🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump has granted sweeping pardons to top allies accused of attempting to subvert the 2020 election, the administration's pardon attorney Ed Martin said. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sni6

Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH

This video of a person tearing down American and United Nations flags has nothing to do with Zohran Mamdani's election this week as New York City mayor. The clip is from a pro-Palestinian protest in 2023. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

THREAD: My team @factcheck.afp.com has been tracking and debunking misinformation surrounding yesterday's elections in New York, Virginia and other US states. See something that needs a fact-check? Let us know. 1/

THREAD: My team @factcheck.afp.com has been tracking and debunking misinformation surrounding yesterday's elections in New York, Virginia and other US states. See something that needs a fact-check? Let us know. 1/

This post shared repeatedly in Elon Musk's "Election Integrity Community" on X claims to show "suspicious" Democrats caught "carrying around ballots in a taxi." But the video is, in fact, from Quebec during Canada's elections in April. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

In what became a prevailing false narrative on Election Day, Elon Musk and others suggested NYC ballots were deceptively formatted to boost Zohran Mamdani. But Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa were both listed twice because each was endorsed by two parties, per state election law. u.afp.com/FusionVoting

Social media users are claiming a video shows a New York City man saying he would cast six illegal votes for Zohran Mamdani. But the video causing alarm originated as a joke playing on the popular "6-7" meme. Polling sites have safeguards to prevent fraud. u.afp.com/NYC67

A video DHS posted last month claimed at one point to show harrowing footage taken "in Portland, Oregon, as Antifa terrorists have surged against federal facilities." As it did, it showed two clips from September anti-ICE protests in a suburb of Chicago. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

A video DHS posted last month claimed at one point to show harrowing footage taken "in Portland, Oregon, as Antifa terrorists have surged against federal facilities." As it did, it showed two clips from September anti-ICE protests in a suburb of Chicago. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

A TikTok video viewed 3.6 million times claims to show Hurricane Melissa devastating Jamaica. But the video was posted before Melissa even made landfall, and the scenes in the compilation are all from past storms in Italy, Mexico and the United States. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Dozens of AI-generated videos purporting to show storm damage, floodwaters, sharks, newscasts and residents in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa neared the island nation were removed from TikTok as a result of @afp.com's reporting. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

New @afp.com: AI-generated videos were clogging social media feeds today as Hurricane Melissa surged toward Jamaica, diverting attention from critical information about the storm. TikTok appeared to remove more than two dozen such fakes after we flagged them. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Nice of the Washington Post to credit @afp.com's reporting on the White House's misleading "Chicago is in chaos" video in their report outlining further Department of Homeland Security deception. wapo.st/4nuDGwf

🇺🇸 Nearly a dozen houses have collapsed into the ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks since September -- but why? Experts say both reckless shoreline construction and sea level rise are to blame. Read more: u.afp.com/OuterBanksNC

Dozens of AI-generated videos purporting to show storm damage, floodwaters, sharks, newscasts and residents in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa neared the island nation were removed from TikTok as a result of @afp.com's reporting. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

“This storm is a huge storm that is likely to cause catastrophic damage, and fake content undermines the seriousness of the message from the government to be prepared,” one expert told me. “Eventually such fake content will lead to loss of life and property."

New @afp.com: AI-generated videos were clogging social media feeds today as Hurricane Melissa surged toward Jamaica, diverting attention from critical information about the storm. TikTok appeared to remove more than two dozen such fakes after we flagged them. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

New video @afp.com: I explained how we caught US President Donald Trump's White House using outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska and other states in a video that it claimed showed "Chicago is in chaos." youtube.com/shorts/sKRcv...

My latest @factcheck.afp.com: Ted Cruz falsely accused Democrats of passing off footage from 2017 as the crowd that attended a "No Kings" protest. But the video aired by MSNBC did, in fact, show people who swarmed Boston Common for the October 18 rally. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

An erroneous, AI-generated X Community Note led a flurry of right-wing accounts -- and eventually US Senator Ted Cruz -- to falsely claim that aerial footage MSNBC aired of the "No Kings" protest in Boston was a misrepresented visual from years earlier. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Steve Bannon says in an interview with the Economist that “there’s a plan” for Donald Trump to remain president in 2028 despite the 22nd amendment to the US Constitution limiting presidents to two terms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijf7...

A recent AFP investigation caught the White House misrepresenting outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska and other states in a video that it claimed showed "Chicago is in chaos." Our new YouTube short shows a side-by-side of the deception: www.youtube.com/shorts/sKRcv...

New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.

“The president has placed proponents of his false claims into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over elections ahead of next year’s midterms.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

The Trump White House is now displaying a "major events timeline" on its official "about the White House" webpage that includes the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and a photo of Hunter Biden smoking alongside entries about the building's history.

A recent AFP investigation caught the White House misrepresenting outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska and other states in a video that it claimed showed "Chicago is in chaos." Our new YouTube short shows a side-by-side of the deception: www.youtube.com/shorts/sKRcv...

New video @afp.com: I explained how we caught US President Donald Trump's White House using outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska and other states in a video that it claimed showed "Chicago is in chaos." youtube.com/shorts/sKRcv...

The Pentagon press corps has a new look. Out are all the major news networks. In are TurningPoint USA, RedState and a streaming service run by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

My latest @factcheck.afp.com: Ted Cruz falsely accused Democrats of passing off footage from 2017 as the crowd that attended a "No Kings" protest. But the video aired by MSNBC did, in fact, show people who swarmed Boston Common for the October 18 rally. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

🇺🇸 VIDEO: Section of the White House torn down for new ballroom Heavy machinery tears down a section of the East Wing of the White House as construction begins on President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, which he has said will be built entirely with private money.

Baseball fans are facing an onslaught of phony AI content on Facebook, pushed by a clickbait network in Southeast Asia capitalizing on interest in the lead-up to the sport's World Series, an AFP investigation has found. From @marishagoldhamer.bsky.social: www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20...

This video keeps spreading with false claims that it shows ICE agents arresting a 6-year-old girl. The woman was in fact a 27-year-old who was briefly detained in Washington state in April after police saw her cross a busy intersection in moving traffic. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Baseball fans are facing an onslaught of phony AI content on Facebook, pushed by a clickbait network in Southeast Asia capitalizing on interest in the lead-up to the sport's World Series, an AFP investigation has found. From @marishagoldhamer.bsky.social: www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20...

FLASH: Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...

Sen. Ted Cruz amplified social media claims that MSNBC recycled 2017 footage, falsely saying it showed Boston’s ‘No Kings’ rally. But Oct. 18 videos from four Boston area television affiliates prove the footage is from this past weekend. buff.ly/Z4DBazI

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.

#USA: AFP investigation revealed that a video shared by the White House and President Trump showing ICE agents reacting to "chaos" in Chicago is made up of outdated footage filmed outside the city. A reminder of fact-checking’s value. Great job @en.afp.com

This appears to be the photo used to generate the AI video US President Donald Trump posted that portrays hims wearing a crown and piloting a fighter jet that dumps feces on influencer Harry Sisson and other Americans who were protesting him in New York City.

“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

NEW: A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Thank you @colbertlateshow.bsky.social for highlighting my @afp.com fact-check investigation into the deceptive White House "Chicago is in chaos" video that misused footage from other US cities. From now on our team will be known as "the internet folks" and "the people online."

🇧🇷🌳 Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, climate skeptics have been twisting new research on the Amazon forest to downplay the impact of more CO2 in the atmopshere. But scientists, including the study’s authors, say the claims are misconstrued. #COP30 tinyurl.com/yw4t2rwy

It's been a big 24 hours for my team. 👏👏👏 to @billmccarthy.bsky.social

🇺🇸 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and CNN cited AFP Fact Check's investigation of a video the White House claimed showed "chaos" in Chicago. But Bill McCarthy in Washington, found that the clip is littered with outdated footage from other American cities. Read more: u.afp.com/SsSU

✅ My very talented colleague and friend @billmccarthy.bsky.social just got featured on Colbert, incredible... So proud! bsky.app/profile/bill...

Thank you @colbertlateshow.bsky.social for highlighting my @afp.com fact-check investigation into the deceptive White House "Chicago is in chaos" video that misused footage from other US cities. From now on our team will be known as "the internet folks" and "the people online."

NEWS: An AFP fact-check reveals that a video posted by Donald Trump and the White House depicting "chaos" in Chicago as justification for deploying the national guard features old footage of incidents in other states including Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska.

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.