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  • Fact Check: Personal Assistants To Celebrities Like Tanya Tucker, Kid Rock, Nikki Sixx Did NOT Die At Age 30 -- Nor Was One Woman Assistant To Several

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    Did the personal assistants to celebrities including Kid Rock, Prince William, Nikki Sixx and Tanya Tucker die in early 2026, all at age 30? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning those and other famous names were all published by an international network of websites and Facebook pages. There were no news articles about the supposed deaths. Several versions…

    • Apr 17, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Personal Assistants To Celebrities Like Tanya Tucker, Kid Rock, Nikki Sixx Did NOT Die At Age 30 -- Nor Was One Woman Assistant To Several Factory Fakes
  • Fact Check: Post Saying Your Favorite Celeb Family Dropped A 'Double Bombshell' By Adopting Or Giving Birth To Twins Is NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam

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    Are viral posts claiming your favorite celebrity family adopted or had twin babies and giving them names that "are taking the internet by storm" real? No, that's not true: Nearly identical posts naming at least 49 celebrity families were distributed on Facebook in mid-April 2026 by a spam network managed from Vietnam. The posts appear to be AI-generated and have…

    • Apr 17, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Post Saying Your Favorite Celeb Family Dropped A 'Double Bombshell' By Adopting Or Giving Birth To Twins Is NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Posts About Plans To Build A $3.8 Billion Stadium For Your Favorite Team To Transform Your Favorite City Into A Global Destination Are Fake -- Viet Spam

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    Are Facebook posts about plans to build $3.8 billion stadiums for 34 NFL, MLB, NBA, and college sports teams that would transform their cities into global destinations real? No, that's not true: Dozens of nearly identical posts were generated by artificial intelligence tools and distributed by a spam network managed from Vietnam. With the exception of a new stadium for…

    • Apr 14, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Posts About Plans To Build A $3.8 Billion Stadium For Your Favorite Team To Transform Your Favorite City Into A Global Destination Are Fake -- Viet Spam Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Dancing Pole Image With Epstein Is Real Photo Of Melania Trump

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    Is a viral image purporting to show Melania Trump at the dancing pole in front of Jeffrey Epstein a real photo? No, that's not true: The image originated from an account that publishes fictitious images of celebrities. The initial post contained an additional disclaimer spelling that out. The claim reappeared in a post (archived here) published on Threads on April…

    • Apr 10, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Dancing Pole Image With Epstein Is Real Photo Of Melania Trump Not Authentic
  • Fact Check: Knecht, Kershaw, Iguodala Did NOT Die 'After Being Shot While Trying To Break Up A Bar Fight' -- Global Clickbait Producers Published It

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    Were Dalton Knecht, Clayton Kershaw, Andre Iguodala and many other sports celebrities and their associates fatally shot, "while tryiпg to break υp a bar fight"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning them and other people were published by a network of foreign websites and Facebook pages. There were no credible news articles about such events. The Knecht version…

    • Apr 9, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Knecht, Kershaw, Iguodala Did NOT Die 'After Being Shot While Trying To Break Up A Bar Fight' -- Global Clickbait Producers Published It Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Posts Share FAKE Melania Trump Statement In Support Of Her Husband -- Viet Spam Hallmarks

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    Did First Lady Melania Trump make a public statement defending President Trump, saying "what is happening to my husband goes far beyond ordinary criticism"? No, that's not true: The claim bears the hallmarks of so-called "Viet Spam" campaigns of nearly identical made-up clickbait stories, each featuring a different famous person, created to drive traffic to web pages based overseas, often…

    • Apr 7, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Posts Share FAKE Melania Trump Statement In Support Of Her Husband -- Viet Spam Hallmarks Not Her Words
  • Fact Check: Spammy 'A Positive Update' Facebook Posts About Dozens Of Celebrities NOT Real Health Update

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    Did dozens of celebrities suddenly all post a "positive update" on Facebook after a recent medical procedure or treatment? No, that's not true: The posts, often accompanied by images of the celebrity in question and a quote about "pushing through" a "few health challenges" or asking to "spare a prayer" were mass produced by a network of Facebook pages and…

    • Apr 4, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Spammy 'A Positive Update' Facebook Posts About Dozens Of Celebrities NOT Real Health Update Viet Spam
  • 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 Checking Day 2026: Fact Checking Matters More Than Ever In The U.S.

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    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: FAKE Quote About 'Support For Peaceful Demonstrators Via National Defense Fund' Attributed To Various Celebrities -- Foreign Clickbait Story

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    Did Bad Bunny and other famous people including Blake Shelton, Cardi B, Tom Jones, Andrea Bocelli say that they were supporting peaceful demonstrators via the National Defense Fund? No, that's not true: The claim was an example of so-called "Viet Spam" campaigns of nearly identical made-up clickbait stories, each featuring a different famous person, created to drive traffic to web…

    • Mar 30, 2026
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: FAKE Quote About 'Support For Peaceful Demonstrators Via National Defense Fund' Attributed To Various Celebrities -- Foreign Clickbait Story Viet Spam
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