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  • Fact Check: FAKE Image Showed Canada's Mark Carney Dining With Ghislaine Maxwell

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    Does a viral image document Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney dining with Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite convicted of sex trafficking girls for Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: The image displayed a watermark pointing to a generative AI tool. Several details in the picture, such as missing temples of a person's glasses or an earring incorrectly attached to an…

    • Feb 26, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: FAKE Image Showed Canada's Mark Carney Dining With Ghislaine Maxwell AI Photo
  • Fact Check: FAKE Photo Showed Pelosi Wore 'Don't Ban Insider Trading' Badge For 2026 State Of The Union Address

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    Does a viral image of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi wearing "Don't ban insider trading" lapel sticker show what she wore to the 2026 State of the Union speech by President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: A picture of her was digitally edited to change the words on her sticker. The real badge worn by the former speaker of the House…

    • Feb 25, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: FAKE Photo Showed Pelosi Wore 'Don't Ban Insider Trading' Badge For 2026 State Of The Union Address Altered Photo
  • Fact Check: Ghislaine Maxwell Was NOT Spotted In Québec, Canada -- AI Face Swap Video

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    Was Ghislaine Maxwell spotted out and about in Québec, Canada? No, that's not true: This video shows a real street scene in Québec, but an AI tool has been used to swap the face of the woman with Ghislaine Maxwell's. The creator who published this face swap video does not have a disclaimer regarding the AI-generated content. But, in a…

    • Feb 24, 2026
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Ghislaine Maxwell Was NOT Spotted In Québec, Canada -- AI Face Swap Video Face Swapped
  • Fact Check: Jon Stewart Did NOT Livestream The 'Dark Side' Of Virginia Giuffre Case From Home; NO 3.2 Billion Views -- It's Viet Spam

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    Did Jon Stewart broadcast a livestream about the Virginia Giuffre case and did the show get 3.2 billion views globally? No, that's not true: Giuffre was one of the women who accused Jeffrey Epstein and others of sexual abuse as a teenager. There is no evidence such a show was ever broadcast. The website and Facebook pages spreading the claim…

    • Feb 21, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Jon Stewart Did NOT Livestream The 'Dark Side' Of Virginia Giuffre Case From Home; NO 3.2 Billion Views -- It's Viet Spam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Colbert, Stewart, Hanks Did NOT Reveal A Number Of New Names From Epstein Files -- It's International Clickbait

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    Did comedians Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart or actor Tom Hanks broadcast a television program to disclose the names of numerous people not previously known to be implicated by the files of investigations into Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning those and others were published by a network of foreign websites and Facebook pages. There were…

    • Feb 20, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Colbert, Stewart, Hanks Did NOT Reveal A Number Of New Names From Epstein Files -- It's International Clickbait Vietspam
  • Fact Check: Giuffre Family, Colbert, Musk Did NOT Pay Millions In Court Fees To Sue Pam Bondi And Other Influential, Powerful People -- Fake Story Is Vietspam

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    Did the family of Epstein's late survivor Virginia Giuffre, Stephen Colbert or Elon Musk spend millions of dollars to file a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other people? No, that's not true: A federal court database showed no such case filed by Giuffre's surviving brother, and credible media organizations did not publish any reports of such a…

    • Feb 20, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Giuffre Family, Colbert, Musk Did NOT Pay Millions In Court Fees To Sue Pam Bondi And Other Influential, Powerful People -- Fake Story Is Vietspam No Record
  • Fact Check: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor WAS Arrested 666 Days After Blood-Soaked Royal Horses Escaped In London

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    Was Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested 666 days after blood-soaked horses associated with the Royal Family escaped in London? Yes, that's true: The former Prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on February 19, 2026. This came 666 days after a separate incident on April 24, 2024, in which five horses from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment threw…

    • Feb 20, 2026
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor WAS Arrested 666 Days After Blood-Soaked Royal Horses Escaped In London Correct #
  • Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Ex Prince Andrew And Meghan Markle -- It's AI

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    Is a grainy image of former Prince Andrew and Meghan Markle in intimate postures authentic? No, that's not true: The image is "99% AI slop," the creator of the image wrote on their X.com account. Blocky pixelations and a faint red ring around the woman's face reinforce what the image-creator said: it's a manufactured picture. The claim appeared in a…

    • Feb 19, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Ex Prince Andrew And Meghan Markle -- It's AI AI Slop
  • Fact Check: Swift and Kelce Did NOT Announce On Livestream They Are Spending $250 Million To Uncover Truth In Giuffre Case -- Foreign Clickbait

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    Did Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift announce on a livestream that they are spending $250 million to find the truth in the Virginia Giuffre case? No, that's not true: Neither the celebrity couple nor news organizations said anything about it. The claim was promoted by overseas-based pages that publish made-up stories to drive traffic-based ad revenue. The claim appeared in…

    • Feb 18, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Swift and Kelce Did NOT Announce On Livestream They Are Spending $250 Million To Uncover Truth In Giuffre Case -- Foreign Clickbait No Reports
  • Fact Check: There's NO Proof LifeTouch School Photos Put "You And Every Other American Kid ... In The Epstein Files" -- Mathematically Impossible, Since LifeTouch Only Accounts For 25% Of School Photos

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    Did school picture contractor LifeTouch put "you and every other American kid" in the Epstein files? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that all 49 million American schoolchildren are in the Justice Department's files. The company name appears in the Department of Justice's online library of released files about pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, but only once, on a minor…

    • Feb 18, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: There's NO Proof LifeTouch School Photos Put "You And Every Other American Kid ... In The Epstein Files" -- Mathematically Impossible, Since LifeTouch Only Accounts For 25% Of School Photos No Proof
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