Society in August 2026

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Friday, August 28, 2026

• Fact Check: Staged Video Shows Women Acting Dead -- Misrepresented As Flood Victims In Nepal And Assam, India
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Nepal Flood Rescue Of People Trapped In Mud -- It Is From The Congo In 2023
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nepal Bridge Collapsing Into Floodwaters -- It Is AI-Generated

Thursday, August 27, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Claiming To Show Nepal Flooding Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Graphic Of 'Parental Child Homicides By Gender Of Perpetrator' Is Based On Non-Existent 2016 Paper By 'Ribaux, L., Et Al.'

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Lion Reuniting With Caretaker Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Dad Dressed In Wife's Clothes To Pick Up Son From School -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Letter From The London Borough Of Bexley Asked Locals To Keep Daughters, Dogs Indoors

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

• Fact Check: Marco Rubio Did NOT Refuse To Protect Tom Hanks From Greek 'Impropriety' Investigation -- It Is Satire
• Fact Check: REAL Photo Shows 'Minneapolis Spider-Man' Winding Up To Punch Jake Lang At Protest
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Hakeem Jeffries Eating With Jeffrey Epstein -- It Is Synthetic Media
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Spider-Man Punching Jake Lang At A Minneapolis Protest -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE McLaren Stunt Video Showing Car Crash Is NOT Real -- Made With AI

Monday, August 24, 2026

• Fact Check: Epstein Cannibalism Photos, Videos Are FAKE -- Mix Of Photos From Horror Trailer Production And AI Videos Based On Them
• Fact Check: Video Shows FAKE Incident Of Girl Beating Up Men Who Harass Her, Try To Steal Her Bag In Hallway
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Celine Dion Saying She Drinks The Blood Of Children
• Fact Check: FAKE Clips Of UK Police Tackling Scooter Thieves Were Made With AI
• Fact Check: PRANK Video Shows Woman Falling For A Fictional Alien Invasion Emergency Alert System Notice

Friday, August 21, 2026

• Prebunk: Videos Of Rescued Dogs Don't Track With Reality -- Train Not To Fall For Clickbait
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trash Dumping In River -- Final Ritual Immersion Of Idol For The Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi Festival
• Fact Check: Video Shows FAKE Incident Where Flight Attendant Pulls Blanket From Woman Claiming To Have Baby, Revealing Lynx On Plane
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Subway Line Collapse In Taiwan Was Made With AI
• Fact Check: La Repubblica Did NOT Report French Politician And Le Pen Rival Édouard Philippe Bought Villa In Sicily For 15 Million Euros
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nancy Mace Dancing And Grimacing In Sexy Black Dress

Thursday, August 20, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Story Of Woman Herding Goats Through Walmart While Drinking Margaritas From A Jug Is A Meme
• Fact Check: Süddeutsche Zeitung Did NOT Accuse Sven Schulze Of Imprisonment, Abuse Of Afghan Minors

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Woman Violently Falling Down Stairs Due to Something Supernatural After Cat Passes
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Migrants From Morocco Trying To Cross Into Spanish Ceuta In August 2026
• Fact Check: FAKE Scene Of A Jewish Man Stealing Pennies From A Motorcycle Seat Is a Skit -- He Is A Comedian

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

• Fact Check: Nick Shirley Did NOT Tell Joe Rogan He Was Going To Investigate 'Clinton Body Bags' List -- It's Satire
• Fact Check: Glass Water Tank Torture Video NOT From Epstein Island -- Was From 2016 Egyptian TV Series

Monday, August 17, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Referred to Servicemembers At USS Lincoln As 'Suckers And Losers'
• Fact Check: BBC DID Report That USDA Listed Wakanda As Trade Partner -- But The Mistake Was An Accident From 2019
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows AOC Saying 'The Fruit Or The Color?' When Asked To Spell 'Orange'
• Fact Check: Tom Homan Did NOT Say Rama Duwaji Had Threatened To Have Him 'Disappear' If He Is In New York City -- Duwaji Did NOT Say That At All

Friday, August 14, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Misrepresents Hassan Piker Quoting Comment Saying America Should Resume Lynching Black People -- Was Denouncing It
• Fact Check: Euronews Did NOT Publish Report Saying Ukrainian Gunman Shot Dead 3 NATO Soldiers in Latvia -- Did NOT Happen
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Helicopter Landing Upside Down In A Field -- AI-Generated

Thursday, August 13, 2026

• Fact Check: Sylvester Stallone Did NOT Say Talking To AOC Was 'Like Listening To A High School Girl'

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Landlord Evicting Tenant While New Tenants Are Already on Doorstep -- For Entertainment
• Prebunk: FAKE VFX Behind-the-Scenes Footage Is Just Clickbait Effect -- Lights, Camera, AI
• Fact Check: Video Of Father Punching Stalker Is NOT Real -- It Came From A Thai Skit Channel

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

• Prebunk: AI-Generated Robot Girlfriend Videos -- Even These Fake Girls Aren't Real
• Fact Check: Real 1944 Photo Is AI-Enhanced, Colorized -- Black-and-White Original Shows Schoolchildren Praying Before Their Morning Milk
• Fact Check: Studies Do NOT Show an 81% or 82% Miscarriage Rate in Women Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in First Trimester

Monday, August 10, 2026

• Fact Check: ALTERED Audio Added Sound Of Fart To White House Event Featuring Trump
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows DiJonai Carrington Saying Sophie Cunningham Should Be Charged With Assault For Trying To Pull Off Her Wig

Friday, August 7, 2026

• Prebunk: Shocking Courtroom Convictions Judged To Be AI -- Bail Out Reality, Not Fake Defendants
• Fact Check: FAKE Video REPLACED African Migrant's Original Words -- He Did NOT Discuss Money, Home, English Women
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 'Farmer François Lavigne' Reliving Accident On French TV While Dressed-Up Children Sing To Him -- It Is A Serge Gainsbourg Tribute
• Fact Check: Mehdi Hasan Social Media Post Did NOT Have A 9/11 Image Under The Caption 'Make American Planes Crash Again.' -- Now-Deleted Post Retweeted NewsWire
• Fact Check: Viral Images Are NOT Photos Or Screenshots Showing Real Face Of Warsaw Attack Suspect

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• Prebunk: AI Policewomen Want To Arrest Your Attention -- Don't Get Caught In Their Emotional Speed Trap

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE 689,235.43 EUR Receipt From Le Club 55 In St. Tropez Was Generated By AI
• Fact Check: Staged Video Shows A FAKE Scene Of A Transgender Woman With A Gun Angry Over Being Misgendered

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

• Fact Check: NO Surgeon Named 'François Faivre' Died In Paris In June 2026 Or Ever -- Claim Comes From Recycled, AI-Made Falsification
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Muslim Men Praying On The London Tube -- It's AI-Generated
• Fact Check: 'Christian Men's Gym' Did NOT Have 3 Men Caught 'Violating Leviticus' In Locker Room After Banning Women For 'Lust-Free Workouts'

Monday, August 3, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Image NOT From Reuters Shows Moroccan Officer Throwing Rocks At Migrant Returning From Ceuta
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Woman With Prominent Nose Waving At Migrants In Spanish Ceuta Is AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Sophie Cunningham, Caitlin Clark Wearing 'XX-XY Athletics' T-Shirts Was Made With AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Suspect Climbing On SUV To Taunt Police During LA Car Chase
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Zohran Mamdani Not Applauding At Funeral Of Staff Sgt. Angel Rampersad -- Originally Had AI Disclaimer