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2024 October


Image supposedly showing Israeli soldiers taken prisoner by Hezbollah almost certainly AI-generated

Image supposedly showing Israeli soldiers taken prisoner by Hezbollah almost certainly AI-generated

AI-created content with captions claiming to show real events are a growing form of misinformation we see being shared online, and we have previously fact checked fake images of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a ventilator and another of police officers in the UK supposedly kneeling in front of men in Islamic dress.


Can Trump use a 1798 law for mass deportations?

Can Trump use a 1798 law for mass deportations?

At an Oct. 11 campaign rally in Aurora, Colorado, he said he’d invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite gang members’ removal and to "target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American soil."


Another edited image of Kamala Harris with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs circulates online

Another edited image of Kamala Harris with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs circulates online

For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as altered because the original image has been edited to include Kamala Harris’s face.


Video does not show Kamala Harris adjusting ‘earphone earrings’ prior to presidential debate

Video does not show Kamala Harris adjusting ‘earphone earrings’ prior to presidential debate

Additionally, the video circulating on social media has been cropped, which has cut out visible wires and audio hardware around her chair, which Ms Harris also picks up and adjusts during the longer clip, in which she talks about a recipe for cooking a turkey.


Video shows coral farm not HAARP research facility around Florida

Video shows coral farm not HAARP research facility around Florida

Dr Ciaran Beggan at the British Geological Society also told us that HAARP uses “tiny” amounts of power to transmit radio waves into the atmosphere, which would be a fraction of that needed to artificially create a hurricane.


Foreign adversaries amplify hurricane misinformation

Foreign adversaries amplify hurricane misinformation

A Sept. 11 New York Times article echoed that point, saying the impact of the Chinese campaign after the Maui fires "is difficult to measure, though early indications suggest that few social media users engaged with the most outlandish of the conspiracy theories."


Hurricane Nadine article from fictional site

Hurricane Nadine article from fictional site

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 17 to 25 storms with winds of 39 miles per hour or higher would hit the United States during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June 1 to Nov. 30.


Trump’s False Claim of Stolen Disaster Relief Funds

Trump’s False Claim of Stolen Disaster Relief Funds

Some who made the claim got the inaccurate information from an Oct.1 Federalist story that misleadingly said: “The Biden-Harris administration took more than a billion tax dollars that had been allocated to the agency responsible for American disaster relief and used it to offer services for illegal immigrants.”


Fact-checking a claim about FEMA funding and stopgap bill

Fact-checking a claim about FEMA funding and stopgap bill

Colorado Rep. Greg Lopez released a statement that said he could not vote for a bill that "would extend the federal government’s current, exorbitant spending levels with no cuts or considerations for the elimination of expired programs."


Harris’ misleading tax comparison for billionaires, teachers

Harris’ misleading tax comparison for billionaires, teachers

CBS News’ Bill Whitaker pressed Harris on how she would pay for promises such as an expanded child tax credit and aid to small-business startups.


Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’ tax plans, compared

Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’ tax plans, compared

Trump has also floated several more targeted tax cuts, including ending taxation on Social Security benefits, tips and overtime work.


Trump Ad on Taxes Uses Deceptive Political Playbook

Trump Ad on Taxes Uses Deceptive Political Playbook

Harris did say that at the time, but the Hill reported that her campaign said she wanted to replace the TCJA with “legislation she has proposed that would involve nearly $3 trillion in refundable tax cuts primarily affecting the middle class.”