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stated on March 27, 2025 in social media posts:
Image shows a “person dressed up as Pikachu to resist police violence” in Turkey.
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By Loreben Tuquero • 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
“El nuevo presidente ha aprobado el Programa Nacional de Alivio de Deuda 2025 para todos los hispanoamericanos”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 27, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
Imagen muestra a “uno de los manifestantes que participó en el vandalismo contra un concesionario de Tesla. La deportación a El Salvador fue consecuencia de sus acciones”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 27, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on February 8, 2025 in a TikTok post:
People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases.
False
By Claire Cranford • March 27, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2025 in in a Facebook post:
Elon Musk said “Tesla is finished” and needs “drastic changes immediately.”
False
By Claire Cranford • March 26, 2025
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview:
"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
False
By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 26, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 5, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:
“El presidente Donald Trump anunció una nueva ley que prohíbe a los inmigrantes hablar español en público en los Estados Unidos”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 25, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
“La medida audaz de Canadá: Tesla y la industria automotriz estadounidense cierran”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 25, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on March 20, 2025 in a post on X:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.”
False
March 25, 2025
Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on March 4, 2025 in a video message to constituents:
“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere."
False
By Julie Appleby • March 25, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on March 23, 2025 in a post:
Video shows “leaked audio” of Vice President JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk and saying “he's making us look bad.”
False
By Grace Abels • March 24, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
El presidente Donald Trump “firma orden ejecutiva para obligar a los bancos a que les quiten un 10% de dinero” de sus ahorros a los inmigrantes.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 21, 2025
Ian Miles Cheong
Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 in an X post:
Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
False
March 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
“Nueva ley en EE.UU. impone cadena perpetua a inmigrantes que residen ilegalmente en el país”.
False
By Maria Briceño • March 21, 2025
Harriet Hageman
Harriet Hageman
stated on March 16, 2025 in a podcast interview:
The federal Education Department has a “budget of about $280 billion a year. Less than 25% goes to educating our students.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook:
Files reveal that John F. Kennedy Jr. wrote a 1994 letter calling then-Sen. Joe Biden “a traitor” before Kennedy’s 1999 death.
False
March 20, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2025 in a post:
Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 28, 2025 in an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan:
“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2025
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