The daily check-in

Trending, checked.

Twice a day we pull the posts going viral on TikTok, Instagram, X and Facebook and run them through the record. Each entry is a published verdict — what we found, why, and the sources behind it.

96 checks

Is a Christian family in Nigeria being forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint?

X · Primary: 19,865 likes; @MorEdge_Insight: 7,336 likes (syndication 22 Oct). Debunked by FactCheckHub (21 Oct) and Dubawa (22 Oct), which shows it is still circulating in Nigeria · resurfaced

False

The video appears to be authentic footage of a family who were kidnapped in Kaduna State and shown pleading for ransom; the post's claim that it shows a Christian family being forced to recite the Shahada and convert at gunpoint is false. FactCheckHub and local reporting identify the family as Muslim kidnapping victims and characterize the clip as a ransom plea.

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Did police attempt to arrest MP Raphaël Arnault?

X · 10,567 likes on Panot post (syndication, read 22 Oct); LFI group post 2,988 likes; covered by franceinfo, Libération CheckNews (21 Oct), francemag; Lyon prosecutor formally denied on 21 Oct

False

Mathilde Panot's post claims police tried to arrest MP Raphal Arnault on the morning of 20 October and failed because officers entered the wrong carriage. Prosecutors in Lyon denied any arrest instruction and reporting indicates officers sought to hand a convocation; fact-checkers concluded the 'attempted arrest' claim is false or exaggerated.

Trending, checked.

Is a Christian family in Nigeria being forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint?

Did police attempt to arrest MP Raphaël Arnault?

Did ICE run over a U.S. citizen riding his bike?

Did FBI Director Kash Patel fire all agents who kneeled during the George Floyd protests?

Did Saudi Arabia execute a Bangladeshi couple for kissing in a mosque?

Did CRS beat a street medic to death during the October 17, 2026 protests in Paris?

Did a far-right group march in Lyon during the curfew?

Did Vincent Jeanbrun announce deductions from social benefits?

Did two police officers steal items from a Lacoste shop in Limoges?

Did federal agents arrest a Belizean national for voter fraud?

Did a Catholic church in France burn down?

Did a couple get robbed and stripped during the 17 October protests?

Did Western liberals import the third world into France?

Did federal agents collect DNA from Rep. Ilhan Omar's family during a raid?

Can Sally Rooney's books no longer be sold in the UK?

Did a man with a knife attack a policewoman in Warsaw?

Did demonstrators take over Marseille City Hall and raise Palestinian flags?

Did the Limoges town hall completely collapse?

Are reports of force used in the Constitutional Tribunal a lie?

Is Mike Pence Implicated in the DOJ Investigation of John Bolton?

Did a man warn Secret Service agents at Trump's rally?

Did Jack Smith Have a Spreadsheet of MAGA Hat Buyers?

What claims did Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass make about homelessness?

Did Trump Say Biden's DOJ Raided a Diesel Mechanic in Alaska?

Is a Christian family in Nigeria being forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint?

Did police attempt to arrest MP Raphaël Arnault?

Did ICE run over a U.S. citizen riding his bike?

Did FBI Director Kash Patel fire all agents who kneeled during the George Floyd protests?

Did Saudi Arabia execute a Bangladeshi couple for kissing in a mosque?

Did CRS beat a street medic to death during the October 17, 2026 protests in Paris?

Did a far-right group march in Lyon during the curfew?

Did Vincent Jeanbrun announce deductions from social benefits?

Did two police officers steal items from a Lacoste shop in Limoges?

Did federal agents arrest a Belizean national for voter fraud?

Did a Catholic church in France burn down?

Did a couple get robbed and stripped during the 17 October protests?

Did Western liberals import the third world into France?

Did federal agents collect DNA from Rep. Ilhan Omar's family during a raid?

Can Sally Rooney's books no longer be sold in the UK?

Did a man with a knife attack a policewoman in Warsaw?

Did demonstrators take over Marseille City Hall and raise Palestinian flags?

Did the Limoges town hall completely collapse?

Are reports of force used in the Constitutional Tribunal a lie?

Is Mike Pence Implicated in the DOJ Investigation of John Bolton?

Did a man warn Secret Service agents at Trump's rally?

Did Jack Smith Have a Spreadsheet of MAGA Hat Buyers?

What claims did Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass make about homelessness?

Did Trump Say Biden's DOJ Raided a Diesel Mechanic in Alaska?