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23 May 2025

Trump didn’t call Republicans ‘the dumbest’ voters

The quote, attributed to Mr Trump and shared on Facebook, is fabricated.

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15 May 2025

No, the US Supreme Court has not ruled that Covid vaccines are ‘not vaccines’

Familiar misinformation about Covid vaccines being gene therapy is circulating again.

12 May 2025

In a ‘misinformation’ age, we need to know what the fact is going on

Platforms are increasingly trading away their duty to protect democracy in exchange for political power.

30 April 2025

No evidence Namibia is ‘deporting 500 Americans’

The Namibian government has strongly denied a claim circulating on social media.

30 April 2025

German news outlet did not report Russian spies had US defence secretary’s phone number

A claim that German intelligence arrested two Russian spies who had Pete Hegseth’s private number was attributed to Der Spiegel, but the publication confirmed it did not publish such a story.

30 April 2025

Unsubstantiated claim that Donald Trump’s mother said he’d be a ‘disaster’ in politics reshared online

There’s no evidence Mrs Trump ever said this.

29 April 2025

Image of Donald Trump with teenage girl is likely AI-creation

The picture has been debunked many times, and there are clues that it was created with Artificial Intelligence.

28 April 2025

No, a huge statue of Jesus is not being built outside the White House

A video which appears to show a large statue of Jesus Christ under construction in Washington is fake and likely an AI-creation.

23 April 2025

Viral post about Obama’s official White House portrait isn’t wholly accurate

A picture of the 44th US president has been shared with the misleading claim that it is his official White House portrait which President Trump “refuses to hang”.

15 April 2025

Photo of ‘US army general killed in Gaza’ is actually old image from Iraq

There’s no evidence that reports of the death of a general are genuine.

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Trump didn’t call Republicans ‘the dumbest’ voters

No, the US Supreme Court has not ruled that Covid vaccines are ‘not vaccines’

In a ‘misinformation’ age, we need to know what the fact is going on

No evidence Namibia is ‘deporting 500 Americans’

German news outlet did not report Russian spies had US defence secretary’s phone number

Unsubstantiated claim that Donald Trump’s mother said he’d be a ‘disaster’ in politics reshared online

Image of Donald Trump with teenage girl is likely AI-creation

No, a huge statue of Jesus is not being built outside the White House

Viral post about Obama’s official White House portrait isn’t wholly accurate

Photo of ‘US army general killed in Gaza’ is actually old image from Iraq

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