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FalseIf you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone.Said by TikTok postsPolitiFactMar 31, 2025FalseA photograph authentically shows a human “lipstick tester” from the 1950s, whose job was to be “kissed all day to test the durability and quality of the lipstick.”SnopesMar 31, 2025FalseA picture shows Pikachu, Batman, Spiderman and the Joker amidst the ongoing protests in Turkey.Full FactMar 31, 2025FalseA “dangerous teenage killer” is currently carrying out attacks on homes and cars.Full FactMar 31, 2025FalseAn image shows someone in a Pikachu costume amidst the ongoing protests in Turkey.Full FactMar 31, 2025MixedKeir Starmer did not mention Mother’s Day yesterday, but he did post about Eid marking the end of Ramadan for Muslims.Full FactMar 31, 2025Can’t tellMPs keep getting paid for six months after losing their jobs.Full FactMar 31, 2025FalseTax fraud is 30 times larger than benefit fraud.Full FactMar 31, 2025FalseThe Cancer Act 1939 makes it illegal for doctors to advise patients on cancer cures.Full FactMar 31, 2025FalseThe World Jewish Congress has amended the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism to include “conflating the assassination of JFK with Jews and/or Israel”.Full FactMar 31, 2025Can’t tellThe best barrier for stopping illegal immigration is to stop all benefits to “illegal immigrants”.Full FactMar 31, 2025FalseLaila Ali died while giving birth in a Canadian hospital in March 2025.Said by facebook.comLead StoriesMar 30, 2025TrueU.S. President Donald Trump said his adviser, tech mogul Elon Musk, "knows those computers better than anybody, all those computers, those vote counting computers, and we ended up winning Pennsylvania, like, in a landslide."SnopesMar 30, 2025FalseArnel Pineda From Journey was Sentenced To Life ImprisonmentSaid by youtube.comLead StoriesMar 30, 2025FalseWill Smith has diedSaid by facebook.comLead StoriesMar 29, 2025FalseIn March 2025, Germany shut down production of Tesla vehicles.SnopesMar 29, 2025FalseRichard Gere is leaving the United States because of TrumpSaid by x.comLead StoriesMar 29, 2025FalseKaroline Leavitt, Barron Trump, Dawn Staley or others surrised a high school janitor with an SUVSaid by insightflowmedia.comLead StoriesMar 29, 2025FalseA six-second video authentically shows hundreds of people clinging to life aboard a sinking ship.SnopesMar 29, 2025FalseKansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes rejected a $10 million offer from Elon Musk.SnopesMar 29, 2025FalseAs of late March 2025, the live-action movie "Snow White" had become the lowest-rated movie ever on Internet Movie Database (IMDb).SnopesMar 29, 2025TrueIn March 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Turkish national and Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk.SnopesMar 29, 2025FalseProject 2025, a conservative policy blueprint for a Republican presidency, recommended government officials use encrypted messaging apps such as Signal to evade transparency and recordkeeping laws.SnopesMar 29, 2025TrueBudget cuts by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration caused cancellations of 20 truckloads of food while en route to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.SnopesMar 29, 2025

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