Facebook interfered with U.S. elections almost 40 times since 2008: Study

The group outlined a series of recommendations for government leaders at the state and federal level in response to Facebook's election track record. Read More

Fact check: What the candidates for governor got right or wrong during this week's debates

Here are some of the claims candidates made on stage this week, and the truth behind them: FACT CHECK: The 10-cent ... and that’s why it’s a big issue here now. And to me, that is totally ... Read More

Facebook's News Content Blocking Negatively Affects Political Discourse, Claims New Studies

New studies claim that the absence of news content on Facebook has undermined political discourse on the platform. Read More

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A video that is at least a month old has been miscaptioned online to say it shows Israel’s air defence system ... A video of a Fox News broadcast showing American billionaire investor Warren ... Read More

Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back news and political content

Meta said the change to the News tab does not affect its fact ... company, especially as the U.S. presidential election and other races get underway. “Facebook didn’t envision itself as a ... Read More

Fact Check: Did Trump Reveal Judge's Daughter's Name on Social Media?

Daniels and Trump's former lawyer Micheal Cohen are protected under the order. However, a recent post on social media has claimed that Trump named Merchan's daughter in a Truth Social post after ... Read More

April 8 solar eclipse totality will last for minutes, not cause 'days of darkness' | Fact check

“It’s just total nonsense,” Mack said. USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook and Instagram users who shared the post but did not immediately receive responses. The TikTok user who shared the ... Read More

Fact Check: McDonald’s has not introduced Baphomet-themed burger

The fast-food company told Reuters it is a “fake image” and said it was: “not a McDonald’s product.” , opens new tab Reuters found of the image was posted to a Facebook group ... Read More

Fact Check: Story Alleges a Dad Found a Buried Chain After Landscaping His Yard and Instantly Regretted It. Here's the Truth

In late 2023 and early 2024, Facebook users promoted a story with ... a person with a green shovel appearing to try to figure out why a chain was buried underground. Snopes looked for answers ... Read More

2 places named Nineveh, not 7, in path of totality for April 8 eclipse | Fact check

A March 29 Facebook post (direct ... than 1,800 times in a week. Fact check roundup: Total solar eclipse sparks many misleading flat Earth claims online. Here's what's true and false This attempt ... Read More

Fact Check: Did actor Ashutosh Rana appeal to vote for BJP? Here's the truth

India TV Fact Check ... Ashutosh Rana's appeal to vote for BJP." We searched on Google using keywords related to the claim made in the viral post. We looked for news articles about the claim ... Read More

Fact Check: Misleading Claim About Challenged Vote Goes Viral Ahead Of Elections

A viral message about "challenge vote" and voting rights of Indian citizens is going viral on social media ahead of the Lok Sabha elections that ... (sic) What's the truth?: These claims are ... Read More