FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Makes False Claim About CNN, Recent Presidential Debate
Posts Share on Facebook CNN's official fact checker reportedly said Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic candidate, lied 17 times in the first 10 minutes of the Sept. 10 presidential debate on ABC News. Verdict: False The claim is false and originated from a satirical Facebook page. A CNN spokesperson denied the allegations in […]
Lady Gaga fires back at ex-NYU classmate’s Facebook group claiming she’d ‘never be famous’
One Facebook group isn't getting any praise from Lady Gaga at all. The Grammy Award-winning singer fired back at former NYU classmates who cruelly started a private Facebook group titled “Stefani Germanotta, You'll Never Be Famous.” “Some of the people I went to college with made this back in the day,” Gaga said, “so you […]
FACT CHECK: No, Facebook Image Does Not Accurately Reflect Net Worth Of Joe Biden And Kamala Harris
Posts Share on Facebook It claims that President Joe Biden's net worth has skyrocketed from $9 million in 2019 to $41 million in 2022, while Vice President Kamala Harris's net worth has increased from $6.3 million to $28 million in the same period. Verdict: False This post is inaccurate: Forbes estimates found each politician's 2022 […]
FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Falsely Attributes Quotes About Guns To Harris And Walz
Posts Share on Facebook It purports to feature two quotes about guns allegedly made by 2024 Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Verdict: False This assertion is false. There is no evidence that either Harris or Waltz was cited. Fact check: Harris and Waltz are set to kick […]
FACT CHECK: Facebook Image Does Not Show Authentic Jamaican Birth Certificate For Kamala Harris
image Share on Facebook A photo showing 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris' Jamaican birth certificate. Verdict: False The Facebook image is not real. A copy of Harris' actual birth certificate shows she was born in Oakland, California. Additionally, a spokesperson for the Jamaican Registry of Deeds denied that the Facebook image is real, […]
Facebook and Google are using your phone to spy on you, marketing firm reveals
Reports have confirmed a suspicion you've had for years: your cell phone really is listening to your conversations. A marketing company that works for Facebook and Google has privately admitted to eavesdropping on users' smartphone microphones and using the information it picks up to serve ads to them. According to 404 Media. Television and radio […]
Amazon hopes selling through Instagram, Facebook, TikTok will spur growth
Amazon hopes that selling its goods through TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat will help reignite sluggish e-commerce growth as American consumers cut back on spending in a hyperinflationary environment. The Seattle-based online retailer reportedly engaged in tough negotiations with CEOs of other tech giants over the course of two years, reaching the deal despite opposition […]
Zuckerberg Facebook Censorship Disclosure ‘Timely’ Ahead of November Election
On FNC's “Hannity” on Wednesday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, highlighted the timing of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's admission that the federal government had pressured Facebook to limit the spread of the so-called Hunter Biden laptop article ahead of the November presidential election. Jordan speculated that the timing was intended […]
Colorado’s first gentleman Marlon Reis quits social media after Facebook spat over wolves
Colorado's First Gentleman, Marlon Reis, has deactivated his social media accounts after getting into a heated argument about wolves on Facebook over the weekend. When Reiss, who is the husband of Colorado's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, posted online about subsidies the state is offering for non-lethal wolf repellents, he got into a heated exchange with […]
Facebook censored, the FBI lied … and the GOP calls this a win?
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a statement on Monday acknowledging that Facebook was actively censoring information about COVID-19 and the Hunter Boden corruption scandal due to direct pressure from the federal government. Elon Musk's revelations through his Twitter files had already revealed that government agencies such as the FBI, CIA and NSA regularly asked social […]