1 People 6538 Fact-checks 2502 Articles People (1) Becoming American Initiative Fact-checks (6538) Social Media stated on December 06, 2024 in social media posts: UnitedHealthcare posted a job opening for a CEO 24 hours after its CEO was killed. By Sofia Ahmed• December 9, 2024 Instagram posts stated on November 04, 2022 in an image: A Twitter employee was laid off after receiving a meme. By Andy Nguyen• November 8, 2022 X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in an X post: An executive of the gay dating app Grindr said the Republican National Convention is "basically Grindr’s Super Bowl.'” By Mia Penner• July 19, 2024 Threads posts stated on August 27, 2024 in a Threads post: Charlie Kirk X post about iPhone storage reveals his top app is Grindr. By Jeff Cercone• August 29, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 23, 2023 in a screenshot shared on Instagram: “The gay dating app Grindr says if Florida doesn’t stop passing homophobic and transphobic laws, they’ll reveal every Republican legislator and party official who secretly uses the app.” By Madison Czopek• March 28, 2023 Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2018 in a LinkedIn post shared on Facebook: “The mayor of Livermore California explains Trump’s popularity and success.” By Miriam Valverde• February 25, 2020 Bloggers stated on December 02, 2020 in a blog post: “Head of Pfizer research: Covid vaccine is female sterilization.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 10, 2020 Candace Owens stated on September 09, 2021 in a tweet: “The Biden administration is attempting to empower the IRS to monitor every single withdrawal, deposit, and transaction you make from your personal banking accounts, PayPal, Venmo, etc." By Samantha Putterman• October 11, 2021 Bloggers stated on November 14, 2016 in an article on InfoWars: "Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens." By Allison Graves• November 18, 2016 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said, “A few right winged nuts won’t affect our bottom line.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 24, 2021 Occupy Democrats stated on August 23, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says Bobby Jindal’s parents "used his birthright citizenship to become Americans, making him an anchor baby." By Jon Greenberg• August 25, 2015 Newt Gingrich stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg." By Anna Bruzgulis• June 30, 2015 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 SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad: Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’” By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• January 4, 2024 Viral image stated on April 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: Coca-Cola, Ben & Jerry’s and other companies support rioting. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 16, 2021 TikTok posts stated on March 23, 2025 in a video: Screenshots show Speaker Mike Johnson messaging on Grindr. By Grace Abels• April 1, 2025 Facebook posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a Facebook post: Taylor Swift vowed to leave Elon Musk’s “toxic app X,” during the final moments of her Eras tour, calling him “rich, talented but heartless and immoral.” By Sofia Ahmed• December 12, 2024 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 Instagram posts stated on October 07, 2024 in a post: Hurricane Milton is part of Tampa’s plan to become a “15-minute city.” By Sara Swann• October 9, 2024 Chain email stated on March 07, 2023 in a chain email: Because of daylight saving time, “NO alarm set for the 2:00 a.m. hour will go off” on March 12. By Madison Czopek• March 9, 2023 Articles (2502) Are tech companies using your private data to train AI models? Here’s what we know By Maria Briceño• November 20, 2025 Fact-checking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony By Jon Greenberg• April 12, 2018 What's going on at the US-Mexico border, and what are asylum and parole? By Sophie Carson• February 16, 2024 Watch out 'Angry Birds'! By Bill Adair• June 29, 2011 Gemma says he's more 'linked' than Obama By Cynthia Needham• June 30, 2010 Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about 'Amuse' By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2025 What you need to know about net neutrality By John Kruzel• December 13, 2017 Texas organizers battle misinformation on encrypted messaging apps By Nusaiba Mizan• November 23, 2022 A stat about sex that might shock you By Katie Sanders• June 24, 2015 Critics say an Aldi job ad excluded white people. We took a closer look. By Jeff Cercone• March 1, 2024 US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say By Madison Czopek• March 17, 2023 The security risks of Pokémon Go, explained By Nadia Pflaum• July 14, 2016 In Russia, the truth of the war on Ukraine is available. The risk comes in sharing it By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2022 How strong are HIPAA protections in a post-Roe world? By Louis Jacobson• July 7, 2022 How vaccine passports might work in the US By Daniel Funke• March 31, 2021 As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2022 Filter bubbles be gone! SmartNews and PolitiFact team up to get news consumers the facts By Josie Hollingsworth• May 12, 2021 PolitiFact app now available for iPhone By Bill Adair• June 24, 2011 Apple honors PolitiFact app By Bill Adair• July 15, 2011 Apple honors PolitiFact app By Bill Adair• July 15, 2011
Social Media stated on December 06, 2024 in social media posts: UnitedHealthcare posted a job opening for a CEO 24 hours after its CEO was killed. By Sofia Ahmed• December 9, 2024 Instagram posts stated on November 04, 2022 in an image: A Twitter employee was laid off after receiving a meme. By Andy Nguyen• November 8, 2022 X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in an X post: An executive of the gay dating app Grindr said the Republican National Convention is "basically Grindr’s Super Bowl.'” By Mia Penner• July 19, 2024 Threads posts stated on August 27, 2024 in a Threads post: Charlie Kirk X post about iPhone storage reveals his top app is Grindr. By Jeff Cercone• August 29, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 23, 2023 in a screenshot shared on Instagram: “The gay dating app Grindr says if Florida doesn’t stop passing homophobic and transphobic laws, they’ll reveal every Republican legislator and party official who secretly uses the app.” By Madison Czopek• March 28, 2023 Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2018 in a LinkedIn post shared on Facebook: “The mayor of Livermore California explains Trump’s popularity and success.” By Miriam Valverde• February 25, 2020 Bloggers stated on December 02, 2020 in a blog post: “Head of Pfizer research: Covid vaccine is female sterilization.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 10, 2020 Candace Owens stated on September 09, 2021 in a tweet: “The Biden administration is attempting to empower the IRS to monitor every single withdrawal, deposit, and transaction you make from your personal banking accounts, PayPal, Venmo, etc." By Samantha Putterman• October 11, 2021 Bloggers stated on November 14, 2016 in an article on InfoWars: "Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens." By Allison Graves• November 18, 2016 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said, “A few right winged nuts won’t affect our bottom line.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 24, 2021 Occupy Democrats stated on August 23, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says Bobby Jindal’s parents "used his birthright citizenship to become Americans, making him an anchor baby." By Jon Greenberg• August 25, 2015 Newt Gingrich stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg." By Anna Bruzgulis• June 30, 2015 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 SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad: Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’” By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• January 4, 2024 Viral image stated on April 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: Coca-Cola, Ben & Jerry’s and other companies support rioting. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 16, 2021 TikTok posts stated on March 23, 2025 in a video: Screenshots show Speaker Mike Johnson messaging on Grindr. By Grace Abels• April 1, 2025 Facebook posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a Facebook post: Taylor Swift vowed to leave Elon Musk’s “toxic app X,” during the final moments of her Eras tour, calling him “rich, talented but heartless and immoral.” By Sofia Ahmed• December 12, 2024 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 Instagram posts stated on October 07, 2024 in a post: Hurricane Milton is part of Tampa’s plan to become a “15-minute city.” By Sara Swann• October 9, 2024 Chain email stated on March 07, 2023 in a chain email: Because of daylight saving time, “NO alarm set for the 2:00 a.m. hour will go off” on March 12. By Madison Czopek• March 9, 2023
Are tech companies using your private data to train AI models? Here’s what we know By Maria Briceño• November 20, 2025 Fact-checking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony By Jon Greenberg• April 12, 2018 What's going on at the US-Mexico border, and what are asylum and parole? By Sophie Carson• February 16, 2024 Watch out 'Angry Birds'! By Bill Adair• June 29, 2011 Gemma says he's more 'linked' than Obama By Cynthia Needham• June 30, 2010 Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about 'Amuse' By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2025 What you need to know about net neutrality By John Kruzel• December 13, 2017 Texas organizers battle misinformation on encrypted messaging apps By Nusaiba Mizan• November 23, 2022 A stat about sex that might shock you By Katie Sanders• June 24, 2015 Critics say an Aldi job ad excluded white people. We took a closer look. By Jeff Cercone• March 1, 2024 US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say By Madison Czopek• March 17, 2023 The security risks of Pokémon Go, explained By Nadia Pflaum• July 14, 2016 In Russia, the truth of the war on Ukraine is available. The risk comes in sharing it By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2022 How strong are HIPAA protections in a post-Roe world? By Louis Jacobson• July 7, 2022 How vaccine passports might work in the US By Daniel Funke• March 31, 2021 As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2022 Filter bubbles be gone! SmartNews and PolitiFact team up to get news consumers the facts By Josie Hollingsworth• May 12, 2021 PolitiFact app now available for iPhone By Bill Adair• June 24, 2011 Apple honors PolitiFact app By Bill Adair• July 15, 2011 Apple honors PolitiFact app By Bill Adair• July 15, 2011
