Latest Stories By Sara Swann

Reproductive rights took center stage during the Democratic National Convention’s first night in Chicago. But is the DNC offering free abortions and vasectomies to attendees, as some conservative social media users have claimed? RNC Research, an X account run by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, posted Aug. 18, “Democrats are giving out […]

Are Google and Meta putting their Big Tech thumbs on the scale to tilt the election in Vice President Kamala Harris’ favor? That’s what some social media users and supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump recently said. They accused Google of manipulating search results and Meta’s artificial intelligence tool of hiding […]

Después que el Presidente Joe Biden renunció a la candidatura presidencial de 2024 y respaldó a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris para liderar la boleta demócrata, surgieron declaraciones en internet sobre su estado físico. Publicaciones en redes sociales sugirieron que Biden de 81 años, está desaparecido, con una enfermedad terminal, que está muriendo o ya muerto. […]

After President Joe Biden announced his exit from the 2024 race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the Democratic ticket, claims emerged online suggesting that Biden, 81, is missing, terminally ill, dying or already dead. Multiple conservative social media users pushed these claims July 22, the day after Biden’s announcement: “Where’s Biden? This […]

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will take the stage June 27 for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election. But some conservative politicians, pundits and social media users are pushing unfounded claims it won’t actually be Biden behind the lectern — or if it is, it’ll be Biden in an altered […]

President Joe Biden sitting in an “invisible” chair in France. Biden wandering off from an event in Italy. Biden freezing on stage at a Los Angeles fundraiser. These misleading claims and others, based on videos that are deceptively edited or taken out of context, have flooded voters’ social media platforms in the last two weeks. […]

Four years after about 51% of Alaskans voted to adopt a new election system and two years after the new system debuted, some people in the state want to hit the undo button. A measure that aims to repeal Alaska’s system, which was first used in 2022 and includes open primaries and ranked-choice voting, will […]

After a federal judge ordered Steve Bannon, a political strategist and former adviser to then-President Donald Trump, to serve a four-month prison term for contempt of Congress, social media users drew comparisons to President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. A June 6 Instagram post showed a photo of Bannon with text above it that read, “A […]

El presidente Joe Biden conmemoró el 80 aniversario de la invasión del Día D en Normandía, Francia, advirtiendo que la democracia mundial está en riesgo. No mucho después de su discurso el 6 de junio, usuarios en redes sociales circularon videos editados de Biden, diciendo que el presidente se sentó en una “silla imaginaria”, que […]

President Joe Biden’s recent immigration proclamation would significantly restrict migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. But does this action amount to a border “shutdown” as some Democratic politicians have claimed? Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., criticized Biden’s directive, saying it used the same immigration law provision former President Donald Trump used in 2017 to […]

President Joe Biden commemorated the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, with a warning that democracy worldwide is at risk. Not long after his June 6 speech, social media users circulated edited video clips of Biden, claiming the president sat in an “imaginary chair,” had a bowel movement and left the event […]

Was the American flag barred from Alaska’s Denali National Park & Preserve on Memorial Day weekend, as social media users claim? A May 27 Instagram post showed a photo of snowy mountains and an American flag, and a caption that read, “Alaska @Sen_DanSullivan is demanding answers after reports emerged that the American flag was banned […]