Claims made by or about officials, parties and institutions, each with the verdict of a credible fact checker or official data. Quotes are what circulated, not what is true; read the facts beside them.
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248 checked claims
What is circulating
“Prabowo announced he will restrict social media platforms such as TikTok and Facebook in Indonesia.”
Claimed by Social media posts · social media
The facts
There is no statement from Prabowo about restricting social media, and the photo in the posts from early November 2026 was unrelated to the topic. Kompas rated the claim a hoax.
What is circulating
“West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi is offering Rp50 million in business capital to people in need via Facebook.”
Claimed by Facebook account impersonating Dedi Mulyadi · social media
The facts
The offer came from an unverified account using his photo and the nickname KDM, not from his official Facebook page, which has existed since 2009. Dedi has warned the public about scammers using his name.
What is circulating
“A photo shows Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka being led away after his arrest by Bareskrim over his high school equivalency certificate.”
Claimed by Facebook posts · social media
The facts
The photo was made with AI and no credible report of any arrest exists. The real context is a Supreme Court cassation ruling that annulled Gibran's school equivalency certificate, which is a separate administrative matter.
What is circulating
“A photo shows Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya arrested by police internal affairs (Propam) for involvement in the illegal wiretapping of President Prabowo.”
Claimed by Facebook posts · social media
The facts
The photo, shared from 9 November 2026, was generated with AI. Bareskrim has named four suspects in the wiretapping case, former police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo and three inspectors general, and Teddy is not among them.
What is circulating
“President Marcos signed an executive order banning all meat imports starting 12 October 2026.”
Claimed by Facebook user · social media
The facts
No such order appears in the Official Gazette or Presidential Communications Office records. The latest related directive, Executive Order 116 of 19 May 2026, raised the 2026 minimum pork import quota from 54,210 to 204,210 tonnes, and the Agriculture Department's 28 August ban covers only products susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease from 23 countries. Three detection tools flagged the graphic as likely AI-generated.
What is circulating
“A poster styled as an official news portal and showing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said a service charge would apply to QR code payments from 1 November 2026.”
Claimed by Social media poster · social media
The facts
The Finance Ministry said on 18 October 2026 that the poster was completely fake, and The Star rated the claim false. No fee announcement for QR transactions accompanied the poster.
What is circulating
“A closing ad by Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico said a Black Texas woman received a five year prison sentence for illegal voting "because of Ken Paxton's crackdown on voters of color."”
Claimed by James Talarico Senate campaign (Texas) · news report
The facts
FactCheck.org found the ad omits key context. The case was charged in 2017 and prosecuted by the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office, not Attorney General Paxton's office, over a 2016 provisional ballot cast while she was on supervised release; her vote was never counted and an appeals court overturned the conviction in March 2024. A 2021 ACLU analysis did find at least 72 percent of state election fraud cases under Paxton from 2015 to 2021 targeted Black and Latino people.
What is circulating
“Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Fox News on 1 October 2026 that "electricity prices are almost 50% higher in states run by Democrats," and argued that renewable energy mandates are the reason, saying "that's not coincidence."”
Claimed by Chris Wright, Energy Secretary · news report
The facts
FactCheck.org called the claims misleading: Wright's raw averages roughly match the data, but they do not show that renewable portfolio standards cause the gap. An MIT study of 1998 to 2023 found no detectable effect of such standards on residential prices after controls, and a Berkeley Lab analysis found they added about 1 cent per kilowatt hour in a few Northeastern states. In California, wildfire costs accounted for 40 percent of a 64 percent rate increase since 2019.
What is circulating
“In a Des Moines Register candidate Q&A published 7 October 2026, Bohannan said Trump's tariffs are "costing the average family $4,200 out of their pocket."”
Claimed by Christina Bohannan, Democratic House candidate in Iowa · news report
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly False. The campaign added about $1,700 in past tariff costs to a projected $2,500 for the next year, double counting January 2026, and the projection predates a Supreme Court ruling after which net collections fell; in September, $25.27 billion in gross receipts minus $19.36 billion in refunds left $5.91 billion. The Tax Foundation estimated $820 per household for 2026 and the Yale Budget Lab about $1,100.
What is circulating
“Posts from 20 October 2026 said a woman's account of a message on a Cook County, Illinois, voting machine, suggesting the candidate she picked was unpopular, proves the election is "rigged."”
Claimed by Social media posts · social media
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim Pants on Fire. The county clerk's office said there were no Republican judicial candidates on the ballot, the woman later said she had named the wrong race, and it was the only such report among nearly 1.8 million registered voters. Federal standards since 2002 require machines to warn voters when a contest is left blank, with a message reading "This contest is undervoted!"
What is circulating
“At a campaign rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on 25 October 2026, Trump called Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed "a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim Pants on Fire. El-Sayed is a U.S. citizen who has never advocated military action to promote Islam and has disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood; the claim rests on a 2012 statement he signed with 45 other Egyptian Americans backing then Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, which experts described as partisan support for Morsi, not an endorsement of the Brotherhood.
What is circulating
“A video shows North Maluku Governor Sherly Tjoanda asking people to sell her old coins and contact her on WhatsApp.”
Claimed by Social media users · social media
The facts
Hive Moderation found the audio 76.1 percent likely to be AI-generated. In the original video Sherly was giving a speech to a church congregation about faith and did not mention buying coins.
What is circulating
“Prabowo has made electricity free for three months for households with 450 VA to 2,200 VA connections, with free tokens already released.”
Claimed by Social media users · social media
The facts
State utility PLN stated on its official Instagram account that information about free electricity promotions circulating on social media is a hoax and indicates fraud. No such government programme was announced.
What is circulating
“Prabowo ordered Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara to seek a Rp300 trillion loan from China solely to fund the free meals programme (MBG).”
Claimed by Social media users · social media
The facts
No official information shows such an order. Government debt financing reached Rp506 trillion by 31 August 2026, 60.8 percent of the Rp832.2 trillion target in the 2026 budget, mostly through government bonds, and the reports mention no Rp300 trillion Chinese loan for MBG.
What is circulating
“Central Java Governor Ahmad Luthfi was detained by the KPK over the bribery case of Klaten Regent Hamenang Wajar Ismoyo.”
Claimed by Social media users · social media
The facts
The Ahmad Luthfi detained in connection with the Klaten sting of 15 October 2026 was the head of the Audit Board (BPK) office in Central Java, who shares the governor's name. No credible outlet reported the governor's arrest.
What is circulating
“TNI commander General Agus Subiyanto called Komnas HAM an "enemy in the blanket" (an enemy within).”
Claimed by Social media users · social media
The facts
No credible record of the statement exists and the posts gave no source. TNI information chief Brigadier General Muhammad Nas told Kompas on 29 October 2026 that the post was a hoax.
What is circulating
“The House prosecution panel presented no evidence against Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial.”
Claimed by Facebook and TikTok posts · social media
The facts
VERA Files found the prosecution presented evidence on three of four articles. The Anti-Money Laundering Council testified to about P4.4 billion in covered and suspicious transactions, and the final witness estimated P817.87 million in allegedly undeclared assets and income from 2022 to 2025.
What is circulating
“Vice President Sara Duterte sued GMA News for libel.”
Claimed by YouTube channel and Facebook reposts · social media
The facts
VERA Files found Duterte had only jokingly asked at a 6 October press conference whether she could file a P200 million libel suit, then said 'no'. No complaint had been filed when the check was published; the video had about 20,337 views.
What is circulating
“"I stated, numerous times, that it would take 4-6 weeks to get rid of THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT, and I did it in one night!"”
Claimed by Donald Trump · social media
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. In March 2026 Trump described the four to five week timeline as the length of the overall war, not a separate nuclear goal. Experts said the 2025 and 2026 strikes set back Iran's nuclear programme without eliminating it, and the United States has not secured Iran's highly enriched uranium.
What is circulating
“At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump said Democratic governor candidate Amy Acton "is trying to double your state income tax."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. It rests on a rival campaign estimate that Acton's plans would cost over $21 billion a year, compared with about $11 billion Ohio collected in individual income tax in fiscal 2025. That estimate includes costs such as universal childcare that Acton has not proposed, and her campaign said she would not raise income taxes.
Prabowo Subianto
Dedi Mulyadi
Gibran Rakabuming Raka
Indonesian National Police
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Anwar Ibrahim
Donald Trump
Suahasil Nazara
Sara Duterte
House of Representatives of the Philippines
Iran