Fake videos of political leaders often go viral online. DW's fact check department analyses how content farms use ...

Fake stories about curbs on personal freedoms and bogus taxes - A Full Fact investigation has found a new wave of videos ...

President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in a rambling Tuesday speech to hundreds of generals and admirals who were summoned to a military base in Virginia to listen to addresses by the ...

Online claims that the Namibian president released a statement rejecting a proposal by the Gates Foundation to conduct trials of a contraceptive device are false. An August 11 Facebook post, opens new ...

Fighting fake news has become a growing problem in the past few years, and one that begs for a solution involving artificial intelligence. Verifying the near-infinite amount of content being generated ...

Disinformation has been circulating since Poland shot down Russian drones. DW fact check debunks false viral claims.Poland's armed forces shot down Russian drones after they violated national airspace ...

When President Donald Trump was asked Tuesday about the subject of a run for a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution, he said that “if you read it, it’s pretty clear I ...

Posts online claiming that the shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was a “false flag”, opens new tab and showing a photo of a man they call a "crisis actor" applying fake blood to his face was actually ...

Fake photos. False claims. Wild conspiracy theories. The public murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, captured in gruesome footage that spread around the world, has set off an ...

Rumours moved quickly from social media into public discussion this year, sometimes forcing responses from the government, security forces, journalists, and fact-checkers.