3 People 14627 Fact-checks 4560 Articles People (3) Big Gamble NJ Big League Politics Think Big Illinois Fact-checks (14627) Josh Hawley stated on August 07, 2018 in a speech: "I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior." By Louis Jacobson• August 14, 2018 Instagram posts stated on March 17, 2020 in social media posts: “While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.” By Patrick Orsagos• April 9, 2020 Devin Nunes stated on January 10, 2021 in an interview on Fox: “Republicans have no way to communicate” after tech companies cut off Parler. By Amy Sherman• January 13, 2021 Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief: On banning TikTok By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 16, 2025 Fight for the Future stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet: "215 members of Congress just voted to let your ISP spy on what type of underwear you buy and sell that data to advertisers." By Lauren Carroll• March 30, 2017 Charlie Kirk stated on April 03, 2020 in a tweet: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.” By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2020 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 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Facebook is removing the share button from "Pro-Trump posts." By Samantha Putterman• July 2, 2019 Elissa Slotkin stated on August 09, 2024 in Meta ad: Mike Rogers “left Michigan to trade on his D.C. connections, helping Chinese tech companies get access to the U.S.” By Caleb McCullough• August 23, 2024 Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before." By Lauren Carroll• December 16, 2015 Jared Kushner stated on April 23, 2019 in an interview: Russia’s interference in the 2016 election amounted to "a couple of Facebook ads." By John Kruzel• April 24, 2019 Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2016 in a Tweet: "Twitter, Google and Facebook are burying the FBI criminal investigation of Clinton. Very dishonest media!" By Lauren Carroll• November 2, 2016 Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts: Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million. By Sofia Ahmed• January 16, 2025 Brian Kilmeade stated on March 14, 2024 in on Fox & Friends: The Chinese government “owns” TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance. By Jeff Cercone• March 15, 2024 Barack Obama stated on May 09, 2013 in a speech in Manor, Texas.: Says that according to a report, "the tech sector now drives more than one-quarter of Austin’s economy." By W. Gardner Selby• May 17, 2013 Tulsi Gabbard stated on March 15, 2022 in a Fox News appearance: "What is happening here is not so different from what we're seeing happening in Russia, where you have got state TV and controlled messaging across the board." By Bill McCarthy• March 18, 2022 Sam Stein stated on October 21, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe': "No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov. By Katie Sanders• October 22, 2013 Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: Phoenix’s increased wildfire risk is linked to Bill Gates’ “smart city” plans. By Loreben Tuquero• March 28, 2025 Elise Stefanik stated on February 09, 2023 in a Tweet: 53% of Americans made aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story would have changed their vote in 2020. By Jill Terreri Ramos• February 25, 2023 Fight for the Future stated on August 28, 2018 in in a tweet: "We saw the true danger of the FCC's net neutrality repeal when Verizon was caught throttling California fire fighters." By John Kruzel• September 7, 2018 Articles (4560) Congress urges tech giants to fortify against foreign meddling before next election By John Kruzel• November 3, 2017 Are tech companies using your private data to train AI models? Here’s what we know By Maria Briceño• November 20, 2025 Meet Section 230: ‘the most important law protecting internet speech’ By Daniel Funke• March 1, 2021 Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• August 5, 2024 US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say By Madison Czopek• March 17, 2023 United Facts of America: Sen. Mark Warner embarrassed by inaction on tech regulation By Harrison Mantas• May 12, 2021 Should you worry about data from your period-tracking app being used against you? By Victoria Knight, Hannah Norman• May 12, 2022 To ban or not to ban: Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s mixed messages on TikTok By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman• June 13, 2024 Censorship or misinformation? DeSantis and YouTube spar over COVID roundtable takedown By Victoria Knight• April 21, 2021 By the numbers: How common are data breaches — and what can you do about them? By Daniel Funke• September 23, 2019 How online misinformation unfolded after Election Day, boosted by Trump and his allies By Daniel Funke• November 6, 2020 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023 What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses By Ciara O'Rourke• February 4, 2020 Adam Raine called ChatGPT his ‘only friend.’ Now his family blames the technology for his death By Loreben Tuquero• December 19, 2025 Fact-checking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony By Jon Greenberg• April 12, 2018 What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires? By Jeff Cercone• September 12, 2023 Fact-checking the Michigan Senate debate between Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin By Caleb McCullough• October 9, 2024 Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure. Yes, but it could take a while. By Jon Greenberg• January 13, 2022 What you need to know about net neutrality By John Kruzel• December 13, 2017 Trump lost. Yet the 2020 election falsehoods live on in Arizona By Amy Sherman• June 21, 2021
Josh Hawley stated on August 07, 2018 in a speech: "I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior." By Louis Jacobson• August 14, 2018 Instagram posts stated on March 17, 2020 in social media posts: “While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.” By Patrick Orsagos• April 9, 2020 Devin Nunes stated on January 10, 2021 in an interview on Fox: “Republicans have no way to communicate” after tech companies cut off Parler. By Amy Sherman• January 13, 2021 Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief: On banning TikTok By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 16, 2025 Fight for the Future stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet: "215 members of Congress just voted to let your ISP spy on what type of underwear you buy and sell that data to advertisers." By Lauren Carroll• March 30, 2017 Charlie Kirk stated on April 03, 2020 in a tweet: “The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.” By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2020 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 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Facebook is removing the share button from "Pro-Trump posts." By Samantha Putterman• July 2, 2019 Elissa Slotkin stated on August 09, 2024 in Meta ad: Mike Rogers “left Michigan to trade on his D.C. connections, helping Chinese tech companies get access to the U.S.” By Caleb McCullough• August 23, 2024 Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before." By Lauren Carroll• December 16, 2015 Jared Kushner stated on April 23, 2019 in an interview: Russia’s interference in the 2016 election amounted to "a couple of Facebook ads." By John Kruzel• April 24, 2019 Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2016 in a Tweet: "Twitter, Google and Facebook are burying the FBI criminal investigation of Clinton. Very dishonest media!" By Lauren Carroll• November 2, 2016 Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts: Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million. By Sofia Ahmed• January 16, 2025 Brian Kilmeade stated on March 14, 2024 in on Fox & Friends: The Chinese government “owns” TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance. By Jeff Cercone• March 15, 2024 Barack Obama stated on May 09, 2013 in a speech in Manor, Texas.: Says that according to a report, "the tech sector now drives more than one-quarter of Austin’s economy." By W. Gardner Selby• May 17, 2013 Tulsi Gabbard stated on March 15, 2022 in a Fox News appearance: "What is happening here is not so different from what we're seeing happening in Russia, where you have got state TV and controlled messaging across the board." By Bill McCarthy• March 18, 2022 Sam Stein stated on October 21, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe': "No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov. By Katie Sanders• October 22, 2013 Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: Phoenix’s increased wildfire risk is linked to Bill Gates’ “smart city” plans. By Loreben Tuquero• March 28, 2025 Elise Stefanik stated on February 09, 2023 in a Tweet: 53% of Americans made aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story would have changed their vote in 2020. By Jill Terreri Ramos• February 25, 2023 Fight for the Future stated on August 28, 2018 in in a tweet: "We saw the true danger of the FCC's net neutrality repeal when Verizon was caught throttling California fire fighters." By John Kruzel• September 7, 2018
Congress urges tech giants to fortify against foreign meddling before next election By John Kruzel• November 3, 2017 Are tech companies using your private data to train AI models? Here’s what we know By Maria Briceño• November 20, 2025 Meet Section 230: ‘the most important law protecting internet speech’ By Daniel Funke• March 1, 2021 Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• August 5, 2024 US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say By Madison Czopek• March 17, 2023 United Facts of America: Sen. Mark Warner embarrassed by inaction on tech regulation By Harrison Mantas• May 12, 2021 Should you worry about data from your period-tracking app being used against you? By Victoria Knight, Hannah Norman• May 12, 2022 To ban or not to ban: Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s mixed messages on TikTok By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman• June 13, 2024 Censorship or misinformation? DeSantis and YouTube spar over COVID roundtable takedown By Victoria Knight• April 21, 2021 By the numbers: How common are data breaches — and what can you do about them? By Daniel Funke• September 23, 2019 How online misinformation unfolded after Election Day, boosted by Trump and his allies By Daniel Funke• November 6, 2020 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023 What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses By Ciara O'Rourke• February 4, 2020 Adam Raine called ChatGPT his ‘only friend.’ Now his family blames the technology for his death By Loreben Tuquero• December 19, 2025 Fact-checking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony By Jon Greenberg• April 12, 2018 What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires? By Jeff Cercone• September 12, 2023 Fact-checking the Michigan Senate debate between Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin By Caleb McCullough• October 9, 2024 Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure. Yes, but it could take a while. By Jon Greenberg• January 13, 2022 What you need to know about net neutrality By John Kruzel• December 13, 2017 Trump lost. Yet the 2020 election falsehoods live on in Arizona By Amy Sherman• June 21, 2021