0 People 37 Fact-checks 28 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (37) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: “Kamala Harris simuló una llamada con un votante, pero por error mostró que su telefono tenía abierta la cámara y en realidad no estaba hablando con nadie”. By Sofia Ahmed, Maria Briceño• November 7, 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 Viral image stated on September 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a new Apple update will “scan U.S iPhones for images.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 16, 2021 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 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 Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.” By D.L. Davis• April 16, 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 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 July 31, 2021 in a Tik Tok post: The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.” By Tom Kertscher• August 30, 2021 Articles (28) Are you ready for Election 2020? 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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: “Kamala Harris simuló una llamada con un votante, pero por error mostró que su telefono tenía abierta la cámara y en realidad no estaba hablando con nadie”. By Sofia Ahmed, Maria Briceño• November 7, 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 Viral image stated on September 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a new Apple update will “scan U.S iPhones for images.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 16, 2021 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 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 Lisa Subeck stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.” By D.L. Davis• April 16, 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 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 July 31, 2021 in a Tik Tok post: The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.” By Tom Kertscher• August 30, 2021
Are you ready for Election 2020? Test yourself on the facts with PolitiTruth By Josie Hollingsworth• October 13, 2020 Test yourself with our new free game: PolitiTruth By Aaron Sharockman• November 16, 2017 New York Times calls PolitiFact app 'fun, fascinating and at times depressing' By Louis Jacobson• September 19, 2014 The security risks of Pokémon Go, explained By Nadia Pflaum• July 14, 2016 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 Making sense of 'bleach' and hammer claims: What really happened with Hillary Clinton's emails? By Samantha Putterman• June 16, 2023 Who is the ‘Ukraine gas exec’ playing golf with the Bidens in Trump’s Nickelback post? By Daniel Funke• October 3, 2019 What we do and don’t know about MI church shooting suspect Thomas Jacob Sanford’s politics By Grace Abels• September 30, 2025 Why Donald Trump’s boast that he got ‘delinquent’ NATO allies to ‘pay up’ is misleading By Amy Sherman• February 14, 2024 Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 23, 2019 Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries By Yacob Reyes• April 4, 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 How Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to change your taxes By Louis Jacobson• October 9, 2024 Donald Trump presume que él ‘hizo pagar’ a los aliados de la OTAN, pero eso es engañoso By Amy Sherman• February 21, 2024 Fact-checking claims in President Joe Biden’s visit to Iowa By Meg Doster, Eleanor Hildebrandt, Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• April 13, 2022 Scaring voters to the polls? How political ads use crime statistics to try to sway voters By Tom Kertscher• September 28, 2022 What Donald Trump, Hunter Biden and Devon Archer have in common: a news cycle By Maria Briceño, Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• August 2, 2023 Meet Section 230: ‘the most important law protecting internet speech’ By Daniel Funke• March 1, 2021
