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100 Days, 134 Million Views of False Claims About Trump
NewsGuard has identified 20 false claims about President Trump during the launch of his second administration — most of them pushed by his supporters
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Sofia Rubinson
No, Pam Bondi Did Not Threaten People Who Slur Trump with 15 Years in El Salvador Jail
By Sarah Komar
Wardrobe Malfunction: Doctored Photo Shows Sea of Blue Suits at Pope’s Funeral, Reflecting Trump’s Controversial Fashion Choice
By Hilary Hersh
With Canadian News Outlets Barred from Facebook and Instagram, Bad Actors Are Filling the Void with Election Misinformation
As Canadians go to the polls to elect a new parliament, NewsGuard found that most false claims on Meta’s platforms targeted PM Mark Carney
Conspiracy Theorists Misrepresent Photos to Claim Pope Francis Was Beholden to a Global Jewish Cabal
By Sarah Komar
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A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda
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Triple Hearsay: Original Sources of the Claim that Haitians Eat Pets in Ohio Admit No First-Hand Knowledge
DeepSeek Debuts with 83 Percent ‘Fail Rate’ in NewsGuard’s Chatbot Red Team Audit
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One Third of Americans Believe Russian Disinformation, NewsGuard-YouGov Survey Finds
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In 100 Days, 20 False Claims About Trump Drew 134 Million Views
PLUS: You Won’t Be Sent to El Salvador for Cursing at Trump; Doctored Photo Shows Many Blue Suits at Pope’s Funeral
Canadian Election False Claims Spread on Meta, Which Bans Most News
PLUS: Pope’s Death Sparks Falsehoods; COVID Vaccines Won’t Make You Schizophrenic
Alleged FSU Shooter Falsely Portrayed as Radical Anti-Trumper
PLUS: Kremlin Trolls Abuse AI to Make Zelensky a Coked-Up Action Figure; Dr. Fauci Does Not Want to Kill Your Cat; RFK Jr. Sparks a Viral False Autism…
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Craigslist Ads Did Not Offer to Pay Anti-Trumpers to Protest
PLUS: Fox News Stock Ticker Ticked on During Crash; Russia’s RT Launches “Journalism” Course
Phantom $1 Billion Government Survey
PLUS: Liberals Twist Trump’s Iacocca Comment; Kremlin Sources Cite Fake News to Exaggerate Ukrainian Casualties
‘Tesla Rage’ Incidents That Never Happened
PLUS: Kristi Noem’s Prison Visit Was Legit; Honda Did Not Fire Workers Due to Tariffs
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