Fact Check
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June 17, 2025AI-facilitated gender-based violence: All you need to know about the digital face of misogyny
In recent years, a new form of violence has emerged known as AI-facilitated Gender-Based Violence (AI‑GBV). This term is the manipulation of artificial intelligence technologies such as deepfake generators, AI-powered chatbots, surveillance systems, biased algorithms,…
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June 8, 2025Fibroids are public health concern, not punishment for ambition
Claim: On June 2, 2025, solo_mdofficial posted a tweet on X stating, “Girls today; I want to first be an independent, financially stable woman before I get any kids.’ Meanwhile, fibroids are looking at you…
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May 20, 2025Paternal Postpartum Depression is Real but Less Common than Maternal Depression
Claim: On May 7, 2025, wherondaleswife made a tweet on X that “Just found out dads suffer from postpartum depression too.” The tweet has 13.6m views, 314 comments, 2.5k retweets, and 563 likes. With postpartum…
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May 12, 2025It looks real, but it is not: The AI-generated image shaming independent women
Claim: On April 22, 2025, drloupis posted on X ( formerly called Twitter) an image of a woman with a cake, captioned “Today is my 50th birthday, no husband, no kids, I made the cake…