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The Troop Withdrawal That Didn’t Happen
Pro-Iran social media users share outdated videos to claim that the U.S. has withdrawn thousands of troops from the Middle East.
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U.S. and Chinese AI tools are more alike than you may think, largely agreeing about the risks posed by AI.
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NewsGuard AI Launches in Europe 🌍
Today, we're bringing NewsGuard AI to France, Italy, Germany, Austria, and the U.K. — bringing reliable AI-powered news to European readers in French, German, and Italian, in addition to English.
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A Russian influence campaign fabricated videos falsely claiming that Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Cher, and other celebrities blamed Democrats for transgender issues.
NewsGuard found nine fake reports impersonating major news outlets.
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NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week: Pro-Kremlin sources claim that a Ukrainian train struck by a Russian drone was carrying former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other dignitaries.
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Conservative and anti-vaccine commentators on X and Substack are baselessly claiming that two measles deaths in unvaccinated people and confirmed by Pennsylvania health authorities were not actually caused by measles.
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With the U.S. midterm elections weeks away, NewsGuard today launches our 2026 Midterm Elections Misinformation Tracker, reporting on the false claims and phony websites polluting the political discourse.
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Days after a far-right landslide win in an eastern German state, a Kremlin-linked social media campaign fabricates German news reports about the vote in the next election.
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Millions of X users tag Grok to ask whether a post is true or false.
Grok responds instantly, but not always accurately.
Take our quiz and try your hand at fact-checking the fact-checker.
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One year after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Candace Owens keeps pumping out murder-plot conspiracies.
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Social media users are claiming that Ralph Lauren featured far-right influencer Nick Fuentes on the cover of its Fall 2026 magazine.
In fact, the image of the supposed cover is an AI-doctored fake.
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A Canadian church fire is an unlikely flashpoint in the Israel-Palestine divide, as pro-Palestine social users claim the alleged arsonist is Israeli and pro-Israel users say he is Palestinian. The claims are mirror images of each other — both are false.
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Pro-Trump accounts are sharing a 1688 French-language map supposedly showing Lake Ontario labeled as ‘Lac America.’
No surprise: It’s a fake.
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Anti-Israel accounts falsely claim pro-Israel lobbying group can block any American history textbooks it opposes.
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A Russian influence campaign is targeting a centrist, pro-Ukraine candidate for French president with a digital fabrication, the third candidate attacked by Russia over the past month.
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Measles outbreaks are back in the headlines — and so are false and misleading claims about the disease. Can you tell fact from fiction? Take our quiz and put your knowledge to the test.
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Conservatives twist Virginia governor’s remarks to claim that 300,000 illegal state residents get Medicaid benefits: NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week
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Deep-pocketed groups on both sides of the aisle are rolling out partisan sites masquerading as independent local news, with innocent-sounding names. These websites focus on battleground states, while polluting the legitimate news ecosystem.
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Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels are using AI deepfakes to portray Ukraine’s leaders as war-weary and ready to surrender.
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An AI-generated deepfake of Bill Gates is circulating online, falsely warning that “billions of people” could die from water shortages and advocating for a sketchy cryptocurrency as a solution.
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