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Does a photograph of former President Barack Obama link him to accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's purported "Orgy Island"? No, that's not true: The photo used in social media posts shows Obama on a small boat with billionaire Richard Branson, not Epstein. The implication that the image connects Obama to Epstein's alleged child sex trafficking ring is false. The claim originated…

Did Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suffer a massive stroke and was she taken to the ICU at a Washington, D.C. hospital on Wednesday evening, July 3, 2019? No, that's not true: It is a fake FOX News alert posted by a conservative conspiracy Facebook group. FOX News had no such story on its website on July 4, 2019. The story…

Did Pope Francis say a world government must rule the U.S. for their own good? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website that attracts clicks and visitors by taking existing news reports out of context and adding an incendiary headline to it, often containing made up facts that are not found in the sources the…

Is the Red Cross helping migrants in the caravan crossing Mexico to the U.S. border but ignoring California wildfire victims? No, a meme making that claim is completely false. There is no truth to it at all. An example of the meme appeared in a Gab post published on November 21, 2018 by a user named titled "Sheep Dog" (archived…

Is there a video named "Frazzledrip" circulating on the dark web that shows Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin raping and slicing the face off a young girl and then drinking her blood? No, that's complete nonsense, no such video exists and the screenshots conspiracy websites are circulating as proof are not real. We became aware of the rumors via an…