Social media users are saying that 240,000 ballots have been sent to “unverified” voters in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of State issued the statement that “there are not 240,000 ‘unverified ballots,’ as certain lawmakers are claiming” and calling the allegation “misinformation”.
Social media users are circulating a fake New York Times headline suggesting that billionaire Elon Musk plans to restore all suspended Twitter accounts except for that of former U.S. President Donald Trump. A spokesperson for the New York Times confirmed that no such headline was published by the outlet.
An image shared on social media purports to show Elon Musk saying on Twitter that he will buy social media app TikTok and delete it. The screenshot appears to be fabricated.
A headline purporting to have been published by The Daily Beast suggesting that a Pentagon cop had been caught dealing fentanyl to children during Halloween trick-or-treating has been circulating online. But no such headline was published, a spokesperson for the outlet confirmed to Reuters.
A screenshot of an alleged report attributed to CNN entitled “Donald Trump dead at 76” has duped some social media users. The content is fabricated and is part of a hoax circulating about the former president.
A picture of a woman wearing a Soviet Union t-shirt while doing a Nazi salute has been digitally altered to add the face of Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Some social media users are saying that David DePape, the suspect in the Oct. 28 attack on Paul Pelosi told investigators that the two engaged in sexual relations and argued over drugs without providing proof of the claim. However, there is no publicly-available evidence that DePape made these statements to officials.
A satirical social media post about a partnership between the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Australian state of Victoria during the latter’s election period has been taken seriously by some online users.
Users on social media are sharing an image purporting to show David DePape, who attacked U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul with a hammer on Oct. 28, filming the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. However, the image shows DePape filming a wedding at City Hall in San Francisco in 2013.
Following the attack on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul on Friday, Oct. 28, social media users said there was an unknown third person at the scene of the incident. However, law enforcement officials told Reuters that Paul Pelosi and the suspect, David DePape, were the only two people at the Pelosi residence when police responded.