My wiki:Recent fact checks
This page lists Bullshitopedia's entries on false and misleading claims that have spread recently. Each entry explains what was claimed, where it came from, what the evidence shows and how to spot similar claims. For background, see the taxonomy used to classify every entry.
Last updated: October 26, 2026.
2026 US midterm elections
- Touchscreen machines are switching early voters' votes in the 2026 midterms — Unsupported
- Video shows a touchscreen voting machine refusing a Republican vote in 2026 — False
- Ballots marked by poll workers will be disqualified — False
- Deepfake video accuses James Talarico of abusing a student — Manipulated media
- James Talarico was secretly hospitalized in an Ohio psychiatric facility — False
- Kathy Castor repeatedly broke the congressional insider trading law — Misleading
- Republicans' 2025 tax law cut Medicare — Misleading
- Video shows Trump waving to nobody — Misleading
- Texas Transgender Student Union flyers — False
Europe and the world
- Brazil's 2026 presidential runoff was stolen from Flávio Bolsonaro — False
- Muslim migrants caused the 2026 French riots — Unsupported
- Video shows Paris looters selling stolen goods on the sidewalk — False
- Charlie Hebdo cover mocks French protesters — Manipulated media
- The Pink Panther appeared at the Paris protests — Manipulated media
- Edited video shows Sweden's king refusing to shake Zelenskyy's hand — Manipulated media
- Zelenskyy bought a 42 million dollar nuclear bunker in Canada — False
- Videos show China seizing Indian territory in October 2026 — False
- Greta Thunberg was arrested in Rome — Satire or parody
AI fakes and viral hoaxes
- Leaked images show satanic rituals on Epstein Island — Manipulated media
- Video shows a man rescuing and raising a polar bear cub — Manipulated media
- Video shows a Tesla Roadster jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge — Manipulated media
- Videos show houses rising on hydraulic stilts above floods — Manipulated media
- HTML2Shell critical vulnerability — Satire or parody
- Man died putting his head in a mechanical dinosaur's mouth — False
Scams
- Mark Carney endorses a cryptocurrency investment platform — Manipulated media
- Pig butchering crypto investment scams — False
- The IRS will arrest you unless you pay with gift cards — False
- Deepfake video call tricked Arup into paying 25 million dollars — Manipulated media