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15 Nov 2024

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leadstories.comFact Check: FAKE Image That Shows Beyoncé With Shirtless Trump and Epstein Is NOT From Epstein FilesIs a photo that shows Beyoncé with a shirtless Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein and another photo of just the two men on an airplane real photos from the Department of Justice Epstein files? No, that's not true: Hive Moderation's...

Fact Check: FAKE Image That Shows Beyoncé With Shirtless Trump and Epstein Is NOT From Epstein Files

leadstories.comFact Check: Video Of Crying Flávio Bolsonaro PREDATES Election Results AnnouncementDoes a viral video actually show Flávio Bolsonaro crying after his defeat in Brazil's Oct. 25, 2026, presidential election? No, that's not true: Lead Stories established that the events in the video had been recorded days before the official election...

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leadstories.comFact Check: Trump Did NOT Post To Truth Social Already Declaring Victory In The Midterms And Saying Counting Ballots Is 'Wasting Time'Did President Donald Trump post to Truth Social, already declaring victory in the 2026 midterms and saying counting ballots is "wasting time"? No, that's not true: A review of Trump's Truth Social account found no record of the post. No...

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leadstories.comFact Check: Image Claiming To Show Fertility Signs Is AI-Generated -- Labels Are MisspelledDoes a real image showing blobs of material, both clear and creamy, provide information about human fertility? No, that's not true: Hive Moderation determined the image was 99.9% likely to be AI-generated, and Google's SynthID detection tool confirmed it was...

Fact Check: Image Claiming To Show Fertility Signs Is AI-Generated -- Labels Are Misspelled

leadstories.comFact Check: FAKE 'Maui Sunset' Photo Shows Clinton, Obama And Epstein Together -- It Is By Google AIDoes a real "Maui Sunset" photo show Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Jeffrey Epstein together? No, that's not true: An online tool concluded that the image was "made or edited" using Google AI. Lead Stories found no matching reports from...

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Fact Check: FAKE 'Maui Sunset' Photo Shows Clinton, Obama And Epstein Together -- It Is By Google AI

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Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post To Truth Social Already Declaring Victory In The Midterms And Saying Counting Ballots Is 'Wasting Time'

leadstories.comFact Check: Trump Did NOT Post To Truth Social Already Declaring Victory In The Midterms And Saying Counting Ballots Is 'Wasting TimDid President Donald Trump post to Truth Social, already declaring victory in the 2026 midterms and saying counting ballots is "wasting time"? No, that's not true: A review of Trump's Truth Social account found no record of the post. No...

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Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post To Truth Social Already Declaring Victory In The Midterms And Saying Counting Ballots Is 'Wasting Tim

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The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 839. #TheDailyNOT "A hole, a junction, a crying candidate, a death hoax, a dinosaur, an election video, an arrest and a security vulnerability: not all of these things are real!"

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Fact Check: Video Of Crying Flavio Bolsonaro PREDATES Election Results Announcement #CheckTok #FactCheck leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...

Fact Check: Greta Thunberg Was NOT Arrested In Rome For Throwing Confetti In Fountain At St. Peter's Square -- Photo Is From 2023 Sweden Arrest #CheckTok #FactCheck #GretaThunberg #StPetersSquare #Rome #Sweden leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bolsonaro With Fewer Votes In Second Round Of 2026 Brazilian Presidential Election, Proving Fraud -- Vote Count Was Incomplete #CheckTok #FactCheck leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: Man Did NOT Die While Taking Photo With Mechanical Dinosaur -- Photo Of Alleged Victim Is Of Unrelated Texas Man #CheckTok #Texas #MechanicalDinosaur #FactCheck #SocialMediaSafety leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: Podcaster Ethan Klein Was NOT Found Dead In October 2026 -- His H3 Podcast Crew Dropped Him #CheckTok #EthanKlein #H3Podcast #HilaKlein #FactCheck leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: FAKE Footage Showing 'Junction Where Your Food And Air Pipes Split' Is AI-Generated #CheckTok #FactCheck #Esophagus #Windpipe #Epiglottis #AIGenerated leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: California Ballot Envelope Hole Position Does NOT Prove Election Rigging #CheckTok #FactCheck #CaliforniaElections #VenturaCounty #DavidBecker #ElectionIntegrity leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

leadstories.comFact Check: California Ballot Envelope Hole Position Does NOT Prove Election RiggingIs a punch hole in a California ballot envelope proof of election rigging in the 2026 election? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that elections in California can be rigged based on just the existence of a punch...

Fact Check: California Ballot Envelope Hole Position Does NOT Prove Election Rigging

leadstories.comFact Check: FAKE Footage Showing 'Junction Where Your Food And Air Pipes Split' Is AI-GeneratedDoes real footage from an endoscopic camera show the junction between the esophagus and windpipe as food is swallowed? No, that's not true: The fake footage is designed to look like the view from a real medical camera in a...

Fact Check: FAKE Footage Showing 'Junction Where Your Food And Air Pipes Split' Is AI-Generated

leadstories.comFact Check: Video Of Crying Flávio Bolsonaro PREDATES Election Results AnnouncementDoes the viral video actually show Flávio Bolsonaro crying after his defeat in Brazil's Oct. 25, 2026, presidential election? No, that's not true: Lead Stories established that the video had been posted hours before the official election results were announced....

Fact Check: Video Of Crying Flávio Bolsonaro PREDATES Election Results Announcement

leadstories.comFact Check: Podcaster Ethan Klein Was NOT Found Dead In October 2026 -- His H3 Podcast Crew Dropped HimWas podcaster Ethan Klein found dead in October 2026? No, that's not true: There are no reports from established news outlets that Klein has died. However, the H3 Podcast is on indefinite hiatus after his wife and business partner, Hila...

Fact Check: Podcaster Ethan Klein Was NOT Found Dead In October 2026 -- His H3 Podcast Crew Dropped Him

leadstories.comFact Check: Man Did NOT Die While Taking Photo With Mechanical Dinosaur -- Photo Of Alleged Victim Is Of Unrelated Texas ManDid a man die while trying to take a photo with a mechanical dinosaur that trapped his head in its mouth? No, that's not true: A Facebook version of the video shows the same man extracting his head from the...

Fact Check: Man Did NOT Die While Taking Photo With Mechanical Dinosaur -- Photo Of Alleged Victim Is Of Unrelated Texas Man

leadstories.comFact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bolsonaro With Fewer Votes In Second Round Of 2026 Brazilian Presidential Election, Proving Fraud -- Vote Count Was IncompleteDoes a video show Flávio Bolsonaro with fewer votes in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election in October 2026 than in the first, proving fraud? No, that's not true: The vote count was incomplete, with about 93% of...

Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bolsonaro With Fewer Votes In Second Round Of 2026 Brazilian Presidential Election, Proving Fraud -- Vote Count Was Incomplete

leadstories.comFact Check: Greta Thunberg Was NOT Arrested In Rome For Throwing Confetti In Fountain At St. Peter's Square -- Photo Is From 2023 Sweden ArrestDoes a photo prove that climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested in Rome for throwing confetti in a fountain at St. Peter's Square in October 2026? No, that's not true: That image of her had been online since 2023, and...

Fact Check: Greta Thunberg Was NOT Arrested In Rome For Throwing Confetti In Fountain At St. Peter's Square -- Photo Is From 2023 Sweden Arrest

Fact Check: JOKE CVE-2026-42069 'HTML2Shell' Issue NOT A Real Internet Security Vulnerability -- Programmer Humor #CheckTok #FactCheck #CVE202642069 #HTML2Shell #Kirby #ProgrammerHumor leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

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Just how fast does AI steal the work of fact-checkers? Less than ten minutes after publishing the article the full gist of it shows up in Google Lens results for the image the fact-check is about. leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...

leadstories.comFact Check: JOKE CVE-2026-42069 'HTML2Shell' Issue NOT A Real Internet Security Vulnerability -- Programmer HumorIs there a real CVE record "CVE-2026-42069" about a critical issue and an exploit called "HTML2Shell" that documents remote code execution in HyperText Markup Language (HTML)? No, that's not true: A viral joke image re-uses the CVE-2026-42069 record number of...

Fact Check: JOKE CVE-2026-42069 'HTML2Shell' Issue NOT A Real Internet Security Vulnerability -- Programmer Humor

The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 838. #TheDailyNOT "A king, a bear cub, a roadster, a bunker and a press secretary: not everything told about them is true or real!"

Fact Check: Anna Kelly Is NOT Officially Trump's Next White House Press Secretary -- No Successor Named #CheckTok #FactCheck #AnnaKelly #DonaldTrump #KatieZacharia #WhiteHouse leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: Toronto Sun Did NOT Report That Zelenskyy Bought '$42M Underground Nuclear Bunker' In Canada -- Story Is From Impostor Site #CheckTok #TorontoSun #Zelenskyy #Canada #FactCheck leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: FAKE Video of Tesla Roadster Jumping Off Golden Gate Bridge Is AI-Generated -- Digital Aerobatics #CheckTok #FactCheck #TeslaRoadster #GoldenGateBridge #DigitalAerobatics #AIGenerated leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Man Who Rescues, Raises, Releases Injured Polar Bear Cub -- It's From An AI Content Maker #CheckTok #PolarBearCub #AIVideos #FactCheck #Instagram leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: Edited Video Does NOT Prove Sweden's King Refused To Shake Zelenskyy's Hand #CheckTok #FactCheck #KingCarlXVIGustaf #VolodymyrZelenskyy #Sweden #Lviv leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

leadstories.comFact Check: Edited Video Does NOT Prove Sweden's King Refused To Shake Zelenskyy's HandDoes a video prove that Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf did not shake hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting in Lviv in April 2026? No, that's not true: The video cuts off before the two leaders actually...

Fact Check: Edited Video Does NOT Prove Sweden's King Refused To Shake Zelenskyy's Hand

leadstories.comFact Check: FAKE Video Of Man Who Rescues, Raises, Releases Injured Polar Bear Cub -- It's From An AI Content MakerDoes a real video show a man who helped a polar bear cub that could not walk until it could be released a year later? No, that's not true: This video was originally posted with a creator-added AI disclaimer label...

Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Man Who Rescues, Raises, Releases Injured Polar Bear Cub -- It's From An AI Content Maker

leadstories.comFact Check: FAKE Video of Tesla Roadster Jumping Off Golden Gate Bridge Is AI-Generated -- Digital AerobaticsDoes a video show a Tesla Roadster jumping off and back onto the Golden Gate Bridge? No, that's not true: An online tool concluded that the video was more than 99% likely to be AI-generated and that the audio was...

Fact Check: FAKE Video of Tesla Roadster Jumping Off Golden Gate Bridge Is AI-Generated -- Digital Aerobatics

leadstories.comFact Check: Toronto Sun Did NOT Report That Zelenskyy Bought '$42M Underground Nuclear Bunker' In Canada -- Story Is From Impostor SiteDid the Toronto Sun publish an article reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy purchased a nuclear bunker in Canada in September 2026? No, that's not true: When contacted by Lead Stories, the outlet's deputy editor denied the claim. The article...

Fact Check: Toronto Sun Did NOT Report That Zelenskyy Bought '$42M Underground Nuclear Bunker' In Canada -- Story Is From Impostor Site

leadstories.comFact Check: Anna Kelly Is NOT Officially Trump's Next White House Press Secretary -- No Successor NamedIs White House principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly officially President Donald Trump's next press secretary as of Oct. 23, 2026? No, that's not true: The White House has not announced who will replace Katie Zacharia, who held the job...

Fact Check: Anna Kelly Is NOT Officially Trump's Next White House Press Secretary -- No Successor Named

The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 837. #TheDailyNOT "Stilts, flipping votes, Epstein photos and a magazine cover: don't believe everything you see online!"

Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Charlie Hebdo Cover On French Protests Does NOT Show Oct. 21, 2026, Issue -- Or Any Other Issue #CheckTok #FactCheck #CharlieHebdo #FreePalestine #AIgenerated #FrenchProtests leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Touchscreen Voting Machine Selecting Wrong Candidate From The 2026 Election -- Clips Are From 2014 And 2019 #CheckTok #VotingMachines #FactCheck #2026Elections #ElectionIntegrity leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Fact Check: FAKE Images Showing 'Satanic Rituals On Epstein Island' With Epstein, The Clintons, Bill Gates, And Stephen Hawking -- Made Or Edited With Google AI #CheckTok #FactCheck #JeffreyEpstein #BillGates #Clintons #StephenHawking leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

What We Know About Claims That Early Voters' Ballots Were Switched in States Including Florida, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas #CheckTok #FactCheck #FloridaVotes #OhioElections #DavidBecker #TexasBallots leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

Prebunk: Houses on Stilts Lift You Above Reality -- Flood of AI-Generated Hydraulic Escape Systems #CheckTok #FactCheck #LeadStories #HydraulicLifts #AIContent #FloodSafety leadstories.com/hoax-alert/20…

leadstories.comPrebunk: Houses on Stilts Lift You Above Reality -- Flood of AI-Generated Hydraulic Escape SystemsHave you seen viral videos showing houses being lifted up on hydraulic stilts to avoid floodwater? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such videos and found that many of them were created using artificial intelligence. While there are some...

Prebunk: Houses on Stilts Lift You Above Reality -- Flood of AI-Generated Hydraulic Escape Systems

leadstories.comWhat We Know About Claims That Early Voters' Ballots Were Switched in States Including Florida, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, TexasAre the ballots of early voters in Florida, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and other states being switched after they vote? Here's what we know so far: Some social media posts leading up to the November 2026 midterm elections included...

What We Know About Claims That Early Voters' Ballots Were Switched in States Including Florida, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

leadstories.comFact Check: FAKE Images Showing 'Satanic Rituals On Epstein Island' With Epstein, The Clintons, Bill Gates, And Stephen Hawking -- Made Or Edited With Google AIDo real leaked images show satanic rituals taking place on Epstein Island with Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates, the Clintons, and Stephen Hawking? No, that's not true: Google's SynthID detection tool found a watermark indicating each of the four images in...

Fact Check: FAKE Images Showing 'Satanic Rituals On Epstein Island' With Epstein, The Clintons, Bill Gates, And Stephen Hawking -- Made Or Edited With Google AI

leadstories.comFact Check: Video Does NOT Show Touchscreen Voting Machine Selecting Wrong Candidate From The 2026 Election -- Clips Are From 2014 And 2019Does a video show touchscreen voting machines selecting the wrong candidates for the Nov. 3, 2026, midterm elections? No, that's not true: The video combines two clips from earlier elections, one from 2019 and the other from 2014. Neither shows...

Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Touchscreen Voting Machine Selecting Wrong Candidate From The 2026 Election -- Clips Are From 2014 And 2019

leadstories.comFact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Charlie Hebdo Cover On French Protests Does NOT Show Oct. 21, 2026, Issue -- Or Any Other IssueDoes a viral picture show a real Charlie Hebdo cover featuring protesters chanting 'free Palestine' alongside 'free iPhone' and 'free Balenciaga'? No, that's not true: The magazine's website did not show such cover published in October 2026. Three online AI...

Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Charlie Hebdo Cover On French Protests Does NOT Show Oct. 21, 2026, Issue -- Or Any Other Issue

leadstories.comFact Check: Image Of Woman With 'Refugees Welcome Here' Sign Does NOT Show October 2026 French Protests -- It Is AI-Altered Photo From London 2016Does a viral composite image show a woman holding a 'Refugees welcome here' sign in front of a looted store during the October 2026 Paris protests? No, that's not true: The side of the composite image that allegedly show the...

Fact Check: Image Of Woman With 'Refugees Welcome Here' Sign Does NOT Show October 2026 French Protests -- It Is AI-Altered Photo From London 2016