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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 11, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“The FBI has arrested the owner of the company responsible for the fires in Los Angeles.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 10, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Trees still standing amid wildfire damage in the Los Angeles area are evidence of directed energy weapons.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 2, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Elon Musk and Taylor Swift visiting “production facilities” for an energy-saving device.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 14, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Video shows “Israeli tourists celebrating” the Los Angeles wildfires.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 15, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts:
An image shows Robert Redford’s Oscar statuette destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 15, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 12, 2025 in a Threads post:
“If they wanted to stop the fires they would make it rain.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Oprah Winfrey announces she will leave America before January 20.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2025
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • January 15, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 9, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus • January 14, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 11, 2025 in a video:
Says President-elect Donald Trump posted on X that he will “be giving Staten Island to New Jersey.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 14, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 11, 2025 in a Threads post:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats “literally decriminalized looting.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • January 14, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 11, 2025 in a post on Instagram:
“​​Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”
False
By Madison Czopek • January 14, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 10, 2025 in a post:
The Los Angeles wildfires were planned in preparation for the 2028 Olympics.
False
By Sara Swann • January 14, 2025
More Perfect Union
More Perfect Union
stated on January 8, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California."
False
By Caleb McCullough • January 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“P Diddy’s California mansion has been completely consumed by fire.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • January 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
Imagen muestra “casa de familia católica salió intacta del incendio” en California en enero de 2025.
False
By Maria Briceño, Sofia Ahmed • January 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
Los incendios en California “han llegado a Tijuana en la entrada de villa del campo en los cerros”.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 13, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 9, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Video shows people in Los Angeles looting from homes during wildfires.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • January 13, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2025 in Facebook posts:
A photo shows a Christian’s home that “miraculously survived Los Angeles wildfire.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 13, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 5, 2025 in a Threads post:
Image shows former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 13, 2025
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