International in December 2025
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Monday, December 29, 2025
- Fact Check: Archived Page Of A 1996 Melania Trump Profile On A Mail-Order Bride Website Is NOT Real -- Copied From Another Woman's Page
- Fact Check: A Full-Body Bronze Statue On Hollywood Walk Of Fame Was NOT Erected For Streisand, Cher, Dolly Nor Novak Djokovic -- Spam From Vietnam
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Abiy Ahmed's 5-Star Cruise Ship Abandoned In Desert Shows Telltale Signs Of Being AI-Generated
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Ship Colliding With Bridge In Norway
Monday, December 22, 2025
Friday, December 19, 2025
- Fact Check: Austria's Eurovision 2026 Stage Design Is NOT A Swastika, It's A Curved Leaf -- Fake Image Circulating Is From Satire Account
- Fact Check: Digitally Edited 'David Cohen' Facebook Profile Screenshot Does NOT Belong To Bondi Beach Shooter
Thursday, December 18, 2025
- Fact Check: Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act of 1986 Supported By Chuck Schumer Does NOT Make It Legal To 'Blow Drug Boats Out Of The Water'
- Fact Check: AI Video Of Giant 'Eclipse Octopus' In Gulf Of America Is NOT Real -- Not From Gulf Of Mexico Either
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
- Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Zelenskyy Received Israeli Passport In 2016
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Venezuela Ship Commanded By Captain Yonaiker Bermúdez And US Destroyer USS Jason Durham
- Fact Check: JOKE Post Said Roblox Was Shutting Down On January 1st -- NO Actual Announcement
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Monday, December 15, 2025
- Fact Check: Fake Image Does NOT Show Actual Crisis Actor At Bondi Beach Laughing As Fake Blood Makeup Is Applied -- Signs Of AI Use
- Fact Check: Rob Reiner DID Say Publicly He Was Working On A Series About Putin And Trump's Relationship
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Friday, December 12, 2025
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
- Fact Check: Scientists Have NOT Proved Camel Tears Are An Antidote For Venomous Snakebites
- Fact Check: Melania Did NOT Glare At Donald Trump When He Chatted With Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum At FIFA World Cup Draw -- Real Video Was Altered
- IFCN Statement On U.S. Visa Restrictions Targeting Fact-checkers
- Fact Check: The U.S. Did NOT Send $45 Million In Cash To The Taliban In Afghanistan On December 8, 2025 -- Old Photo Used
Monday, December 8, 2025
Friday, December 5, 2025
Thursday, December 4, 2025
- Fact Check: Irish Christian Teacher Enoch Burke Was NOT 'Sentenced To Life In Prison For Transphobia'
- Fact Check: BlueHarvester Is NOT A Real Norwegian Vessel Which Autonomously Collects Plastic From The Ocean And Converts It To Fuel -- AI-Generated Images
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
- Fact Check: Iraqi Woman Who Bragged About Using Sweden's Benefits 'To The Max' Says She Was Being Sarcastic In Video
- Fact Check: A Real Domino's Employee Did NOT Climb Japan's Mount Fuji To Deliver A Pepperoni Pizza -- Story Spun From A Japanese Hiker's Cosplay Joke
- Fact Check: Catholic Nun Was NOT 'Stabbed To Death By A Migrant In Croatia' -- She's Alive & Under Investigation For A False Report
- Fact Check: Coast Guard Did NOT Report 21% Of Suspected Trafficking Boats Stopped Off Venezuela Before Airstrikes Had Drugs -- It Was 81%
- Fact Check: Green Electric Scooters Were NOT Abandoned Due To Battery Replacement Cost -- Bike Demand Slowed
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Monday, December 1, 2025
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