Numerous photographs and videos circulate on the Internet. Some are real. Some are fake. Some are real, but have been given false backstories.
21 June 2018 The First Lady made a surprise visit to detained immigrant children while wearing a jacket bearing the message "I DON'T REALLY CARE DO U?" on the back.
21 June 2018 A 2014 photograph of unaccompanied minor immigrants is misleadingly being described as showing children separated from their parents by the Obama administration.
21 June 2018 A Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a federal agent seizing Elián González was recycled nearly twenty years later with a misleading caption in the wake of a family separation scandal.
18 June 2018 The Drudge Report used a years-old photograph of children in Syria holding toy guns without credit, a description, or attribution to illustrate a story about immigration to the United States.
12 June 2018 A composite consisting of at least three images was shared as if it was a genuine photograph of the famous lake.
12 June 2018 An odd video purportedly showing the royal couple at an event actually features two "live figures" created by the Madame Tussauds wax museum.
11 June 2018 A digitally manipulated video showing a group of penguins living on a plastic island was created by a conservation group in order to raise awareness of the extent of pollution in the ocean.
12 June 2018 A viral photograph showed massive crowds out on the streets of an English city, but the scene was not what far-right supporters claimed it was.
12 June 2018 A heart-rending photograph of a crying child in a cage has been widely shared, but it was part of a protest to call attention to immigration practices.
11 June 2018 Saying that Charlie Chaplin invented the "distracted boyfriend" meme is a bit of a stretch, but an early version of the viral image can be spotted in the 1922 short film "Pay Day."
11 June 2018 A viral Facebook post falsely implied a photograph of youngsters in orange jumpsuits shows detained immigrant children.
11 June 2018 A popular video clip made it appear as if the Canadian prime minister was wearing fake eyebrows at an international conference.
