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Fact checking site looking at the most trending hoaxes on the Internet.

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Fact Check: AI Image In Keanu Reeves 'Arch Animal Sanctuary' Story With No Verifiable Details -- No Actual News Reports
#CheckTok #KeanuReeves #ArchAnimalSanctuary #FactCheck #AIImage
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January 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Fact Check: Photos Of Unmasked ICE Agent Involved In Renee Nicole Good Shooting In Minneapolis Are NOT Real -- Grok Made Them
#CheckTok #FactCheck #ReneeNicoleGood #Minneapolis #ICE #GrokAI
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January 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Fact Check: DeSantis Did NOT Defend Renee Good, Saying She Had The Right To Drive Away And Even Run Into People Blocking Her Car -- Video Predates Minneapolis ICE Killing By Six Months
#CheckTok #FactCheck #RonDeSantis #ReneeGood #Minneapolis #TheRubinReport
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January 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Fact Check: Photo Circulating Does NOT Show Renee Nicole Good Who Was Shot By ICE In Minneapolis -- It Shows Another Woman Who Attended The Same University
#CheckTok #FactCheck #ReneeNicoleGood #Minneapolis #OldDominionUniversity #LeadStories
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January 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Fact Check: Steve Grove Is NOT The Name Of The ICE Agent Who Shot And Killed Renee Good In Minneapolis
#CheckTok #FactCheck #ReneeGood #JonathanRoss #MinnesotaStarTribune #SteveGrove
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January 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Fact Check: 'Lucas Mamdani' Did NOT Buy NYC Properties Through Holding Company Co-Owned With Bernie Sanders -- Mayor Does Not Have A Brother Named 'Lucas Mamdani'
#CheckTok #FactCheck #LucasMamdani #BernieSanders #ZohranMamdani #NYCProperties
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January 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Fact Check: Blonde Elsa Thora's Picture Is AI-Generated Image NOT A Real Photo Aboard A Ship During A Military Operation
#CheckTok #FactCheck #ElsaThora #GoogleAI #MilitaryOperation #AIGenerated
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January 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Fact Check: Wrong Headline Saying Michael Byrd 'Pocketed' $190 Million In Maryland HHS Funds CORRECTED By Gateway Pundit
#CheckTok #FactCheck #MichaelByrd #GatewayPundit #MarylandHHS #JoeBiden
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January 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Fact Check: Federal Judge Did NOT Instruct Treasury Department To Claw Back $15 Million From A USAID Scam By Adam Schiff -- Fake Story From Satire Site
#CheckTok #AdamSchiff #USAID #FederalJudge #FactCheck
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January 8, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show U.S. Operation To Capture Bella-1 Oil Tanker, Previously Known As Marinera
#CheckTok #FactCheck #Bella1 #Sophia #Venezuela #OilTanker
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January 8, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Fact Check: Fake Stories Say Streisand, Farage, Speaker Johnson And Others Said 'Our country would be safer without Somali immigrants' -- Vietnam-Launched Hoaxes
#CheckTok #FactCheck #BarbraStreisand #NigelFarage #IlhanOmar #KevinCostner
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January 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Fact Check: Posts About Connecticut Woman Ada Morrison Committed To Asylum For 'Excessive Reading' In 1893 Do NOT Tell Real-Life Story
#CheckTok #AdaMorrison #Connecticut #FactCheck #MentalHealthHistory
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January 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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Fact Check: Mamdani Did NOT Say That 'Husbands Are Allowed To Beat Their Wives' Or That City Authorities Should Ignore Domestic Violence Calls
#CheckTok #ZohranMamdani #NewYorkCity #DomesticViolence #FactCheck
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January 7, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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Fact Check: Baseless Video About Mark Delcourt's Escape From An Organ Harvesting Hospital Is Mashup Of Unrelated Clips
#CheckTok #MarkDelcourt #OrganHarvesting #FactCheck #Misinformation
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January 7, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Fact Check: Fake Posts About '100% Free Community Health Center' Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real -- Foreign Clickbait
#CheckTok #FactCheck #Eminem #KidRock #DollyParton #TaylorSwift
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January 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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Fact Check: Inconsistent Details in Ventura Village Daycare Child Actors Wanted Craigslist Ad From Minneapolis, Minnesota
#CheckTok #FactCheck #VenturaVillage #Minneapolis #Craigslist #DaycareFraud
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January 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Fact Check: Video Of U.K. Member Of Parliament Calling For Netanyahu To Be Captured Like Maduro Is NOT Real
#CheckTok #FactCheck
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January 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Fact Check: Blonde's Selfie Is AI-Generated Image NOT A Real Photo With Nicolás Maduro Handcuffed In Back Seat Of Car
#CheckTok #FactCheck
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January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Fact Check: This 'Official Photo' Of Maduro In U.S. Custody Can NOT Be Traced Back To Official Government Channels
#CheckTok #FactCheck
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January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Trump Being Told 'Shame On You' Live On Air By Depp, Eminem, Cher, McCartney, Others NOT Real - Vietnam Spam
#CheckTok #FactCheck #DonaldTrump #JohnnyDepp #Eminem #PaulMcCartney
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January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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The Daily NOT - A show about what didn't happen today. Episode 616. #TheDailyNOT

"Special Venezuela hoaxes edition..."
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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Fact Check: Satirical California 'Rep. Jack Kimble' Post About Other Countries Considering Invading U.S. Over Corrupt President Is NOT Real
#CheckTok #JackKimble #CaliforniaPolitics #Satire #FactCheck
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January 5, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Real CBS News Report That Gabbard Thwarted A Rep. Jeffries Attempt To Tip Off Maduro -- It's Rage Bait
#CheckTok #FactCheck
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January 5, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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Fact Check: Viral Image of 'Captured Maduro' Is NOT Real -- Maduro's Head Was Digitally Attached To Body Of Ukrainian Businessman Known For Ties With Putin
#CheckTok #FactCheck
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January 4, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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Fact Check: BMW Did NOT Introduce A 'One-Wheel Ride' At The Tech Expo 2026 -- The Power Unicycle Video Is AI-Generated
#CheckTok #FactCheck #BMW #TechExpo2026 #AIGenerated #MotorizedUnicycle
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January 4, 2026 at 10:20 AM