Facebook Fact-checks

PolitiFact partnered with Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to check potential misinformation being shared in Facebook's News Feed. Read more about our partnership with Meta, which ended in 2025. We continue to examine viral statements on Meta-owned platforms, just as we do other platforms.

Scorecard

True
0% 23 Checks
Mostly True
0% 44 Checks
Half True
0% 0 Checks
Mostly False
0% 368 Checks
False
0% 4034 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 1442 Checks
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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 10, 2025 in Facebook posts:
“BREAKING NEWS: Dolly Parton announces her refusal to celebrate Pride Month in June.”
Pants on Fire!
June 25, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on May 21, 2025 in posts:
Video shows the Qatari emir saying, “I truly regret inviting Trump, the robber, to the Middle East.”
Pants on Fire!
May 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2025 in Facebook posts:
Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney wrote a viral letter to Democrats suggesting steps to take against the Trump administration.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 18, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X:
Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”
False
April 14, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 4, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows South African news outlet reporting Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “purchased a controlling stake” in a mine.
False
April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Says Cleveland Clinic said, “Millions of COVID-vaxxed will die within ‘5 years.’”
False
April 4, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 2, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“White hats to investigate Wisconsin Supreme Court election.”
False
April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows “Pope Francis, shaking the hand of the priest of the Church of Satan.”
False
April 4, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 31, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.”
False
April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Caitlin Clark stuns the globe, rejects Elon Musk’s $15 million offer.”
False
April 4, 2025
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