In early September 2025, a claim circulated on social media that U.S. Vice President JD Vance suggested Labor Day should be a celebration of "women who go through labor." One post (archived) on ...

In August 2025, a claim circulated online that putting an emoji over a child's face in photos — a practice popularized by celebrity parents — does not protect their privacy. One Facebook page shared ...

Carrey supposedly said: "Palestine is not just a story of conflict. It is a living tragedy that has unfolded in plain sight." ...

In the summer of 2025, a rumor spread that the CIA once ran a "fake" brothel in San Francisco, California, in order to test drugs, including LSD, on its unsuspecting patrons. For example, on July 31, ...

Mark Carney won the 2025 Canadian election against Conservative leader Paul Poilièvre. This made him a target of several rumors, many false.

The claim that Melania Trump worked as an escort before meeting Donald Trump has been spreading online since at least August 2016, when the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail published an article making ...

Yale pharmacologists in the 1940s realized mustard gas attacked white blood cells, which could have therapeutic properties in lymphatic cancers.

James Richard Verone, who was unemployed, was arrested in June 2011 after a desperate plan to receive medical attention.

Maps or images allegedly showing rising sea levels or increasing temps often circulate online. Some are real, others are not.

The claim came from ancient Greek historian Herodotus, who was not always a reliable source and who never actually traveled to Persia.

In late August 2025, social media posts claimed convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell "confirmed" the existence of secret ...

Rumors about the border wall often relate to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has made it a central part of his immigration ...