Is a video of Vice President JD Vance asking for "another chance" and saying "things are bad" real? No, that's not true: The video was made with artificial intelligence, though Vance did ask for "another chance" at a summit. No credible s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Making Kissy Faces And Sounds In Front Of Sarah Huckabee Sanders — It Is An Altered Satire Video
Does a real video show Donald Trump making kissy faces and sounds in front of former White House press secretary and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders? No, that's not true: The claim appeared on an X account known for satirical content
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Images Falsely Claim To Show Sam Smith In 2016 And 2025
Do real photos show English singer-songwriter Sam Smith in 2016 and 2025? No, that's not true: An AI detection tool determined both images were 99.9% likely to be AI-generated. The images show Smith with noticeably different appearances,
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.
Full Fact→ The UK’s foreign-born population in 2024 was not ‘up 143% in a decade’
A figure quoted by Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf for the increase in the UK’s foreign-born population is far too high, and may refer to an estimate of the increase over 20 years.
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Storm Of Made-Up Severe Weather Posts Floods Timelines — Bring An Umbrella Against This Torrent Of AI Warnings
Have you seen viral videos showing an alarming weather alert for one state? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such posts recently and has found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. The colorful maps and emergen
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking RFK Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense Keynote
Headlining a conference for Children’s Health Defense, the nonprofit he previously led that regularly spreads vaccine misinformation, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a litany of familiar false and misleading claims, pa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Republican Activist Konner Earnest Has Admitted To Having Sex With A Dog
Did Republican activist Konner Earnest admit to having sex with a dog? No, that's not true: There is no evidence from credible sources that Earnest has ever made such an admission. Public records show that he was arrested in April 2025 on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Spotify Did NOT Remove Ed Sheeran’s Songs
Did music streaming platform Spotify delete Ed Sheeran's songs after Macklemore's removal from Sheeran's tour for pro-Palestine statements? No, that's not true: As of this writing, the artist's songs are still available on the platform. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE CBC Story Linking Paying For Groceries To White Supremacy — Network Denied
Did the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC publish an online story that tied paying for groceries to white supremacy? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a story was ever published by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Accurately Depict Kash Patel’s Height Running Alongside FBI New Agent Trainees — Digitally Altered
Does a real photo accurately depict a notable difference in height between Kash Patel and the FBI agent trainees running with him? No, that's not true: This image has been altered to make Patel appear much smaller than he appears in the o
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