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Trump praised Project 2025 during an April 2022 Heritage Foundation event, right after the group announced the plans. Here's the video: snopes.com/fact-check/trump-… snopes.com/fact-check/trump-…
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🚨 A @YouTube spokesperson said videos falsely claiming "Dana Perino CBD gummies" treat dementia and Alzheimer's disease, and also asking viewers to click an external link to buy scam products with monthly subscription fees, "do not violate our policies." snopes.com/news/2024/07/03/d…
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No "new study" concluded that 10 to 27% of noncitizens in the U.S. are registered to vote.
One independent researcher published a re-interpretation of a widely discredited 2014 paper to make untenable conclusions about noncitizen voting behavior in 2024. snopes.com/fact-check/non-ci…
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The absurd and false claim that Zelenskyy bought a Royal mansion provides fascinating look at the Internet Research Agency's (IRA) as it exists in 2024. snopes.com/fact-check/zelens…
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Russian media published:
This is what a Russian nuclear attack on the United States would look like.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This clip contains footage from 2009's film Knowing. Thus, it is very unlikely the russian media to have published copyrighted material of an american film.
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In August 2023, RFK Jr. published a book of 'evidence' showing vaccines cause harm. It included a survey made by an activist who claimed — falsely — to have uncovered "the mathematically proven imminent dissolution of America from within." My latest: snopes.com/news/2024/02/27/r…
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This incredibly popular video did not, in fact, show a scared puppy shaking after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, despite a misleading post on X that received more than 241,000 engagements and over 27 million impressions. snopes.com/fact-check/dog-sh… snopes.com/fact-check/dog-sh…
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This viral video does not show a Palestinian flag being waved in stopped traffic on New York's Interstate 295.
The truth: It's a Puerto Rican flag.
Here's all of the data with sources: snopes.com/fact-check/video-…
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This video captioned as "U.S. military sending huge planes full of heavy-duty equipment to Israel" shows years-old clips. Also, it's been horizontally mirrored. The rest of the text is genuinely about the Israel-Hamas war. #IsraelPalestineConflict
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🚨 Scammers hacked a verified Facebook page for the old R&B group The O'Jays (1M+ followers) and are displaying paid video ads that falsely claim @ABCNews' Dr. Jennifer Ashton endorsed weight loss gummies. The ads have AI-generated audio of Ashton talking. snopes.com/fact-check/dr-jen…
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The full story of Dolly Parton's award-winning efforts to help bring in donations for past fire victims wasn't being told on TikTok, all so users could further criticize recent efforts made by Oprah Winfrey and The Rock. Here's what this is all about: snopes.com/news/2023/09/11/d…
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Today is the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, so all sorts of repeatedly debunked conspiracy theories about the attacks will be posted on Twitter.
The only difference is that this year, many of these conspiratorial posts will be boosted in your feeds by Twitter Blue.
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🚨 One of the biggest false rumors on TikTok right now is about the Maui fires fund created by Oprah and The Rock. The rumor claims Dolly Parton did not ask for donations for her victims' fund for the 2016 Smokies fire. This is as false as a rumor can get. snopes.com/fact-check/dolly-…
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Beware of a Squarespace phishing scam email that uses a link on Wix (yes, Wix) to try to obtain users' personal information and financial data. The email says, "Your Squarespace membership is on hold. Verify your billing address to use your domain." snopes.com/fact-check/square…
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Actor @JenniferGrey's verified Facebook page has been improperly accessed by scammers who are paying Meta money to display ads under her name. Such ads falsely claim beauty industry entrepreneur @KimGravel endorsed purported "weight loss" keto gummies. snopes.com/news/2023/08/23/j…
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🚨 NEW: The Marion County Record in Kansas has released video of police raiding the home of the newspaper's 98-year-old co-owner, Joan Meyer, on the day before her death. snopes.com/news/2023/08/21/j…
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✅ True. Fabian Marta, one of more than 6,600 "Angel investors" for the film "Sound of Freedom," was arrested on suspicion of the class A felony child kidnapping shortly after the film's release. We received mail from readers who asked about this matter. snopes.com/fact-check/sound-…
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NEW: @DiedSuddenly_ appears to have quietly deleted a tweet that falsely claimed a Wisconsin mother died because of a COVID vaccine. In reality, she died after an ATV crash.
This awful lie was promoted as her husband and daughter were beginning to mourn. snopes.com/news/2023/07/17/c…
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We've so far been unable to find any record of when and where Prince supposedly said the words, "Money won't buy you happiness, but it'll pay for the search." Still, the quote has been shared plenty on websites, social media, and on a podcast. snopes.com/fact-check/prince…
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NEW: Despite rumors shared on social media, we've thus far found no evidence that traffic flaggers in San Diego, Chicago, and Spokane were injured or killed after drinking fentanyl-laced water or Gatorade from bottles handed to them by strangers. snopes.com/fact-check/fentan…