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Altered Photo: A photo shows President Joe Biden touching a child inappropriately below the waist. Social media users are sharing a manipulated photo to suggest Biden inappropriately touched a child below the waist. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

Pants-Fire: Photo shows Joe Biden touching a child inappropriately. This photo of President Joe Biden is altered. (Source: PolitiFact)

False: Netflix has announced a new series in which Will Smith will play Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. About this rating Will Smith has faced his fair share of controversy over the last few years, but this one can't be attributed to him. In May 2023, social media posts surfaced claiming that the actor was playing the role of Adolf Hitler in an upcoming Netflix production. The titl (Source: Snopes)

False: Photos show the Texas mall shooter, Mauricio Garcia Case of mistaken identify leads to false claim about Texas mall shooter mugshots | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption State senator attacks Republicans for making Texas a 'more dangerous state' Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez criticized Gov. Connor Ling, USA TODAYThe claim: Photos show the Texas mall shooter, Mauricio GarciaA May 7 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a screenshot of a tweet featuring two mugshots of a man. "The Outlet mall shooter has been identified as Mauricio Garcia 33-year-old Security Guard who was living in a motel." The pictures included in the Facebook post don't show Garcia, however. The user who shared the post told USA TODAY they couldn't provide evidence to prove the images show the shooter. (Source: USA Today)