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False“The FBI has arrested the owner of the company responsible for the fires in Los Angeles.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 15, 2025Can’t tellMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended a decision to fly a Confederate flag at Facebook's headquarters.SnopesJan 15, 2025FalseIn 2003, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the program from a classmate, Chris Hughes. Hughes went missing not long after, and Zuckerberg passed off Facebook as his own invention.SnopesJan 15, 2025FalseThe Welsh Refugee Council created a video involving schoolgirls to "entice migrant men to come to Wales."Said by x.comLead StoriesJan 15, 2025FalseTrump posted a map of Finland on Truth SocialSaid by x.comLead StoriesJan 15, 2025FalsePhoto shows one house with a red roof left standing in burned Los Angeles neighborhoodSaid by x.comLead StoriesJan 15, 2025Mixed"Biden is giving $770 to victims of the fires. He gave $500 million to Ukraine last week."Said by Social media postsFactCheck.orgJan 15, 2025FalseA picture of a supercar on a street filled with smoke and burning palm trees is from the wildfires in Los Angeles.Full FactJan 15, 2025Can’t tellClaims have circulated on social media that attach significance to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer not being invited to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration ceremony in Washington DC next week.Said by Social media usersPA MediaJan 15, 2025FalseFootage shows passengers praying onboard an Azerbaijan Airlines flight before it crashed in Kazakhstan on 25 December 2024.Full FactJan 15, 2025FalseUnauthorized drones flew over the White House on January 13, 2025.Said by x.comLead StoriesJan 14, 2025FalseAuthentic video shows Dr Oz promoting bogus COPD capsule cureSaid by facebook.comLead StoriesJan 14, 2025Falsebritish prime minister not invited to Donald Trump inaugurationSaid by x.comLead StoriesJan 14, 2025FalseFederal Government Assistance To LA Fire Victims Is Limited To $770Said by x.comLead StoriesJan 14, 2025Can’t tellJohn Kerry's daughter Vanessa Kerry said billions of humans must die for the "New World Order."SnopesJan 14, 2025FalseCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats “literally decriminalized looting.”Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025FalseImagen muestra “casa de familia católica salió intacta del incendio” en California en enero de 2025.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025FalseSays President-elect Donald Trump posted on X that he will “be giving Staten Island to New Jersey.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025FalseThe Los Angeles wildfires were planned in preparation for the 2028 Olympics.Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025False“One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California."Said by More Perfect UnionPolitiFactJan 14, 2025False“P Diddy’s California mansion has been completely consumed by fire.”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025False“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025False“Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactJan 14, 2025FalseDozens of fire-fighting vehicles from Oregon were turned away from helping to fight L.A. wildfires in January 2025 because they didn't meet California’s smog-certification standards.SnopesJan 14, 2025