Does a real video show President Donald J. Trump's name being removed from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts after a judge ordered the name to be removed? No, that's not true: While a judge did order the removal,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Quote By Muslim Man Saying ‘Christians, You’re No Longer Allowed To Say ‘Merry Christmas”
Is the quote attributed to an unidentified Muslim man that says, "Christians, you're no longer allowed to say Merry Christmas, it's offensive to Muslims" real? No, that's not true: An AI detection tool concluded that a video of the man sa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UNVERIFIED Claim About Waiting List For Superyachts And Ukrainian Officials Comes From Single, Unnamed Source
Does a viral post on social media offer any verifiable information confirming that a four-year waiting list for superyacht purchases is entirely made up of Ukrainian officials? No, that's not true: No posts making such a claim included an
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking El-Sayed, McMorrow and Stevens in Michigan Senate debate
Fact-checking Michigan Democratic Senate debate
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking DeSantis: Would his plan exempt 60% of Florida homeowners from paying property taxes?
Fact-checking Ron DeSantis on his property tax plan
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Emerson Poll Shows Spencer Pratt Leading Karen Bass In LA Mayor’s Race — Made Up Numbers
Did an Emerson poll show Spencer Pratt leading Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor's race on May 28, 2026? No, that's not true: Emerson College Polling told Lead Stories "no such poll exists" and the social media post making the claim use
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Edited Audio Has Fart Sounds NOT In Original Video Of Trump’s Return To White House After Arlington Memorial Day Ceremony
Does a real video contain "new audio" which reveals President Donald Trump has "worsening incontinence"? No, that's not true: The audio track of a video was edited to add farting noises and text captioning which are not part of the origin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Meme Shows ‘Epic’ Trump-Obama Exchange About Iran Nuclear Deal — No Evidence It Happened
Does a meme accurately show a real "epic moment" exchange between Trump and Obama about Iran nuclear deals? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such an exchange ever took place on social media or anywhere else. Lead Stories fou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows U.S. Strike on Iranian Drone Carrier IRIS Shahid Bagheri — It Was Created by AI
Does a video show an actual U.S. strike on the Iranian drone carrier IRIS Shahid Bagheri or any Iranian aircraft carrier? No, that's not true: The clip is AI-generated and labeled "Made with AI." An AI detection tool also concluded that t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Armenian Mirror-Spectator Did NOT Produce Report Saying PM Nikol Pashinyan Agreed To Resettle 250,000 Refugees Without Legal Status In EU
Did the Armenian Mirror-Spectator actually publish a report saying that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan agreed to resettle 250,000 refugees who are currently in EU countries? No, that's not true: Neither this news outlet nor any other jour
Full Fact→ Video shows community gathering not ‘UK city council meeting’
A clip of an Indian Gujarati community event in Blackburn has been shared on social media with misleading captions claiming it depicts a council meeting.
Full Fact→ A £10 airfryer offer from Currys is fake
The retailer confirmed this isn’t a genuine Currys deal, and the video promoting it on social media was made with AI.
PolitiFact→ Do you need that vitamin? Review this checklist first
Do you need to take vitamin (fill in the blank)? One walk down a grocery store’s supplement aisle may have you believing
Full Fact→ Starbucks is not banning dogs from UK stores to adhere to halal rules
A picture of a sign outside a venue in Singapore is being shared with misleading claims that pets are being banned from UK Starbucks stores in order to become halal certified.
Full Fact→ Melanoma is not the ‘most common cancer globally’
Articles published in the i paper and the Guardian wrongly claim that melanoma skin cancer is the most common cancer globally.
Full Fact→ Sunbed Association’s ‘safe tan’ advice is not correct, according to experts
The trade body representing UK tanning salons says people can get a safe tan—contradicting health authorities and experts around the world.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Three Sisters Drowned In Brighton, England, Ran GoFundMe Campaign For Mother Whose Body Was Never Found
Did the family of three sisters who drowned in Brighton, England, in May 2026 previously run a GoFundMe campaign for their mother, whose body was never found? No, that's not true: The body of the mom, Janice Adetoro, was recovered from a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE BBC News Video Report Says France Is Deploying 800 French Foreign Legion Soldiers To Armenia
Did the British Broadcasting Corp. publish a video report that French President Emmanuel Macron is deploying 800 French Foreign Legion soldiers to Armenia? No, that's not true: The British news channel did not report that Macron is runnin
PolitiFact→ Ken Paxton – Did James Talarico say US border should have ‘a giant welcome mat’? Ken Paxton ad omits full remarks
Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico said the southern border should have “a giant welcome mat out front.”
FactCheck.org→ A Timeline of RFK Jr.’s Mixed Messaging on the Measles Vaccine
In defending his record on measles, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. twice said during a recent Senate hearing, “We promote” the measles vaccine. While it’s true that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The White House DID Publish A Post Commemorating The Tenth Anniversary Of The Death Of Harambe The Gorilla
Did the White House publish a post commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of Harambe the Gorilla? Yes, that's true: The official White House account on X (formerly Twitter) made a post on May 27, 2026, on Harambe's birthday, and
Full Fact→ This Tesco HexClad offer is not a genuine deal from the retailer
We’ve spotted more Facebook posts falsely claiming to share supposedly secret deals from Tesco.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship
Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovations
Full Fact→ Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana has not suffered ‘violent assault’ in prison
False claims that the Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been attacked in prison have been circulating again online.
Full Fact→ Health and disability benefit spending is already higher than defence spending
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair claimed in an article that “By the end of this decade, we could be spending more on incapacity and disability benefits than on defence.” This is true—but it’s also already the case.
Full Fact→ The number of women and girls killed by men is not rising
BBC News has corrected an article which claimed that killings of women by men were increasing.
Full Fact→ Tony Blair’s son does not run a company being paid £100 billion to develop digital ID
A false claim that Euan Blair’s company has been contracted to develop and monitor digital IDs is recirculating online.
Full Fact→ Getting started with the Misinformation Toolkit
To spot bad and misleading information, ask yourself these three simple questions: Where’s it from? What is missing? How do you feel?
Full Fact→ No, Aldi isn’t selling cheap food boxes to the over 40s
Full Fact→ Video of ‘Pallywood’ actor is actually from an Iraqi comedy skit
A video showing a supposedly injured man “hopping on the wrong leg” has been shared online with claims it is “Palestinian propaganda”. But the clip is actually from a comedy skit filmed in Iraq.
Full Fact→ Video of Keir Starmer responding to criticism of the government is AI-generated
While a video being shared on social media contains real clips of Jeremy Kyle, Mr Starmer’s response is AI-generated.
PolitiFact→ Ken Paxton – In Texas Senate race, Ken Paxton falsely claims James Talarico is a vegan
Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico “is a vegan.”
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts Maryland’s Primary Ballot Mix-up to Attack Mail-in Voting
Maryland election officials are mailing replacement ballots to voters after a vendor error led to some voters receiving a mail-in ballot for the wrong political party’s primary in June. However, in criticizing the mix-up, President Donald Trump
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Haaretz Did NOT Report That Zelenskyy’s Associate Timur Mindich Fled To Israel With 800 kg Of Gold
Did Israeli-based news outlet Haaretz report that Zelenskyy's former associate Timur Mindich fled to Israel carrying "800kg of gold" on a private jet? No, that's not true: The claim shared in viral posts originated from a counterfeit webs
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Woman Stuck Upside Down In A Water Slide — AI-Generated
Does a real video show a woman stuck upside down in a water slide? No, that's not true: The clip is digitally generated, not authentic footage. An AI detection tool concluded that the video was 100% likely AI-generated, and a visual analy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Real But Colorized 1923 Footage Shows Early French Roller Skates Called ‘Paticycles’
Is the color footage showing a 1923 demonstration of one-wheeled roller skates or cycle-skates real? Yes, that's true: The movie footage from 1923 is real, but it has been colorized. This design of the skates by a French inventor was prom
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Graphic ACCURATELY Depicts Net Worth Changes For Recent Presidents But Includes Formatting Errors
Does an online graphic accurately depict changes in the net worth of recent presidents from Bill Clinton to Joe Biden? Yes, that's true: Despite some formatting glitches, the figures in the AI-generated infographic were originally compile
Full Fact→ False claims about sunglasses shared on Facebook again
A man in a video wrongly says that wearing sunglasses stops people tanning and causes cancer.
Full Fact→ AI-generated images of women in niqabs being turned away from Tesco stores circulate online
Fake images and videos of women in niqabs being turned away from Tesco supermarkets have been liked thousands of times on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Crowds At 2026 Hajj — It Is AI-Generated
Does a viral video show alleged Muslim crowds attending Hajj 2026? No, that's not true: An AI-Generated Content Detection tool concluded the video was 95.5% likely made by AI. It contained a watermark pointing to a specific generative vid