62 Politics claim verifications avg. score 4.3/10 17 rated true or mostly true 45 rated false or misleading
“The increasing use of deepfake technology poses a significant threat to democratic elections.”
The claim is largely accurate. Multiple credible sources — including Brookings, the Brennan Center, and legislative testimony — document real election-linked deepfake incidents (voter-suppression robocalls, fabricated candidate videos, incidents across 38 countries). However, the 2024–2025 global election super-cycle did not produce the catastrophic "deepfake election" many feared, and controlled experiments show minimal direct persuasion effects on voters. The threat is real and growing — particularly through trust erosion and procedural disinformation — but its demonstrated electoral impact remains more limited than the claim implies.
“Donald Trump is the least popular president in United States history based on approval ratings.”
The claim that Trump is the least popular president in U.S. history based on approval ratings is false. Gallup and academic records show Truman hit 22% approval (1952), Nixon 24% (1974), and Carter 28% (1979) — all significantly lower than Trump's recorded low of 29–34%. On career-average approval, Trump's ~40% is tied with Biden, not uniquely the lowest. No standard approval metric supports the "least popular in history" superlative.