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X posts stated on November 5, 2024 in an X post:

“CCTV captures the moment a Trump voter in (Wisconsin) is assaulted by two Kamala Harris thugs at a voting station.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 7, 2024

Patriot Voice stated on October 30, 2024 in an article on a website:

Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff received $500,000 for tipping off Sean “Diddy” Combs about police raids.

By Amy Sherman • November 2, 2024

TikTok posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a TikTok video:

Video shows former President Barack Obama sharing how to mislead the public.

By Jeff Cercone • August 18, 2022

Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”

By Samantha Putterman • March 29, 2022

Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Ukraine has been shooting residents of Donetsk and Lugansk just because they wanted to speak Russian.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 22, 2022

Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in a post on X:

A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek • May 13, 2025

Alex Jones stated on March 11, 2025 in a podcast episode:

Deceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.”

By Sara Swann • March 14, 2025

Instagram posts stated on February 5, 2025 in an Instagram post:

An E! News report said USAID paid millions of dollars to sponsor American celebrity visits to Ukraine.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 7, 2025

X posts stated on November 1, 2024 in a post:

Video shows the FBI reported that “three linked groups have been apprehended for rigging early voting by mail-in ballot.”

By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2024

X posts stated on October 31, 2024 in X posts:

A video shows Haitians showing duplicate IDs, claiming they are voting for Vice President Kamala Harris in multiple Georgia counties.

By Loreben Tuquero • November 1, 2024

X posts stated on October 13, 2024 in a post:

Screenshots of documents show a former student of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has lodged sexual abuse allegations against him.

By Sara Swann • October 17, 2024

JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event:

Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.

By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2024

Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Says Colin Kaepernick said he “will go to Russia if not properly respected in the United States.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 20, 2024

Instagram posts stated on July 1, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"President Zelenskyy’s wife orders 4 million dollar Bugatti” in Paris with U.S. tax money.

By Jeff Cercone • July 3, 2024

Instagram posts stated on November 29, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Police dispatch audio from Paul Pelosi’s attack was recorded in a Moscow studio.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 1, 2022

Sarah Palin stated on March 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The Biden administration is attempting “to criminalize free speech.”

By Jeff Cercone • March 31, 2022

Bloggers stated on March 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“From Europe: 3,964 people have died from adverse drug reactions for COVID-19 ‘vaccines’ – 162,610 injuries.”

By Andy Nguyen • March 31, 2021

Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a series of images and screenshots:

“If Biden wins the election, there are people out there planning on mass murdering poc and lbgtq+ people. Please stay inside during the election and a few days after.”

By Daniel Funke, Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2020

Bloggers stated on August 5, 2020 in an article:

“Israel dropped a tactical nuclear weapon on the port of Beirut.”

By Daniel Funke • August 5, 2020

Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“American coronavirus vaccine killed five Ukrainians.”

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2020

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Fact-checking vaccine claims in alleged disinformation campaign by Russian intelligence

By Noah Y. Kim • March 9, 2021

U.S. flag and Russian flag, Moscow, Russia, 11-05-2024

Russian influence operations intensified ahead of Election Day. Officials expect it to continue.

By Loreben Tuquero • November 8, 2024

Tenet Media website talent banner screenshot 09-12-2024

The DOJ says a US media company promoted ‘Russian interests.’ Who were its 6 content creators?

By Madison Czopek • September 16, 2024

Peter Benzoni, Aaron Sharockman at United Facts of America, 11-6-2023

United Facts of America: How Russian falsehoods spread to U.S. through faux local news

By Loreben Tuquero • November 7, 2023

The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine

By Bill McCarthy • April 1, 2022

Why Clinton disinformation resurfaced during Trump’s impeachment trial

By Daniel Funke • February 17, 2020

Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s attacks on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

By Jeff Cercone • February 20, 2025

Karoline Leavitt press conference 02-05-2025

Claims about Politico, ‘DEI musical’ and USAID spending distort the facts

By Caleb McCullough • February 7, 2025

President Joe Biden in St. Pete Beach, Florida, 10-13-24

Are foreign adversaries China and Russia amplifying hurricane misinformation? Early signs say yes

By Jeff Cercone • October 14, 2024

Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain

By Samantha Putterman, Jeff Cercone • October 3, 2024

Dali under collapsed Key Bridge, 3-30-2024

How paid X accounts blamed Israel, Ukraine for the Baltimore bridge collapse

By Madison Czopek • April 3, 2024

Divisions in Cyprus amplify fact-checking challenges

By Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2023

Lie of the Year 2022: Putin’s lies to wage war and conceal horror in Ukraine

By Louis Jacobson, Rebecca Catalanello • December 13, 2022

How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda

By Luiz Romero • August 8, 2022

Ukraine war fuels surge of fake content impersonating BBC, CNN coverage

By Bill McCarthy • April 22, 2022

Fact-checking Donald Trump, Joe Biden in the final presidential debate

By PolitiFact Staff • October 23, 2020

Looking at claims about Hunter Biden, and the Senate GOP report that helped fuel them

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 19, 2020

Russia’s social media efforts in 2016 were not just false but inflammatory

By John Kruzel • December 21, 2017

Trump’s speech may focus on 2020 election. Here’s a primer on foreign interference, voting security

By Alex Min, Amy Sherman • July 15, 2026

GloblaFact, Vilnius, Lithuania, on June 18, 2026

At GlobalFact 2026, fact-checkers report challenges, resilience

By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2026