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Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Facebook is now a "public entity" that will be able to "use your photos" and "information" unless you post a statement declining your permission.

By Samantha Putterman• May 1, 2019

Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A new Facebook/Meta rule allows the company to use people’s photos without their permission, and posting a notice on your page will stop it from doing so.

By Samantha Putterman• November 17, 2021

Bloggers stated on November 18, 2010 in blog postings:

Sheldon Whitehouse and 18 other senators "voted to censor the internet."

By Cynthia Needham• December 10, 2010

X posts stated on February 16, 2024 in a post on X:

The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.”

By Madison Czopek• February 23, 2024

Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The NewProfilePic app is Russian spyware.

By Gabrielle Settles• May 16, 2022

Bloggers stated on March 28, 2017 in a headline:

Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich said, "If a woman is not intelligent enough to keep her legs closed, how can we entrust the abortion decision to her?"

By Joshua Gillin• April 13, 2017

Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Jeff Foxworthy wrote a list of examples explaining how "you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots."

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 7, 2020

Instagram posts stated on February 18, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Mickey Mouse to be replaced as official Disney mascot.”

By Loreben Tuquero• February 20, 2023

Hillary Clinton stated on October 07, 2015 in a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa:

The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."

By Lauren Carroll• October 16, 2015

Facebook posts stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020.

By Tom Kertscher• December 20, 2021

Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight":

"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."

By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015

Facebook posts stated on May 29, 2024 in a Facebook post:

HarperCollins “removed 64,575 words from the Bible.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 10, 2024

Ladies of Liberty stated on March 09, 2018 in a headline:

"Trump wins the award Obama never could."

By Amy Sherman• March 14, 2018

John McCain stated on June 07, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on."

By Louis Jacobson• June 15, 2010

Truth in Accounting stated on August 04, 2014 in a recent report:

Each Georgia taxpayer would have to send $5,000 to the treasury to cover the state’s debt.

By April Hunt• August 27, 2014

Bloggers stated on July 09, 2015 in a website post:

"Jay-Z and Beyonce Attempt to Buy Rights to Confederate Flag to Prevent Further Use."

By Anna Bruzgulis, Will Cabaniss• July 9, 2015

Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in a post:

Footage shows Dallas pollbooks fraudulently “adding hundreds of voters in real time as the poll was being closed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 16, 2022

Howard Dean stated on August 12, 2015 in an interview on "Morning Joe":

"There’s a tremendous other number of public officials who have done the same thing" as Hillary Clinton with a private email server.

By Will Cabaniss• August 18, 2015

Lori Lightfoot stated on August 30, 2019 in an interview:

"We’ve got 600-plus police and fire pensions Downstate that are on the cusp of insolvency because they don’t have the revenues that they need to be able to keep those pensions going."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• September 8, 2019

Elise Stefanik stated on July 06, 2021 in a tweet:

Every time outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “says the firearm industry ‘is immune from lawsuits,’ it's false.”

By Cassidey Kavathas• August 13, 2021

US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say

By Madison Czopek• March 17, 2023

Meet Section 230: ‘the most important law protecting internet speech’

By Daniel Funke• March 1, 2021

Charlie Kirk tributes sounded like Adele and Bieber, but were AI. How to spot synthetic music

By Loreben Tuquero• October 1, 2025

Fact-checking the Democratic claim that Amazon doesn't pay taxes

By Miriam Valverde• February 8, 2020

“Muslims laughing” at Notre Dame and fact-checking photos in the era of false news

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 28, 2019

The security risks of Pokémon Go, explained

By Nadia Pflaum• July 14, 2016

As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage

By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2022

What the law says about James Comey’s leaked memos

By John Kruzel• April 24, 2018

What is Jade Helm 15?

By Christian Belanger• July 14, 2015

You and your neighbors, a virtual power plant? Growing effort is money-saving and climate friendly

By Tom Kertscher• August 8, 2023

Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine

By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• December 3, 2019

Hillary Clinton’s top 10 most misleading claims

By Lauren Carroll• October 27, 2016

How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation

By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023

How broken URLs helped fuel an unfounded conspiracy theory related to biolabs in Ukraine

By Jeff Cercone• March 17, 2022

How generative AI could help foreign adversaries influence U.S. elections

By Loreben Tuquero• December 5, 2023

Rep. Mike Coffman says Hillary Clinton 'breaks the law.' It's complicated

By Alan Gathright• August 23, 2016

Adam Raine called ChatGPT his ‘only friend.’ Now his family blames the technology for his death

By Loreben Tuquero• December 19, 2025

The more outrageous, the better: How clickbait ads make money for fake news sites

By Joshua Gillin• October 4, 2017

What we know about 2020 election interference: It’s not just Russia

By Daniel Funke• September 25, 2020

Fact-checking Herschel Walker attack ad about Raphael Warnock domestic violence allegations

By Tom Kertscher• September 8, 2022

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