Is Victoria's Secret putting tracking devices into its bras? No, that's not true. A claim has gone viral that the lingerie company uses tags in bras and panties to track customers but the images shown are of RFID (radio frequency identification) tags which are used around the world by companies such as Nike, Levi's and Macy's to monitor merchandise. The…

Did the Department of Justice report that Jeffrey Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell tested positive for COVID-19 in a New Hampshire jail? No, it did not: The claim that Maxwell, who was arrested by the FBI in Bedford, New Hampshire, on July 2, 2020, tested positive for COVID-19 is the invention of the satire website The Brown Valley Observer. It was…

Does a birth certificate prove that Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell had a son together in 1992? No, that's not true: The purported birth certificate was quickly revealed to be a fake soon after it was posted by an anonymous Twitter account on Juy 4, 2020. The account RogueWHSnrAdvisor tweeted clues and a Periscope video before posting an image of…

After Lead Stories fact checked a story by The National Pulse they published an article accusing us of bias in favor of the Democrats after first quietly correcting their story. Several of the accusations are blatantly false, for example that Lead Stories Co-Founder and Chairman Perry Sanders would be a "devout Democrat". He is a registered Independent who has…

Is a meme listing 22 points, including conspiracy claims about 5G hazards, adrenochrome, Jeffrey Epstein, Pizzagate, and Britain's Royal Family factual? Mostly no, although some points are true and others are just predictions that cannot be fact checked. An example of the massive meme is found in a post (archived here) shared on Facebook June 4, 2020. It opened:…

Did the group Anonymous expose new documents about a secret lawsuit against Donald Trump accusing him of child rape? No, that's not true: The documents Anonymous posted online are from two lawsuits, both subsequently dismissed, that were filed in 2016 and have been publicly available for five years. The claim appeared as a post (archived here) where it was posted…

Did Mike Bloomberg once boast that he pimped his teenage daughter to Chinese businessmen during a business trip to China? No, that's not true: The claim is based on a Bloomberg quote in a 1999 magazine article in which Bloomberg said that, when his daughter traveled with him to China on a business trip, "he got her dates in every…

Did U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard include a clause in her new lawsuit against Hillary Clinton stipulating that she does not experience "thoughts of suicide"? No, that's not true: The document seen in the post has been falsified. The word "suicide" does not appear in Gabbard's 14-page complaint. The claim originated from a post (archived here) published by Libertarian Redhead on…

Was a mall Santa Claus arrested for making his touch his genitals, which were allegedly coated in sugar and painted like a candy cane? No, that's not true: The story was fabricated by a Canadian entertainment website that publishes fictional stories about bizarre crimes, weird sexual acts, and other made-up events. The photo accompanying the story was lifted from a…

Did a Florida swimmer become partially emasculated after taunting a baby shark with his penis? No, that's not true: The story was fabricated by a Canadian entertainment website that publishes fictional stories about bizarre crimes, weird sexual acts, and other made-up events. The photo accompanying the story was lifted from an article about a real shark attack. The story originated…