6 People 7525 Fact-checks 2259 Articles People (6) Media Matters PJ Media Social Media Media Trackers Viral media reports Various media reports 2 Fact-checks (7525) TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post: If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone. By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 08, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was photographed at dinner with Democratic lawmakers. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 11, 2022 Instagram posts stated on August 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: Instagram’s "precise location" feature can be used by criminals to target victims. By Gabrielle Settles• August 30, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 30, 2023 in an Instagram post: With Apple’s NameDrop, anyone placing an iPhone near your child’s “will automatically receive their contact information.” By Jeff Cercone• December 1, 2023 Threads posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a Threads post: "Apple is … about to start charging us to use the FaceTime feature.” By Jeff Cercone• June 17, 2024 Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in an image: Google and Apple “put a covid tracker on every phone.” By Daniel Funke• June 25, 2020 TikTok posts stated on April 01, 2021 in a TikTok video: “As of today, no one has the right to film or photograph Mr. Biden as he climbs the flight of stairs. New White House spokesman orders!!?” By Gabrielle Settles• April 2, 2021 TikTok posts stated on September 02, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.” By Tom Kertscher• September 17, 2021 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2024 in Instagram posts: A video of Vice President Kamala Harris talking to a voter on the phone is fake because the camera app was on while she was on the call. By Sofia Ahmed• November 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on February 29, 2024 in a Facebook post: Setting on Apple’s new Journal app “lets anyone near you know your FULL NAME and EXACTLY where you’re geo-located.” By Jeff Cercone• March 4, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 09, 2024 in a Threads post: “Ella Emhoff, Kamala’s step-daughter, suffered a mental breakdown … due to the grief from Kamala’s humiliating loss, and was admitted to an in-patient mental health crisis center in NY.” By Maria Briceño• November 14, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 09, 2024 in a Threads post: “Biden agreed to a recount” in the 2024 presidential election. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 15, 2024 Instagram posts stated on October 05, 2022 in an Instagram post: The "Department of Homeland Security and the State Department coordinated with a group called the ‘Election Integrity Partnership’ to censor Joe Biden’s opponents.” By Jeff Cercone• October 11, 2022 YouTube videos stated on January 28, 2020 in a YouTube video: Video shows Gianna Bryant in the hospital after helicopter crash. By Emily Venezky• January 28, 2020 Viral image stated on October 02, 2024 in a Facebook post: Dockworkers went on strike because “they hear screaming children inside shipping containers!” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 7, 2024 Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2023 in a screenshot shared on Instagram: “Haaretz investigation reveals discrepancies in Israel’s reporting on October 7th death toll.” By Madison Czopek• October 31, 2023 Viral image stated on May 02, 2019 in social media posts: When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company. By Louis Jacobson• May 7, 2019 TikTok posts stated on September 29, 2021 in a TikTok post: “The Biden administration wants to create an international oversight committee” to alter or cancel Second Amendment rights. By Gabrielle Settles• November 1, 2021 TikTok posts stated on March 07, 2021 in a TikTok post: A video shows Kim Jong Un calling Joe Biden a "thug," a "coward," and "mentally unstable" in a speech. By Bill McCarthy• April 23, 2021 Kedron Bardwell stated on May 20, 2021 in a tweet: "These 2 Ankeny moms standing next to the Governor are known Qanon and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists." By Natalie Dunlap, Sabine Martin• June 11, 2021 Articles (2259) Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say By Louis Jacobson• June 23, 2025 People are reserving tickets to Trump’s Tulsa rally to leave empty seats. It probably won’t work By Bill McCarthy• June 16, 2020 Are you ready for Election 2020? Test yourself on the facts with PolitiTruth By Josie Hollingsworth• October 13, 2020 The security risks of Pokémon Go, explained By Nadia Pflaum• July 14, 2016 Test yourself with our new free game: PolitiTruth By Aaron Sharockman• November 16, 2017 What we do and don’t know about MI church shooting suspect Thomas Jacob Sanford’s politics By Grace Abels• September 30, 2025 New York Times calls PolitiFact app 'fun, fascinating and at times depressing' By Louis Jacobson• September 19, 2014 Making sense of 'bleach' and hammer claims: What really happened with Hillary Clinton's emails? By Samantha Putterman• June 16, 2023 Donald Trump's accusations about Hunter Biden and a payout from China: A closer look By Louis Jacobson• October 2, 2019 You and your neighbors, a virtual power plant? Growing effort is money-saving and climate friendly By Tom Kertscher• August 8, 2023 Who is the ‘Ukraine gas exec’ playing golf with the Bidens in Trump’s Nickelback post? By Daniel Funke• October 3, 2019 Meet Section 230: ‘the most important law protecting internet speech’ By Daniel Funke• March 1, 2021 Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 23, 2019 Scaring voters to the polls? How political ads use crime statistics to try to sway voters By Tom Kertscher• September 28, 2022 Why Donald Trump’s boast that he got ‘delinquent’ NATO allies to ‘pay up’ is misleading By Amy Sherman• February 14, 2024 Fact-checking claims in President Joe Biden’s visit to Iowa By Meg Doster, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• April 13, 2022 Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries By Yacob Reyes• April 4, 2023 How Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to change your taxes By Louis Jacobson• October 9, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Answers to reader questions about the Trump impeachment inquiry, Hunter Biden By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel, Miriam Valverde• October 8, 2019 Donald Trump presume que él ‘hizo pagar’ a los aliados de la OTAN, pero eso es engañoso By Amy Sherman• February 21, 2024
TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post: If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone. By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 08, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was photographed at dinner with Democratic lawmakers. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 11, 2022 Instagram posts stated on August 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: Instagram’s "precise location" feature can be used by criminals to target victims. By Gabrielle Settles• August 30, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 30, 2023 in an Instagram post: With Apple’s NameDrop, anyone placing an iPhone near your child’s “will automatically receive their contact information.” By Jeff Cercone• December 1, 2023 Threads posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a Threads post: "Apple is … about to start charging us to use the FaceTime feature.” By Jeff Cercone• June 17, 2024 Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in an image: Google and Apple “put a covid tracker on every phone.” By Daniel Funke• June 25, 2020 TikTok posts stated on April 01, 2021 in a TikTok video: “As of today, no one has the right to film or photograph Mr. Biden as he climbs the flight of stairs. New White House spokesman orders!!?” By Gabrielle Settles• April 2, 2021 TikTok posts stated on September 02, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.” By Tom Kertscher• September 17, 2021 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2024 in Instagram posts: A video of Vice President Kamala Harris talking to a voter on the phone is fake because the camera app was on while she was on the call. By Sofia Ahmed• November 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on February 29, 2024 in a Facebook post: Setting on Apple’s new Journal app “lets anyone near you know your FULL NAME and EXACTLY where you’re geo-located.” By Jeff Cercone• March 4, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 09, 2024 in a Threads post: “Ella Emhoff, Kamala’s step-daughter, suffered a mental breakdown … due to the grief from Kamala’s humiliating loss, and was admitted to an in-patient mental health crisis center in NY.” By Maria Briceño• November 14, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 09, 2024 in a Threads post: “Biden agreed to a recount” in the 2024 presidential election. By Ciara O'Rourke• November 15, 2024 Instagram posts stated on October 05, 2022 in an Instagram post: The "Department of Homeland Security and the State Department coordinated with a group called the ‘Election Integrity Partnership’ to censor Joe Biden’s opponents.” By Jeff Cercone• October 11, 2022 YouTube videos stated on January 28, 2020 in a YouTube video: Video shows Gianna Bryant in the hospital after helicopter crash. By Emily Venezky• January 28, 2020 Viral image stated on October 02, 2024 in a Facebook post: Dockworkers went on strike because “they hear screaming children inside shipping containers!” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 7, 2024 Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2023 in a screenshot shared on Instagram: “Haaretz investigation reveals discrepancies in Israel’s reporting on October 7th death toll.” By Madison Czopek• October 31, 2023 Viral image stated on May 02, 2019 in social media posts: When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company. By Louis Jacobson• May 7, 2019 TikTok posts stated on September 29, 2021 in a TikTok post: “The Biden administration wants to create an international oversight committee” to alter or cancel Second Amendment rights. By Gabrielle Settles• November 1, 2021 TikTok posts stated on March 07, 2021 in a TikTok post: A video shows Kim Jong Un calling Joe Biden a "thug," a "coward," and "mentally unstable" in a speech. By Bill McCarthy• April 23, 2021 Kedron Bardwell stated on May 20, 2021 in a tweet: "These 2 Ankeny moms standing next to the Governor are known Qanon and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists." By Natalie Dunlap, Sabine Martin• June 11, 2021
Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say By Louis Jacobson• June 23, 2025 People are reserving tickets to Trump’s Tulsa rally to leave empty seats. It probably won’t work By Bill McCarthy• June 16, 2020 Are you ready for Election 2020? Test yourself on the facts with PolitiTruth By Josie Hollingsworth• October 13, 2020 The security risks of Pokémon Go, explained By Nadia Pflaum• July 14, 2016 Test yourself with our new free game: PolitiTruth By Aaron Sharockman• November 16, 2017 What we do and don’t know about MI church shooting suspect Thomas Jacob Sanford’s politics By Grace Abels• September 30, 2025 New York Times calls PolitiFact app 'fun, fascinating and at times depressing' By Louis Jacobson• September 19, 2014 Making sense of 'bleach' and hammer claims: What really happened with Hillary Clinton's emails? By Samantha Putterman• June 16, 2023 Donald Trump's accusations about Hunter Biden and a payout from China: A closer look By Louis Jacobson• October 2, 2019 You and your neighbors, a virtual power plant? Growing effort is money-saving and climate friendly By Tom Kertscher• August 8, 2023 Who is the ‘Ukraine gas exec’ playing golf with the Bidens in Trump’s Nickelback post? By Daniel Funke• October 3, 2019 Meet Section 230: ‘the most important law protecting internet speech’ By Daniel Funke• March 1, 2021 Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 23, 2019 Scaring voters to the polls? How political ads use crime statistics to try to sway voters By Tom Kertscher• September 28, 2022 Why Donald Trump’s boast that he got ‘delinquent’ NATO allies to ‘pay up’ is misleading By Amy Sherman• February 14, 2024 Fact-checking claims in President Joe Biden’s visit to Iowa By Meg Doster, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• April 13, 2022 Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries By Yacob Reyes• April 4, 2023 How Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to change your taxes By Louis Jacobson• October 9, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Answers to reader questions about the Trump impeachment inquiry, Hunter Biden By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel, Miriam Valverde• October 8, 2019 Donald Trump presume que él ‘hizo pagar’ a los aliados de la OTAN, pero eso es engañoso By Amy Sherman• February 21, 2024
