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,...

Did a real Grindr outage take place in Dallas during the 2026 Republican National Convention, which began on Sept. 9, 2026? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Grindr told Lead Stories it had no outages connected to the convention,...

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 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"...

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"...

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"...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

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"...

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"...

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"...

Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wear a Palestinian flag as a cape while at the U.N.? No, that's not true: The AI detector ZeroGPT determined the video of Meloni's alleged protest was created with AI. A visual analysis also...

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...