Does a real selfie photo show basketball star LeBron James posing in a mirror while wearing a French maid costume at a "Diddy party"? No, that's not true: AI detection tools and a human analyst found there was "substantial evidence of manipulation" in this image. It was likely generated with AI. The image of James, pro basketball player for the…
Did Matt Damon leak evidence of Jennifer Lopez being involved in Sean "Diddy" Combs' alleged sex crimes? No: "This is absolutely not true," a representative for Damon told Lead Stories. A viral article about the supposed leak contained no evidence or source. The website that published it was anonymously registered in March 2024. No actual news websites published anything about…
Did an authentic video show a real interview between Donald Trump and Sean "Diddy" Combs? No, that's not true: It came from a YouTube channel described as "Conversations that never took place between people who never met. Created using existing interviews." Lead Stories found the original interviews from the 1990s used to create the fake one. The claim appeared in…
Did Megan Fox delete her X and Instagram posts in September 2024? No, that's not true: Archive copies of Fox's X feed show that she has not posted there since January 2013. She deleted her Instagram posts and has not posted there since May 2024. The actress has a history of openly expressing disdain for social media use. The claim…
Did singer Usher delete his X account after Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested for sex trafficking and are the two events related? No, that's missing context: While Usher Raymond's X account appeared to have had all past posts deleted, he posted a message that his account had been hacked. An archived version of his account shows the messages the hackers…
Did the pop singer Pink delete all tweets on her X account in September 2024 after the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking and racketeering indictment and arrest? No, that's not true: Pink deleted all her X posts in February 2024 due to toxicity she said she was receiving on the social media site. An article from February 2024 reported her…
Does an authentic photo show Kamala Harris posing arm-in-arm with Sean "Diddy" Combs? No, that's not true: Combs' face has been pasted onto the body of the man who was standing next to Harris when the photo was taken in 2001 by Ron Galella as can be seen on Getty Images. The man in the original photo is TV host…
Does a video show a naked Hunter Biden chasing and catching a distressed woman in a hotel hallway and dragging her back to a room? No, that's not true: Although the man in the video and Hunter Biden both have back tattoos, their tattoos are not the same. On June 8, 2024, the video began to circulate with unsupported English-language…
Does a still image in a video on social media show the daughter of naturopath Barbara O'Neill being sentenced to prison for supposedly revealing "health secrets"? No, that's not true: A tool used to detect AI-generated images found evidence that the image of a woman in an orange prison jumpsuit in a courtroom is not real and was likely created…
Does the image in a video on social media show the son of "Dr. Sebi" on trial for purportedly revealing "HEALTH SECRETS"? No, that's not true: The claim was made without providing names, dates, locations or other details by which to independently verify such a trial occurred or that the person shown is related to the late Alfredo "Dr. Sebi"…
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