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Facebook posts stated on September 15, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Former President Donald Trump posted “0-2” Sept. 15 on Truth Social.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 16, 2024
Threads posts stated on November 17, 2024 in a Threads post:
“Elon Musk thinks that posting what you eat is worthy of a suspension” from X.
By Mia Penner• November 20, 2024
Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2025 in a post:
Photo shows “a dangerous serial killer” named Jaden Williams in Monroe, Louisiana.
By Sara Swann• February 3, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2022 in Facebook posts:
Texas Roadhouse is sending vouchers for a free steak dinner for four to everyone who shares and comments on a Facebook post.
By Becca Schimmel• January 26, 2022
Snoopack.com stated on June 23, 2017 in a headline:
"Trey Gowdy is the new director of the FBI!"
By Joshua Gillin• June 28, 2017
Instagram posts stated on December 10, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.”
By Loreben Tuquero• December 11, 2023
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Mark Zuckerberg said ‘posting the Lord's Prayer violated’ Meta’s policies.
By Maria Briceño• April 15, 2024
Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows a missing child in Pike County, Missouri.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 2, 2024
Threads posts stated on November 05, 2024 in a Threads post:
List shows 21 companies or celebrities, including Disney, Marvel and Warner Bros., that have “stopped posting on X.”
By Loreben Tuquero• November 13, 2024
Threads posts stated on May 13, 2024 in a Threads post:
Image shows a “huge snake found by a hiker near South Carolina creek.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 15, 2024
Viral image stated on June 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Facebook imposes a 7% limit on a user’s sharing.
By Tom Kertscher• July 13, 2021
Threads posts stated on October 20, 2024 in a Threads post:
Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social and addressed claims of his “incontinence,” saying, “I don’t poop myself.”
By Loreben Tuquero• October 21, 2024
Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2021 in Facebook posts:
“Washington Post ends fact-checking for Biden for the remainder of his presidency.”
By Noah Y. Kim• May 6, 2021
Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“A dangerous Hispanic couple” is “on the run after killing 3 female police officers.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Sex traffickers are using a zip-tie contraption on the door handles of vehicles “to trick females into looking down and digging for something in their purse to cut with ... Once they’re distracted, boom! They are quickly forced into another vehicle, never to be seen again by their people.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 29, 2020
Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2022 in post on Facebook:
Says a Washington Post headline and graphic about COVID-19 deaths are misleading.
By Jeff Cercone• February 11, 2022
Instagram posts stated on July 12, 2022 in Instagram posts:
Actor Tom Holland is “confirmed to have died.”
By Bill McCarthy• July 14, 2022
Doug Mastriano stated on December 16, 2024 in an X post:
Photo shows a downed drone
By Jeff Cercone• December 17, 2024
Instagram posts stated on February 16, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Says Barron Trump posted on X, “We’re on the brink of uncovering a dark legacy in this country that’s been hidden for far too long.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 21, 2025
Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Butler Police confirm the shooter’s name is Mark Violets. He is a known Antifa extremist.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 14, 2024

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PolitiFact’s 15 most popular social media fact-checks from 2023

By Matthew Crowley• December 21, 2023

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims

By Loreben Tuquero• August 27, 2025

People are using coded language to avoid social media moderation. Is it working?

By Kayla Steinberg• November 4, 2021

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024

No evidence that a Lansing, Mich., protester said he has COVID-19

By Arielle Kass• April 23, 2020

Sid Miller admits to posting false account of Donald Trump removing Muslim judge

By W. Gardner Selby• November 28, 2017

Midterm Facebook misinformation: Pipe bombs, menacing caravans and rampant voter fraud

By Jon Greenberg• November 21, 2018

A Facebook post with data too good to check

By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2011

The AI president: How Donald Trump uses artificial intelligence to promote himself, mock others

By Loreben Tuquero• October 23, 2025

An X account is impersonating an Iranian journalist. The platform’s guidelines allow it

By Loreben Tuquero• July 1, 2025

Fact-checking false claims about the 2020 election

By Daniel Funke• November 20, 2020

10 types of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation swirling online, fact-checked

By Bill McCarthy• July 26, 2021

Bill O'Reilly vs. PunditFact

By Aaron Sharockman• December 18, 2013

On Facebook, posts about celebrity donations for Texas relief efforts went viral. They were baseless

By Loreben Tuquero• July 10, 2025

PolitiFact’s coronavirus coverage in one place

By Daniel Funke• February 10, 2020

PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt

By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024

Sid Miller defends unfactual Facebook posts

By W. Gardner Selby• December 8, 2016

Viral Facebook post says Obamacare fines to be seized from bank accounts

By Lilly Maier• October 7, 2013

Fact-checking fake news on International Fact-checking Day

By Allison Graves• April 2, 2017

Explaining a deleted X post that said Israel is responsible for Gaza hospital strike

By Jeff Cercone• October 19, 2023