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Fact Check: No Email In Epstein Files With Satoshi Nakamoto Telling Epstein To 'Go F*ck Yourself' Replying To Island Invitation | Lead Stories
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (112+ words) An example of the image of the email appeared in a post on Bluesky on February 1, 2026. This is what the image looked like: The text in the image read: Dear Satoshi,I would be delighted if you could join me…...
Fact Check: No Video Emerged Of Alex Pretti Talking About How He Kicked Out A Federal Agents' SUV Taillight -- Claim Is Viet Spam | Lead Stories
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (232+ words) The claim appeared in a post (archived here) shared by the Behind Spox Stage Facebook page on January 30, 2026. The text read: (Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Sat Jan 31 18:13:23 2026 UTC) The Facebook fan page that published the fictional story about Pretti…...
Fact Check: Claim That Encrypted Messages Were Found On Alex Pretti's Phone Showing He Was A 'Key Player' In Planning Chaos Is Fake Viet Spam | Lead Stories
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (154+ words) The claim originated in an article (archived here) that was repeated in a post (archived here) shared on the Celeb Buzz Daily Facebook page on January 31, 2026. It opened: (Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Sun Feb 1 02:08:52 2026 UTC) The full breakdown of…...
Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Diner Bought By Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell And Other Celebrities To Feed 120 Homeless Every Day Is NOT Real - Vietnam Spam | Lead Stories
2+ week, 4+ day ago (252+ words) Working Man's Anthem (archived here) had a page transparency tab (archived here) indicating it was run from Vietnam and the United States: (Image source: screenshot of the page transparency tab of the "Working Man's Anthem" page on Facebook.) The Vietnam…...
Fact Check: TikTok Creator's Claim That 'All Of Our Food Is 3D-Printed' Or Bioengineered Is NOT Serious -- Content Is Entertainment | Lead Stories
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (354+ words) The video (archived here) was published on TikTok by @hethskiii on Dec. 1, 2025. It was captioned: This is a screenshot of the video: Text captioning on the video reads: All of our food is 3D printed!!! What she is saying in the…...
Fact Check: Louisiana Senator John Kennedy's Son Preston Has NOT Been Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer -- It's Spam From Vietnam | Lead Stories
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (206+ words) The claim appeared on several Vietnam-related accounts, including a post (archived here) on the Animals World community chat group where it was published on November 23, 2025. The caption opened: (Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of Google.com) Lead Stories has debunked…...
Fact Check: Forwarded Message Is A Hoax -- NOT An Official Warning From Snapchat Management | Lead Stories
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (171+ words) Did Snapchat management issue a warning to all users that there had been an update to the terms of use requiring users to forward a warning message to twenty people in two hours or their account would be deleted? No,......
Fact Check: Video Showing "Sergeant Pepper" Spraying A Shouting Protester In The Face Is NOT Real -- Made With AI Video App | Lead Stories
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (222+ words) Does a video show a real confrontation between a shouting protester and a man in uniform who identifies himself as Sgt. Pepper? No, that's not true: This video has a watermark from Sora, an app from Open AI that generates…...
Fact Check: Erika Kirk Did NOT Start And Join A 'Faith & Fellowship Dating App' After Charlie Kirk's Assassination | Lead Stories
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (377+ words) The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on Facebook on September 24, 2025. It shared an image purporting to show a screenshot of Erika Kirk's post on social media that read: After losing Charlie last week, I wasn't sure how…...
Fact Check: Grindr Denies Reports About Arizona Outages During Charlie Kirk Memorial Service -- Possibly Based On Social Media Speculation | Lead Stories
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (392+ words) An example of the claim appeared in a viral post on X (archived here) published on September 22, 2025. It read: Along with that text it contained the following images: (Image source: post by @TheRealThelmaJ1 on x.com.) Downdetector (archived here) is a website…...