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Erika Kirk doesn’t appear in any of the DOJ's released Epstein files — but conspiracy theorists are baselessly claiming she recruited young girls for Jeffrey Epstein. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/erika-kirk-i…

Netanyahu’s “proof of life” video isn’t AI. Here’s how we know: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/netanyahus-p…

Aided by a Google AI editing tool, Iranian state media claims that Australia’s fuel reserve is practically depleted, portraying the U.S. ally as sputtering due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/iran-oversta…

Anti-Israel accounts are claiming a video Netanyahu posted on March 15 is AI-generated — pushing the baseless claim that he was killed or seriously injured in the conflict with Iran. The video is authentic, NewsGuard found. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/netanyahus-p…

NewsGuard regularly tracks misinformers using AI to fabricate videos and images. Now, we're monitoring the opposite, which is equally deceptive: falsely labeling a real video as AI-generated to make people question what's true. More below:

Even Iran is exploiting the Epstein scandal. Pro-Iran accounts are sharing an image supposedly showing an Iranian missile inscribed with, “In memory of the victims of Epstein Island.” But the image was altered with AI to include the text. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/iranian-miss…

China is amplifying pro-Iran's war misinformation — pushing made up U.S. military failures and Iranian successes to undermine the West. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/china-pushes…

Iranian state media have fabricated an ever-growing list of Israeli officials they claim to have targeted and killed — Netanyahu, the director of Mossad, senior ministers, even their family members. None of it is true. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/iranian-deat…

Russian disinformation campaigns are meddling in local French elections. One Kremlin-linked op built a fake campaign site targeting a Paris mayoral candidate backed by Macron — less than two weeks before voters go to the polls. newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/russia-has-i…

There is no evidence that Lyme disease was created as a bioweapon by the U.S. government, and anti-vaccine activist and CDC advisor Robert Malone’s claims do not hold up under scrutiny. Read more about this long-debunked claim in Reality Check: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/cdc-advisor-…

Miss last week’s Reality Check? Catch up with NewsGuard’s Reality Check podcast, covering how Iran is winning the disinformation war: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/reality-chec…

NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week:” A Video Shows a Dozen Iranian Missiles Striking Tel Aviv on March 3, 2026 newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/dozens-of-mi…

Iranian state media is feeding its own people false claims of battlefield victories — many backed by old or manipulated images. More about the 18 false claims NewsGuard identified in Reality Check: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/iran-goes-on…

Russia, longtime ally of Tehran, isn’t using its propaganda channels to prop up Iran, but rather to continue its information assault on Ukraine. More about the Russian influence operation “Matryoshka” and its disinformation campaigns in Reality Check: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/kremlin-crea…

In the fog of war, Google fools itself: Its reverse-image tool, Lens, can’t reliably spot AI-generated or misleading visuals — and its AI Overviews end up repeating the hoaxes. More in Reality Check: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/googles-ai-o…

Did you see a photo of the USS Abraham Lincoln sinking? It’s not real — it’s a years-old image now being recycled by pro-Iran accounts to exaggerate Tehran’s success in retaliation against the U.S. More about Iran’s “wins” in Reality Check: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/iran-is-winn…

Step aside, Sputnik and RT: Storm-1516 — the high-tech Russian influence operation — is an even more prolific spreader of Russia-Ukraine war propaganda than Russia’s state media outlets. More on its activities in Reality Check: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/russian-infl…

“I’m an idiot! I’m an idiot! I’m an idiot!” — the Chinese bots in your Threads feed. How could the bots say something so embarrassing? Read Reality Check to find out: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/automated-pr…

No Laura Loomer, claims that the Mexican Cartel Jalisco took U.S. tourists hostage are baseless. Read more about our “False Claim of the Week”: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/us-tourists-…

A pro-China influence campaign is using automated bots on Meta’s Threads to target Taiwanese users with propaganda. Read our latest in Reality Check: newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/automated-pr…