Snopes
In July 2024, Snopes introduced "FactBot," an "artificial intelligence (AI) tool to fact-check your burning questions about online rumors."
In 2021, we wrote about an example of Snopes attempting to fact-check a subjective claim about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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In March 2025, rumors spread online comparing U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizures of eggs with those of fentanyl.
While some posts claimed U.S. officials were seizing more eggs than fentanyl during border crossings into the United States, others alleged officials are catching people with eggs more often than they are with fentanyl. "U.S. Customs and Border Protection humiliates Donald Trump by revealing that their officers are busting more people smuggling eggs into America than fentanyl," a Facebook post by Occupy Democrats said...