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Apple’s Phantom Privacy Violations: Social media users are claiming that Apple’s iOS update automatically turns off privacy protections without consent. NewsGuard’s evidence points otherwise. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/apples-pha...
Apple’s Phantom Privacy Violations
Social media users falsely claim that Apple’s iOS 26 update automatically turns off privacy protections, turning iPhones into tracking tools without consent.
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McFact or McFiction? McDonald’s has been at the center of some wild stories — some are true, some are pure internet McFiction. See if you can tell the difference in our weekly quiz: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/quiz-mcfac...
Quiz: McFact or McFiction?
Take our quiz in the shortest time with the most correct answers and win a NewsGuard cap!
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NewsGuard co-CEO Steven Brill reflects on nearly 50 years in journalism, the future of AI, and the launch of NewsGuard AI in a new interview with @pressgazette.co.uk. pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders...
What I've learned: Newsguard co-founder Steven Brill on the fight for truth
Brill shares insights from his near 50-year career in media.
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Fact check: Did the White House release a digitally altered photo of Donald Trump that makes him appear younger? Find out with NewsGuard AI: www.newsguard.ai/shared/d8a6f...
Read how Fauci’s ailment was falsely linked to COVID-19 vaccine in NewsGuard’s false claim of the week. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/faucis-ail...
Fauci’s Ailment Falsely Linked to Vaccine
RFK Jr. and other conservatives claim that Anthony Fauci suffered a serious complication from the COVID-19 vaccine: NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week
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Rap music in decline due to … USAID? Conservative commentators claim that USAID was responsible for rap’s popularity, and its shuttering resulted in a decline of the music genre. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/rap-music-...
Rap Music in Decline Due to … USAID?
Conservative commentators claim that USAID was responsible for rap’s popularity, and its shuttering resulted in a decline of the music genre.
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Dementia? No, Russia. Nine months before France’s presidential election, a Russian influence operation targets a leading pro-Ukraine candidate with a false claim about his health. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/russia-giv...
Russia Gives a French Candidate Dementia
Nine months before France’s presidential election, a Russian influence operation targets a leading pro-Ukraine candidate with a false claim about his health.
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Is Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska’s new look courtesy of museum burglars? Not quite — read the latest Kremlin claim in today’s debunk. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/zelenskas-...
Zelenska’s Imaginary 800,000 Euro Pendant
A Russian campaign impersonates the BBC to claim that Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska wore a stolen museum-quality pendant — the latest supposed acquisition aimed at portraying Ukraine as corrupt.
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Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · last wk.New survey finds direct correlation between trust in the source and the trust in an AI answer A user’s perception of a media brand cited within an AI response determines whether they trust the answer overall. pressgazette.co.uk/comment-anal...
Fake-or-Not Quiz: Trump photos, real or AI? Take our quiz in the shortest time with the most correct answers and win a NewsGuard cap! www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/quiz-trump...
Quiz: Trump Photos: Real or AI
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What types of Chinese false claims target Taiwan? Find out here with NewsGuard AI → www.newsguard.ai/shared/36dbc...
Did Coca-Cola and General Motors really pull their ads from NBC and ABC over President Trump’s speech? Read about the pro-Trump ad boycott that never happened here → www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/the-pro-tr...
The Pro-Trump Ad Boycott that Never Happened
NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week: Coca-Cola and General Motors pulled their ads from NBC and ABC because the networks did not broadcast President Trump’s speech.
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A Russian influence campaign claims that Zelensky ordered to “urgently and secretly eliminate” anti-draft protesters. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/russia-con...
Russia Concocts Ukrainian Torture
A Russian influence campaign shares purported Human Rights Watch findings to claim that Zelensky ordered the torture and death of anti-draft protesters.
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The World Cup may have ended, but bogus claims haven’t. Get the latest on these 14 false claims about the 2026 World Cup here → www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/world-cup-...
World Cup Ends, Bogus Claims Don’t
NewsGuard has tracked 14 false claims about the 2026 World Cup, several spreading after Spain’s win over Argentina.
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How do foreign malign actors seek to influence the outputs of Western AI chatbots? Find out here with NewsGuard AI → www.newsguard.ai/shared/5e56a...
In Chinese, AI speaks fluent propaganda. Top AI chatbots spread pro-China false claims far more often when prompted in Mandarin than in English, NewsGuard found in a special report. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/in-chinese...
In Chinese, AI Speaks Fluent Propaganda
Top AI chatbots spread pro-China false claims far more often when prompted in Mandarin than in English, NewsGuard found in a special report.
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2020 election denial is back: President Trump’s address to the nation last week reignited false claims about widespread fraud in the 2020 election. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/2020-elect...
2020 Election Denial Is Back
President Trump’s address to the nation last week reignited false claims about widespread fraud in the 2020 election: NewsGuard’s False Claim of the Week
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Did the documents released by the White House on July 16 back President Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud? Find out here with NewsGuard AI → www.newsguard.ai/shared/541cc...
Tune in to NewsGuard health editor John Gregory's feature on the "Question Everything" podcast as he explains how a false claim about sunscreen causing cancer metastasized throughout the internet and was sold to the world. www.kcrw.com/shows/questi...
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As the U.S.-Iran ceasefire collapses, pro-Iran X accounts push outdated and AI-generated footage to claim Iranian military successes. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/irans-fake...
Iran’s Faked Military Triumphs
As the U.S.-Iran ceasefire collapses, pro-Iran X accounts push outdated and AI-generated footage to claim Iranian military successes.
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380 false election claims and counting: As Trump fires the members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, NewsGuard tracks its 380th false claim related to U.S. elections. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/380-false-...
380 False Election Claims and Counting
As Trump fires the members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, NewsGuard tracks its 380th false claim related to U.S. elections.
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Sudden Death, Sudden Conspiracies. Following Lindsey Graham's unexpected death, influencers and social media users blame everything from COVID-19 vaccines to Russia and Israel. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/sudden-dea...
Sudden Death, Sudden Conspiracies
It seems to happen whenever someone well known dies. Following Lindsey Graham's unexpected death, influencers and social media users blame everything from COVID-19 vaccines to Russia and Israel.
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Did This Really Happen at the World Cup? The World Cup isn’t just about soccer. With more than a billion people watching , it’s also a magnet for misinformation. Take our quiz and test your soccer (misinformation) skills. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/quiz-did-t...
Quiz: Did This Really Happen at the World Cup?
Take our quiz in the shortest time with the most correct answers and win a NewsGuard cap!
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Did Trump actually mock Israel? Social media users are sharing a fabricated Truth Social post to claim that Trump joked that Belgium is close to developing a nuclear bomb, purportedly mocking Israel’s similar claim about Iran. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/fake-trump...
Fake Trump Post Mocks Israel
Social media users are sharing a fabricated Truth Social post to claim that Trump joked that Belgium is close to developing a nuclear bomb, purportedly mocking Israel’s similar claim about Iran.
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Taylor Swift’s imaginary Israeli honeymoon: Social media accounts are wrongly claiming that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are honeymooning in Israel, proving they are Zionists. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/taylor-swi...
Taylor Swift’s Imaginary Israeli Honeymoon
Social media accounts are wrongly claiming that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are honeymooning in Israel, proving they are Zionists. The claim has garnered 54.8 million views on X alone.
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Zelensky-Branded Cocaine? Read about how Pro-Kremlin sources spread a doctored image showing bags of cocaine with Ukrainian President Zelensky’s face at the link below. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/zelensky-b...
Zelensky-Branded Cocaine?
Pro-Kremlin sources spread a doctored image showing bags of cocaine with Ukrainian President Zelensky’s face imposed on them, suggesting Zelensky’s involvement in the drug trade.
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