1 People 3981 Fact-checks 1051 Articles People (1) Grok AI Fact-checks (3981) Grok AI stated on January 04, 2025 in an X post: President Joe Biden rescinded a Medal of Freedom given to Trump’s “campaign manager, Bradley Birkenfeld, in 2021.” By Loreben Tuquero• January 7, 2025 Social Media stated on July 24, 2025 in social media posts: Images show “Egyptian youth who put some food, baby formula, rice, and flour in bottles and threw them into the sea, hoping it would reach Gaza.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 28, 2025 X posts stated on June 30, 2025 in X posts: Idaho shooting suspect Wess Roley faced criminal charges and had a no-contact order from his family. By Loreben Tuquero• July 1, 2025 Threads posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a Threads post: A photo shows Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of “Delta’s crash in Toronto, Canada.” By Sofia Ahmed• February 20, 2025 Instagram posts stated on July 22, 2024 in an Instagram post: There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.” By Ranjan Jindal, Amy Sherman• July 23, 2024 Social Media stated on June 09, 2025 in social media posts: California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025. By Loreben Tuquero• June 10, 2025 X posts stated on July 12, 2026 in X posts: A photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated. By Caleb McCullough• July 13, 2026 Viral image stated on January 15, 2025 in a Threads post: Photo shows Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wearing a “Make America Mexicana Again” hat. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 12, 2025 Social Media stated on May 19, 2026 in in social media posts: “San Diego mosque shooters identified as trans couple.” By Jeff Cercone• May 20, 2026 Channel24News.com stated on June 22, 2017 in an Internet post: Says the manager of a Checkers in Miami Gardens, Fla., killed 10 employees. By Joshua Gillin• July 6, 2017 X posts stated on November 06, 2025 in an X post: “RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.” By Maria Briceño• November 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 09, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook: Esta imagen muestra los incendios en California de enero 2025. By Maria Briceño• January 13, 2025 Social Media stated on January 07, 2026 in social media posts: Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis. By Loreben Tuquero• January 8, 2026 Instagram posts stated on December 09, 2023 in an Instagram post: “Amazon got hacked. … Hackers added Hub lockers as your default delivery addresses.” By Jeff Cercone• December 12, 2023 Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2024 in a news conference: California law lets you “rob a store as long as it’s not more than $950” and “not get charged.” Kamala Harris “did that.” By Jeff Cercone• August 19, 2024 Tricia McLaughlin stated on October 12, 2025 in an X post: A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.” By Maria Briceño• October 15, 2025 X posts stated on January 25, 2026 in an X post: An image shows Alex Pretti holding a gun, not a phone, while pinned by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. By Maria Briceño• January 27, 2026 Social Media stated on December 30, 2024 in a post: Photo shows a large Temu warehouse in China “went up in flames.” By Sara Swann• January 3, 2025 Liberty Institute stated on March 29, 2010 in a Web site: "An attack on a healthy 22-year-old homosexual man would be more protected under the law than an attack on an eight-year-old child." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 30, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up." By Samantha Putterman• January 22, 2019 Articles (1051) Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents. By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025 Musk’s AI-powered Grokipedia: A Wikipedia spin-off with less care to sourcing, accuracy By Loreben Tuquero• November 12, 2025 How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook By Daniel Funke• January 23, 2020 Fact-checking misinformation about the LA protests By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 11, 2025 An X account is impersonating an Iranian journalist. The platform’s guidelines allow it By Loreben Tuquero• July 1, 2025 People are using coded language to avoid social media moderation. Is it working? By Kayla Steinberg• November 4, 2021 On X, support for American Eagle ads with Sydney Sweeney’s ‘good jeans’ overwhelms criticism By Loreben Tuquero• August 1, 2025 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Are leaks about Russia contacts 'illegal,' as Trump says? By Lauren Carroll• February 20, 2017 It’s a wrap! 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Grok AI stated on January 04, 2025 in an X post: President Joe Biden rescinded a Medal of Freedom given to Trump’s “campaign manager, Bradley Birkenfeld, in 2021.” By Loreben Tuquero• January 7, 2025 Social Media stated on July 24, 2025 in social media posts: Images show “Egyptian youth who put some food, baby formula, rice, and flour in bottles and threw them into the sea, hoping it would reach Gaza.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 28, 2025 X posts stated on June 30, 2025 in X posts: Idaho shooting suspect Wess Roley faced criminal charges and had a no-contact order from his family. By Loreben Tuquero• July 1, 2025 Threads posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a Threads post: A photo shows Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of “Delta’s crash in Toronto, Canada.” By Sofia Ahmed• February 20, 2025 Instagram posts stated on July 22, 2024 in an Instagram post: There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.” By Ranjan Jindal, Amy Sherman• July 23, 2024 Social Media stated on June 09, 2025 in social media posts: California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025. By Loreben Tuquero• June 10, 2025 X posts stated on July 12, 2026 in X posts: A photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated. By Caleb McCullough• July 13, 2026 Viral image stated on January 15, 2025 in a Threads post: Photo shows Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wearing a “Make America Mexicana Again” hat. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 12, 2025 Social Media stated on May 19, 2026 in in social media posts: “San Diego mosque shooters identified as trans couple.” By Jeff Cercone• May 20, 2026 Channel24News.com stated on June 22, 2017 in an Internet post: Says the manager of a Checkers in Miami Gardens, Fla., killed 10 employees. By Joshua Gillin• July 6, 2017 X posts stated on November 06, 2025 in an X post: “RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.” By Maria Briceño• November 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 09, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook: Esta imagen muestra los incendios en California de enero 2025. By Maria Briceño• January 13, 2025 Social Media stated on January 07, 2026 in social media posts: Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis. By Loreben Tuquero• January 8, 2026 Instagram posts stated on December 09, 2023 in an Instagram post: “Amazon got hacked. … Hackers added Hub lockers as your default delivery addresses.” By Jeff Cercone• December 12, 2023 Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2024 in a news conference: California law lets you “rob a store as long as it’s not more than $950” and “not get charged.” Kamala Harris “did that.” By Jeff Cercone• August 19, 2024 Tricia McLaughlin stated on October 12, 2025 in an X post: A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.” By Maria Briceño• October 15, 2025 X posts stated on January 25, 2026 in an X post: An image shows Alex Pretti holding a gun, not a phone, while pinned by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. By Maria Briceño• January 27, 2026 Social Media stated on December 30, 2024 in a post: Photo shows a large Temu warehouse in China “went up in flames.” By Sara Swann• January 3, 2025 Liberty Institute stated on March 29, 2010 in a Web site: "An attack on a healthy 22-year-old homosexual man would be more protected under the law than an attack on an eight-year-old child." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 30, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up." By Samantha Putterman• January 22, 2019
Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents. By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025 Musk’s AI-powered Grokipedia: A Wikipedia spin-off with less care to sourcing, accuracy By Loreben Tuquero• November 12, 2025 How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook By Daniel Funke• January 23, 2020 Fact-checking misinformation about the LA protests By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 11, 2025 An X account is impersonating an Iranian journalist. The platform’s guidelines allow it By Loreben Tuquero• July 1, 2025 People are using coded language to avoid social media moderation. Is it working? By Kayla Steinberg• November 4, 2021 On X, support for American Eagle ads with Sydney Sweeney’s ‘good jeans’ overwhelms criticism By Loreben Tuquero• August 1, 2025 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Are leaks about Russia contacts 'illegal,' as Trump says? By Lauren Carroll• February 20, 2017 It’s a wrap! Here are PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2025 By Maria Briceño• December 29, 2025 A preview of Indiana’s Republican Senate primary By Manuela Tobias• May 7, 2018 QAnon ideas proliferate in 2022 midterms, raising continued concerns of violence By Madison Czopek• November 7, 2022 Energy usage claim makes our 2011 list of favorites By Robert Higgs• December 20, 2011 Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• August 5, 2024 Happy CRUZ Year? By W. Gardner Selby• January 1, 2016 Mailbag: 'You guys are a bunch of morons' By Louis Jacobson• November 29, 2013 Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion? By Bill McCarthy• May 5, 2022 The pace of Arizona’s primary ballot count isn’t ‘suspicious.’ Verifying mail ballots takes time By Amy Sherman• August 4, 2022 Has Trump faced more deportation-related court injunctions than his predecessors? By Loreben Tuquero• April 30, 2025 Did a city in Tennessee ban being gay in public? It’s complicated By Grace Abels• November 28, 2023
