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Israeli PM announced plans to rebuild areas near Gaza border, not build inside the territory

 
FILE - Judge Juan M. Merchan poses in his chambers in New York, March 14, 2024. On Friday, April 19, 2024, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Merchan told former President Donald Trump on the first day of his hush money case that he can’t attend his son Barron’s May 17 high school graduation because he must be in court that day. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

 

No, immigrants did not storm New York City Hall in pursuit of luxury hotel rooms

 

Trump says New York judge won’t let him attend son’s graduation, no ruling has been made

 

The WEF’s chairman is still alive and well, despite claims online

 
Ed Hummel fills out his ballot at a polling site in Manhattan, New York, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. New York is among four states casting their ballots in the 2024 presidential primary; both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump already have enough delegates to secure their parties' nominations. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Noncitizen voting isn’t an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here’s why

 

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No, OJ Simpson did not admit on X to the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend

Following his family’s announcement, social media users falsely claimed that Simpson had made a deathbed confession on X that he killed Brown and Goldman — crimes he was acquitted of in 1995.
 

Posts distort former Virginia governor’s comments on third trimester abortions

Social media users are misrepresenting years old comments Northam made about abortion in Virginia on WTOP, a news radio station serving the Washington Metropolitan area.
 
FILE - The U.S. Social Security Administration office is seen in Mount Prospect, Ill., Oct. 12, 2022. On Friday, April 5, 2024, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Social Security Administration data shows the number of voters registering without a photo ID is skyrocketing in three key swing states, evidence that migrants who entered the country illegally are registering to vote in Arizona, Texas and Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Social Security Administration data does not show that a skyrocketing number of voters are registering without a photo ID, evidence that migrants who entered the country illegally are registering to vote in Arizona, Tex
 

Federal data does not show a soaring number of unauthorized migrants registering to vote

With three months remaining in the presidential primary season, social media users are misrepresenting government data to suggest that the country is seeing a surge in voter registrations by migrants who came to the U.S. illegally.
 

Fake Mossad account spreads misinformation about airstrike that killed aid workers in Gaza

Following the Israeli airstrikes that killed the World Central Kitchen workers and led the charity to suspend delivery of vital food aid to Gaza, social media users claimed that Israel had blamed Hamas for the incident.
 

Posts misrepresent White House Easter egg contest, Day of Transgender Visibility proclamation

Transgender Day of Visibility has been celebrated on March 31 since 2009, when the holiday was created.
 

A new Washington state law does not offer cash for reporting hate speech

Soon after the bill was signed into law, social media users falsely claimed that it will allow people to tattletale on members of their community for financial gain.
 
FILE - A cargo ship is stuck under the part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. On Thursday, March 28, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming the captain of Dali, the container ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, is Ukrainian. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week, many of them related to the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by a container ship.
 

Online posts erroneously tie Senate minority leader’s late sister-in-law to ship that hit Baltimore bridge

Social media users are falsely claiming that Chao, who died in Texas after driving into a pond on Feb. 10 while intoxicated, is connected to the collapse of the Key Bridge, suggesting that her death appears suspicious in light of the incident in Baltimore.
 

Captain of container ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse is Indian, not Ukrainian

Following the crash that caused Key Bridge to collapse early Tuesday, social media users shared a screenshot of a webpage they said identified Dali’s captain.
 

Video from 2022 misrepresented as footage of Baltimore bridge collapse

After a container ship lost power and rammed into the Key Bridge causing it to collapse early Tuesday, social media users shared the old video, falsely representing it as footage from the bridge before it fell into the Patapsco River.