Does a real video shot from the passenger window of a plane show the eye of Hurricane Polo? No, that's not true: This video was originally posted on Oct. 26, 2025, by an Instagram account that is labeled as an...

Was the name of the U.S. actually misspelled in Donald Trump's "super intelligence" executive order as "Unites States"? Yes, that's true: The image confirming that was shared not only by social media users but by Trump himself. The error received...

Did Donald Trump admit in a speech, "I've done a shitty job as president"? No, that's not true: The president did say those words, but he was joking, and the quote was taken out of context. While announcing a new...

Does a photo show that Scott Kretzschmar, accused in the Cornell University gang rape case, is now a police officer? No, that's not true: The image used to support the claim does not show Kretzschmar. Instead it shows his brother,...

Does a real video show an airplane spinning wildly on a runway and hitting several other vehicles? No, that's not true: The video appeared on TikTok labeled as AI-generated content. Hive Moderation also determined the video was 73.1% likely to...

Have you seen posts on X that look like screenshots of New York Post headlines, which have a caption asking the xAI chatbot Grok to determine if the story is real or not? Lead Stories has spotted a number of...

Does a real video show 9-year-old Lily Trejo being beaten by Jake Lynch and another boy on Feb. 1 in Florida, with Lynch getting a "stern warning"? No, that's not true: The video combines cellphone footage of a real 2023...

Does a real video show 9-year-old Lily Trejo being beaten by Jake Lynch and another boy on Feb. 1 in Florida, with Lynch getting a "stern warning"? No, that's not true: The video combines cellphone footage of a real 2023...

Will Kamala Harris be held personally responsible for her campaign's $39 million debt, according to a federal bankruptcy court? No, that's not true: The story originated from a network of self-described satire websites that place multiple disclaimers on their content...

Did a post mentioning Lebensraum for Israel appear on the Times of Israel blog platform? Yes, that's true: The screenshot that resurfaced on social media in 2026 showed a blog entry that was indeed published there almost two years earlier,...

Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wear a Palestinian flag as a cape while at U.N.? No, that's not true: The video shows clear signs of being AI-generated. Similar videos were also proven fake. The claim appeared in a post...

Did Japan issue a blanket ban on all Israeli tourists, as of September 2026? No, that's not true: No government pages or media reports confirmed the online rumor. While there were some isolated instances of hotels employees invoking "war crimes"...

Does a real photo show President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and others toasting at a black-tie event? No, that's not true: The image is AI-generated, according...

Was Charli XCX sitting with a stone face and barely clapping while Taylor Swift was on stage at the 2026 MTV VMAs? No, that's not true: Video from the VMA X account shows Charli XCX with no expression and tapping...

Does a viral image prove that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska hold Israeli citizenship? No, that's not true: The composite image shared on social media was likely created by AI, online tools showed. Lead Stories found...

Is Ivgeni Zarubinski an Israeli Foreign Ministry official who posted about activating explosive pagers in Ireland following Israel's 3-0 soccer loss to Ireland in late September 2026? No, that's not true: Zarubinski, a comedian, satirist, and social media personality, has...

Does a video show President Trump getting into a big fight with Secret Service agents? No, that's not true: The video shows the president talking with the PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp at the Presidents Cup golf tournament in September...

Does a video show Iran attacked a nuclear site on the Israeli side of the sea? No, that's not true: The content detection tool at Hive Moderation determined the video is 98.4% likely to be AI-generated. The fake video has...

Is this an actual, sharp photograph of suspects arrested near RAF Fairford air base in the United Kingdom on Sept. 27, 2026? No, that's not true: According to an AI detection tool, the image contained a SynthID watermark indicating it...

Is this an actual, sharp photograph of suspects arrested near RAF Fairford air base in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2026? No, that's not true: According to an AI-detection tool, the image contained a SynthID watermark indicating it had...

Is this an actual, sharp photograph of suspects arrested near RAF Fairford Airbase in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2026? No, that's not true: According to an AI-detection tool, the image contained a SynthID watermark indicating it had been...

Is a story mimicking The New Voice of Ukraine claiming $140 million was found at Arsen Zhumadilov's home, marked "For the Servant of the People," real? No, that's not true: The New Voice of Ukraine did not publish such a...

Is a screenshot of a CNN article with the headline, "Cuckolding can be positive for some couples, study says" real? No, that's not true: The "cuckolding" article was originally published by CNN in 2018 and the original photo showed three...

Does a real photo show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wearing platform dress shoes during a press conference? No, that's not true: Real photos and official video from the Oct. 23, 2025, European Council event in Brussels show Zelenskyy wearing black...

Is a screenshot of a CNN article with the headline, "Cuckolding can be positive for some couples, study says" real? Yes, but that is missing context: The "cuckolding" article was originally published by CNN in 2018 and the original photo...

Did Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say that America deserved 9/11 during an address to the United Nations General Assembly? No, that's not true: Netanyahu was criticizing New York's Mayor Zohran Mamdani when he repeated the words said by political...