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Social media disinformation

The spread of misinformation on social media platforms, including Twitter (now X), and its potential impact on political discourse.

Fact-Checks

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Jan 27, 2026
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Peggy Flanagan and Signal chat group

that Lt. Gov. was an admin or participant in an anti‑ Signal chat coordinating protests have spread widely on and conservative outlets, but multiple news reports cited here make clear those claims rem...

Jan 16, 2026
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Which Jonathan Roumie interviews drew the most public backlash and why?

The sharpest public backlash tied to Jonathan Roumie centered not on a traditional interview but on a widely shared fabricated clip claiming Oprah Winfrey mocked his faith — a viral hoax that drew mas...

Jan 24, 2026
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Ice vehicle torched in Pennsylvania

On Feb. 18, 2025, minivan burned in ; local fire officials and multiple concluded the blaze showed no signs of arson and was ruled accidental after the fire marshal spoke with the driver . Nonetheless...

Jan 15, 2026

Have major U.S. news organizations published investigations into Sascha/Sasha Riley beyond social-media posts?

Based on the reporting supplied, the viral audio and testimony attributed to Sascha/Sasha Riley have been picked up widely on social media and by international and niche outlets, but the documents and...

Jan 24, 2026

Did Joe Biden steal the election

No credible evidence shows “stole” the 2020 presidential election; multiple audits, court rulings and expert analyses found no fraud on a scale that could change the outcome . Persistent claims to the...

Jan 24, 2026

Are russian bots really pretending to be illogical maga to discredit them

Yes — multiple investigations and government actions show n-linked influence operations have created that pose as Americans and as pro- or personas to push Kremlin-friendly narratives and to amplify d...

Jan 25, 2026

Did Ukraine run a sting operation on the US to figure out how info was leaking to Russia?

No credible evidence supports the headline claim that deliberately ran a “sting” on intelligence by feeding false information to see whether it would be passed to ; the allegation traces to a conteste...

Jan 27, 2026

did elon fix the election?

There is no credible evidence that presidential election; election-security experts and state and local officials have rejected specific technical claims such as . What is well documented is Musk’s he...

Jan 23, 2026

假救护车摘器官

真实的“假救护车摘器官”指控既有事实依据也有大量被证伪的网络谣言:多家媒体报道并导致判刑的案件,描述医院在夜间用伪装成救护车的面包车运走尸体并摘取器官()(),而社交媒体上流传的“病人逃跑指控”如“Mark Delcourt”则被多家事实核查机构认定为拼接或 AI 生成的假消息()()。同时,欧美关于在患者仍有生命迹象时推进器官采集的争议性报道提示,医疗系统内也存在程序失误或伦理争议,但这些并不等...

Jan 20, 2026

Do palestinians in Gaza lie about whats happening?

Claims emerging from Gaza have at times been inaccurate, reused out-of-context, or amplified without verification, but so too have counterclaims that Palestinians are broadly fabricating events; indep...

Jan 17, 2026

Dr oz and his diabetes cure

Claims that Dr. Mehmet Oz has discovered, endorsed, or been attacked over a “miracle” diabetes cure are false and stem from manipulated videos, doctored audio and bogus promotional pages; multiple fac...

Jan 16, 2026

Is Barron Trump the son of Ivanka

Barron Trump is the biological son of Donald Trump and Melania Trump, born March 20, 2006, and is widely described in biographical and encyclopedic profiles as the youngest child of Donald Trump and t...

Jan 10, 2026

How has perceived media bias in the US changed since 2020 and during the 2024 election cycle?

Perceived media bias in the United States intensified after 2020 and crystallized into sharper partisan narratives during the 2024 election cycle, driven by heightened public distrust, algorithmic amp...