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Instagram posts
stated on April 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Congress, White House, IRS, Feds, Federal Reserve are shut down.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 14, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech to the Irish parliament:
“Fewer people get hurt playing rugby” than American football.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has been arrested.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 14, 2023
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Viral image
stated on April 12, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Elon Musk is offering people the opportunity to make $1 million “in 90 days while sleeping in.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 14, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 6, 2023 in a TikTok video:
“In America our own (central bank digital currency) system is going to be launching July 1. It’s called the FedNow payment system.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • April 14, 2023
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Viral image
stated on April 8, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video proves John F. Kennedy Jr. is alive.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 9, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows John F. Kennedy Jr. in a “real presidential convoy.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 14, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 6, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Cash App founder Bob Lee’s death is connected to FedNow.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:
“¡Florida emergencia! Huracán Ian golpe directo”.
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • April 14, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
A video shows a steamroller destroying Bud Light cases in relation to Anheuser-Busch’s partnership with a trans person.
False
By Jeff Cercone • April 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
“La NASA advierte que el sol podría dejar de brillar y causar una catástrofe”.
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • April 14, 2023
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:
The person purporting to be Tiffany Dover is an impostor.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 3, 2023 in a Facebook post:
HIV is not contagious.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:
"Latino, inmigrante, recién llegado … Si eres inmigrante en Estados Unidos y llevas más de tres meses ahí, podrías calificar para obtener cupones de comida”.
Mostly False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • April 13, 2023
Alliance Defending Freedom
Alliance Defending Freedom
stated on March 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Abortion pills are dangerous and “1 in 5 women will suffer a complication.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 13, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Lead paint was not banned to protect children’s health, but because it would protect people from radiation.
False
By Jeff Cercone • April 13, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on April 5, 2023 in a Tweet:
New Kansas law will “authorize genital inspections of children in order for kids to play sports.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • April 13, 2023
Cameron Sexton
Cameron Sexton
stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview:
Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
El presidente Joe Biden dijo, “estamos quebrados, completamente quebrados. Agarren su dinero del banco, sáquenlo, sáquenlo ya”.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 13, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 5, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Nike lost a lawsuit against antisemitism and has to give away gift cards to its customers.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 12, 2023
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