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  • Fact Check: Photo Edited To Overemphasize Height Difference Between Taylor Swift And Sabrina Carpenter

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    Does an unaltered photo show the true height difference between Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter? No, that's not true: The photo of Swift and Carpenter together in New York City has been digitally edited. The edit did not alter the size of either singer in the original photo but achieved the illusion by shifting Carpenter's position on the sidewalk. Originally…

    • Apr 3, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Photo Edited To Overemphasize Height Difference Between Taylor Swift And Sabrina Carpenter Altered Image
  • Fact Check: Inflatable Jesus Video Does NOT Show Real Event

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    Does a viral video of an inflatable Jesus doll floating in traffic capture a real-life event? No, that's not true: The clip was generated by AI. It was initially posted on social media by an account with a satire label. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published by the @drhingram account on X on April 2, 2026, under…

    • Apr 3, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Inflatable Jesus Video Does NOT Show Real Event AI Video
  • Fact Check: Image Of Crashed Helicopter Is NOT From Iran -- It Predated 2026 Escalation

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    Does a viral image actually show a U.S. Army helicopter that crashed in Iran on April 3, 2026? No, that's not true: The picture was online more than a year earlier. It was published in Honduras in March 2025. The claim appeared in a post (archived here and here) published by the @TheLaikYobaz account on X on April 3, 2026.…

    • Apr 3, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Image Of Crashed Helicopter Is NOT From Iran -- It Predated 2026 Escalation Honduras, 2025
  • Fact Check: Fake Video Does NOT Show Actual Images of Iran Shooting Down U.S. F-15 Fighter Jet

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    Is this real footage of an American F-15 fighter jet being shot down by Iran? No, that's not true: The clip appears to come from a military simulation video game, and the same video was posted online about a month before the reported shootdown of a U.S. F-15 in Iran in early April 2026. An online AI detection tool estimated…

    • Apr 3, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Fake Video Does NOT Show Actual Images of Iran Shooting Down U.S. F-15 Fighter Jet Video Game
  • Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Did NOT Have A $100 Million Lawsuit Against ANYBODY Completely Collapse After Whistleblower Testimony -- AI Spam From Vietnam

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    Did a $100 million lawsuit filed by Gavin Newsom against Nick Shirley, Willie Nelson and a dozen other celebrities collapse after whistleblower testimony? No, that's not true: The story that California's governor filed a defamation lawsuit against a long list of people who "publicly criticized state-level financial handling" was made up by a network of foreign-run Facebook pages and websites.…

    • Apr 2, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Did NOT Have A $100 Million Lawsuit Against ANYBODY Completely Collapse After Whistleblower Testimony -- AI Spam From Vietnam AI Slop
  • Fact Check: TIME Magazine Did NOT Publish 'Hey Donald, From NATO' Cover With World Leaders Showing Middle Fingers To Trump

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    Does a viral image of world leaders showing their middle fingers as an act of apparent disagreement with U.S. President Donald Trump show a real 2026 TIME Magazine cover? No, that's not true: The magazine's website did not contain such a cover. The image displayed shows signs strongly pointing to generative AI. The claim appeared in a post (archived here)…

    • Apr 2, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: TIME Magazine Did NOT Publish 'Hey Donald, From NATO' Cover With World Leaders Showing Middle Fingers To Trump AI Picture
  • Fact Check: Leak of Anthropic's "Claude Code" Source Code Was NOT An April Fools' Prank

    Fact Check

    Did Anthropic stage a leak of Claude's code as an April Fools' prank, an "exercise in controlled chaos"? No, that's not true: There was a leak of part of the source code for "Claude Code," Anthropic's AI-powered coding assistant. There is no evidence that the leak was intentional or timed to be an April Fools' joke as stated in a…

    • Apr 2, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Leak of Anthropic's "Claude Code" Source Code Was NOT An April Fools' Prank Not A Joke
  • Fact Check: AI Photo Shows Bald Eagle Landing On Artemis II At Launch Pad Just Before Liftoff -- NOT Real

    Fact Check

    Does a real photo show that a bald eagle landed on top of the Artemis II rocket on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, just before liftoff? No, that's not true: The bird is an AI creation, about three times larger than a real bald eagle. Online AI image detection tools also found it to…

    • Apr 2, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: AI Photo Shows Bald Eagle Landing On Artemis II At Launch Pad Just Before Liftoff -- NOT Real AI Bird
  • Fact Checking Day 2026: Fact Checking Matters More Than Ever In The U.S.

    Analysis

    We agree with some very prominent people. Here's our proposal... Fact Checking Day on April 2, 2026 marks almost a year since Lead Stories published our last fact check as part of Meta's Third-Party Fact Checking Partnership. Since that day we've published over 1500 fact checks on our U.S. website on topics ranging from fake Epstein Files emails mentioning Elon…

    • Apr 2, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Checking Day 2026: Fact Checking Matters More Than Ever In The U.S. That's Today
  • Fact Check: Court Filing Does NOT Say The Bullet That Killed Charlie Kirk Doesn't Match The Rifle Allegedly Used By Tyler Robinson

    Fact Check

    Does a court filing definitively state that the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk does not match the rifle allegedly used by Tyler Robinson? No, that's not true: In court documents, defense lawyers said a summary report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives indicates the agency was unable to match up the bullet recovered from Kirk. The defense…

    • Apr 1, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Court Filing Does NOT Say The Bullet That Killed Charlie Kirk Doesn't Match The Rifle Allegedly Used By Tyler Robinson Inconclusive
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