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7. www.rumorguard.org: A platform that provides fact-checking services and helps users identify misinformation in real-time.
RumorGuard from the News Literacy Project
Helping you determine the credibility of info found online
www.rumorguard.org
January 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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📢 Educators: Check out our new "Don't be Fooled" resource!

🔎 This handout helps students analyze an example of a viral falsehood featured on RumorGuard + reflect on common #misinformation tropes & tactics so they can recognize similar falsehoods online.

👉🏾 Dive in: go.newslit.org/RGreport
RumorGuard RumorGuard Report: DON'T BE FOOLED
July 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Dan is the lead writer for #RumorGuard, our digital tool that curates fact checks & teaches people to spot viral misinformation.

Help push back against falsehoods across social media platforms by signing up for RG alerts: www.rumorguard.org/take-action
Take Action with RumorGuard
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January 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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A guide created by RumorGuard from the News Literacy Project to teach how to spot and resist misinformation online with helpful tools, practice games, and infographics.
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September 23, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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Educators: In this week's newsletter, our #RumorGuard slidedeck breaks down how to debunk this viral falsehood ⤵️ with keyword searches, a short video tutorial & more!

💡 Perfect for using with students: bit.ly/RGslidedeck

#AcademicSky
December 10, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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Compliments of RumorGuard.
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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1/ ❌ NO: The Los Angeles Fire Department does not have 45 electric fire trucks.
✔️ It has one truck with an electric engine in its entire fleet.
❌ NO: That one engine does not take 10 hours to recharge.

#RumorGuard post: bit.ly/TrucksLAFD
A Facebook post reads, “45 of Los Angeles fire trucks have to go back to the fire department for 10 hours a day to recharge instead of fighting fires after refueling in 7 minutes this is why electric vehicles don’t belong anywhere near public safety services.” The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “FALSE.”
January 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
choosetobecurious.bsky.social
The News Literacy Project's RumorGuard helps us build our "huh muscle".

Use your curiosity to dig in when you think "...huh?" #choosetobecurious

Listen here: lynnborton.com/2025/07/31/r...
July 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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❌ NO: The trash pictured in Birmingham, England, is not due to immigrants. It's the result of “an indefinite all-out strike” by garbage collectors.

🚩 This is an example of a common type of #misinformation - false context.

🔗 RumorGuard post: bit.ly/TrashBirming...

#MediaLiteracy
A Facebook post reads, “Import the third world get the third world. Birmingham. Filth. Rubbish. Immigration,” and features an image showing dozens of garbage bags on the street. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “MISSING CONTEXT.”
March 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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2/ We are not a fact-checking organization, but our #RumorGuard site pulls from fact-checks to provide context for how viral #misinformation happens.

We then provide #NewsLiteracy takeaways & point to skills that can help anyone avoid falling for falsehoods online.

Learn more: www.rumorguard.org
RumorGuard from the News Literacy Project
Helping you determine the credibility of info found online
www.rumorguard.org
January 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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News Literacy Project AI hub gives teachers ready lessons

The News Literacy Project AI hub bundles free slides, quizzes, and RumorGuard case studies so teachers can weave AI literacy into daily

https://aistory.news/generative-ai/news-literacy-project-ai-hub-gives-teachers-ready-lessons/

#AIUpd...
News Literacy Project AI hub gives teachers ready lessons
The News Literacy Project AI hub bundles free slides, quizzes, and RumorGuard case studies so teachers can weave AI literacy into daily
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July 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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brought to you from the news literacy project

www.rumorguard.org

you can use this resource for fact checking.
RumorGuard from the News Literacy Project
Helping you determine the credibility of info found online
www.rumorguard.org
January 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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❌ NO: A cloud seeding operation that took place July 2 did not cause the floods in Texas.

✔️ YES: Conspiratorial claims about weather modification that resurface around many natural disasters have been repeatedly debunked.

🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/TXFloods

#TexasFloods
#NewsLiteracy
A social media post reads, “:rotating_light:TEXAS Rain ENHANCEMENT “Weather Modification” Projects DIRECTLY over the FLOODED AREAS near Kerr County!” and includes a map that appears to show locations that used cloud seeding near the area of Texas that suffered catastrophic flooding in July 2025. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “MISLEADING.”
July 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
choosetobecurious.bsky.social
Fight Misinformation Curiosity Practice from Dan Evon of The News Literacy Project #RumorGuard:

SLOW DOWN -- and ask "who took this picture?"

More tips here: lynnborton.com/2025/07/31/r...
August 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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❌ NO: This is not a genuine photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arresting a man in a “Latinos for Trump 2024” shirt.

✔️ The original photo from 2018 has been digitally altered & shared to appeal to people's preexisting beliefs.

🔗 RumorGuard post: bit.ly/AlteredPhoto
A social media post reads “Latinos for Trump” and features an image that appears to show a man in a “Latinos for Trump 2024” shirt being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “MANIPULATED IMAGE.”
January 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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❌ No, 20 million dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks.

⚠️ This claim is based on misinterpreted data. Charts & images can be shared out of context, always look for logical explanations and more reporting.

🔗 Read more on #RumorGuard: bit.ly/SocialSecuri...
A social media post reads, “Almost 20 million dead people are receiving social security checks. WTF :face_with_symbols_on_mouth:” and features a chart supposedly showing millions of people over the age of 100 registered for Social Security. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “MISINTERPRETATION.”
February 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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❌ NO: This is not a real photo of a person in a #Pikachu costume at a protest in #Turkey. It's AI-generated engagement bait - & easy to fall for.

⚠️ Many social accounts are more focused on getting views than sticking to the facts.

👉🏾 More takeaways on RumorGuard: bit.ly/PikachuAI
A Thread post reads, “A Turkish person dressed up as Pikachu to resist police violence on the 8th day of the Turkish uprising.” The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “AI-GENERATED IMAGE.”
April 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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❌ NO: This is not a genuine video still of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.

⚠️ The image was “enhanced” with AI, which resulted in visual distortions & anomalies.

🔗 Read much more about this viral falsehood on RumorGuard: go.newslit.org/AIPretti
A social media post reads, “This is a photo of Alex Pretti frozen. Notice his right hand holding a gun” and includes an image that appears to show Pretti holding a gun while kneeling in front of three armed federal agents. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “AI-MANIPULATED.”
January 30, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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As much as I champion #curiosity, sometimes it can take us down bad paths. Thank goodness there are excellent resources like @newslit.org #RumorGuard that help us lean into our curiosity to recognize #misinformation and stop it in its tracks.

lynnborton.com/2025/07/31/r... #newsliteracy
RumorGuard: Curiosity Takes on Misinformation, with Dan Evon
Much as I champion curiosity, sometimes it can take us down bad paths. Thank goodness there are excellent resources that help us lean into our curiosity, recognize misinformation -- and stop it in its...
lynnborton.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Also, for any educators interested in FREE teaching resources: In nearly every issue of The Sift we include 2 classroom-ready slide decks you can use:

• Daily Do Now — 5- to 10-minute "bell ringer" activities

• RumorGuard — debunking false rumors

More info here: newslit.org/educators/si...
The Sift Archive
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November 18, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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❌ NO: President Trump never said presidents should be impeached if stocks fall.

✔️ A viral image claiming to show a 2012 Trump post is impostor content.

🔗 Read more on #RumorGuard: bit.ly/DowImpostorPost
#StockMarket #Misinformation
A social media post reads, “There’s a reason he deleted that” and includes an image that appears to show a 2012 post from President Donald Trump that reads, “If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately!” The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “IMPOSTOR CONTENT.”
March 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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1/ ❌ NO: Meta is not forcing people to follow President Donald Trump & Vice President JD Vance.

✔️ When Trump & Vance took office, the official social media accounts for their positions @ potus & @ vp were transferred to them.

#RumorGuard post: bit.ly/socialAccounts
Two social media posts read “Meanwhile my Facebook made me follow Trump and jd Vance automatically today” and “Meta is adding folks as followers on Vance's VP page involuntarily. You have to go there to unfollow and block, and hope it stays that way.” The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “FALSE.”
January 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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1/ ❌ NO: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg did not spend $7.5 billion for just 8 EV charging stations.

✔️ Much of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's funds to build a network of publicly available stations across the U.S. has not yet been spent.

#RumorGuard post: bit.ly/evStations
A post on X reads, “Pete Buttigieg will leave his post as Transportation Secretary having spent $7.5 BILLION to build 8 EV charging stations. His legacy will be squandering billions on something nobody wants, while millions struggle to afford the things they need” and features an image of Buttigieg. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “FALSE.”
December 3, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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❌ NO: This post is not evidence that some No Kings participants were paid to join the March 28 protests.

✔️ YES: This account often posts “rage bait,” or content designed to elicit angry reactions.

🔗 Read more on RumorGuard: go.newslit.org/NoKingsParody

#MediaLiteracy
A post reads, “Ok, I'm spilling the beans. Yesterday myself and several others were paid between $20 and $40 per hour to attend a No Kings protest. The reason many people don’t talk about it is because it impacts our welfare payments if we disclose. MAGA cope and seethe.” The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “PARODY ACCOUNT.”
March 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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✔️ YES: On Nov. 28, a raccoon broke into a liquor store in Virginia, damaged more than a dozen bottles of alcohol & passed out on the bathroom floor.

❌ NO: This video does not depict the real event. It's AI-generated.

🔗 RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/AIRaccoon

#AILiteracy
#MediaLiteracy
A viral video is captioned “Actual footage of the raccoon” and appears to show a raccoon knocking bottles of alcohol off the shelf at a store. The News Literacy Project has added a label that says “AI-GENERATED.” (edited)
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM