Merriam-Webster named 2025 the year of "slop" — low-quality media that's created with artificial-intelligence (AI) tools. Few people are more familiar with the genre of misinformation than Snopes ...

In November 2025, a rumor spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump had moved the historic Resolute Desk from the Oval Office to Mar-a-Lago. Nearly every American president has used the Resolute ...

In mid-November 2025, a photograph allegedly showing U.S. President Donald Trump kissing a young girl circulated on social media. The image spread online after U.S. House Democrats released thousands ...

We are finally at the end of the road. And boy, what a strange, meme-filled road it has been. Thanks to social media, political hoaxes have the power to spread like never before. You've probably seen ...

As reports of a sprawling tax fraud scheme by members of Minnesota's Somali community multiplied in late December 2025, a rumor circulated online that the state's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz had granted ...

According to users' posts, a lawyer advised "60 Minutes" to post a message asking users to publicly declare Meta not to use ...

During a December 2025 appearance on live TV, actor Helen Mirren said she would invest $107 million in streaming service Netflix to "tear apart the fog that has hidden the truth for far too long.” ...

A rumor (archived) that circulated online in December 2025 claimed that a pair of trail camera photos authentically showed a mother bear and her cub rescuing a lost girl in Alaska. According to the ...

In late 2025, a rumor spread online that the Clinton Foundation — founded by former President Bill Clinton — lost its status as a tax-exempt charity after a U.S. Department of Defense audit found more ...