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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For years, a rumor has claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump secretly paid tens of millions of dollars to settle multiple allegations that he sexually assaulted minors. A frequently shared version ...

In November 2025, a video circulated online that claimed to show a water tower falling and bursting on a road in Branson, Missouri. The video appeared to come from the Facebook page "Branson Area ...

Soon after the U.S. Department of Justice released a batch of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in late December 2025, social media users claimed the text hidden by redactions ...