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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Images show damage from an “earthquake in Thailand.”
False
April 3, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 4, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:
El presidente Donald Trump aprobó una nueva ley “que exige la implantación obligatoria de un chip en todos los extranjeros”.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 3, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on April 1, 2025 in an X post:
“Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk called for a boycott of ‘The View,’ labeling it ‘a meeting place for ignorant women.’”
False
April 2, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 18, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“Man gets plastic surgery and name change to date his ex-girlfriend after she obtains a restraining order.”
Pants on Fire!
April 2, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on April 1, 2025 in a post on X:
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2025 in a post:
President Donald Trump “just suggested replacing pride month with veterans month in honor of those who served.”
False
By Grace Abels • April 2, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 26, 2025 in a Threads post:
Says U.S. Rep. Majorie Taylor Green wrote on X that she is “a product of incest.”
Pants on Fire!
April 2, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 23, 2025 in a video:
Screenshots show Speaker Mike Johnson messaging on Grindr.
False
By Grace Abels • April 1, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2025 in a video on Facebook:
Video shows “France and Denmark are sending troops to Greenland to prepare for (an) attack from Donald Trump.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 1, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on March 25, 2025 in a Newsmax interview:
On PBS, "they now have drag queen storytime instead of good old ‘Sesame Street.’"
False
By Grace Abels • April 1, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Elon Musk funded a Neuralink implant procedure for a 7-year-old girl “who was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 1, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 5, 2025 in a TikTok post:
If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 31, 2025
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on March 25, 2025 in a video on X:
“Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 28, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 27, 2025 in social media posts:
Image shows a “person dressed up as Pikachu to resist police violence” in Turkey.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 28, 2025
Sydney Batch
Sydney Batch
stated on February 28, 2025 in a podcast interview:
North Carolina “always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 28, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 26, 2025 in TikTok videos:
Videos show tornadoes hitting Seattle on March 26 and 27.
Pants on Fire!
March 28, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2025 in an interview with Newsmax:
“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Phoenix’s increased wildfire risk is linked to Bill Gates’ “smart city” plans.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 28, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Canada makes bold decision to shut down Tesla and the US auto industry.”
False
By Maria Briceño • March 28, 2025
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