Uzma Afreen

New York

Contributing Writer at FactCheck.org

Journalist | @ColumbiaJourn '24 | Words in @TheQuint @LogicallyAI @nysfocus @CityAndStateNY @hyperallergic @factcheckdotorg

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Vote-swapping returned in 2024, but fell short of its aims again

Dec 30, 2024 | votebeat.org | Meghnad Bose |Uzma Afreen

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. Progressives determined to defeat Donald Trump but unsatisfied with Kamala Harris’s position on the war in Gaza were offered an 11th-hour voting option this year: In October, a group called Swap Your Vote began offering to match voters in politically “safe” states with those in swing states.
Posts Falsely Question Citizenship of Trump’s Children Under His Birthright Plan

Dec 11, 2024 | factcheck.org | Uzma Afreen

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. President-elect Donald Trump has renewed his call to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. whose parents are not in the country legally. Online posts falsely claim this would strip four of Trump’s children of citizenship because of their mothers’ citizenship status when they were born. President-elect Donald Trump revived talk of abolishing birthright citizenship during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Dec.
No Evidence Musk Threatened to Ban X Users Celebrating Hunter Biden’s Pardon

Dec 5, 2024 | factcheck.org | Uzma Afreen

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Elon Musk trolled President Joe Biden on X after Hunter Biden’s pardon, sharing a community note mocking the president’s previous post that said, “No one is above the law.” Soon after, a Threads post falsely claimed Musk threatened “anyone glorifying” the pardon “will be suspended from X permanently.” There’s no evidence Musk made such a statement. Billionaire Elon Musk took to his social media platform X on Dec.
No Evidence Musk Threatened to Ban X Users Celebrating Hunter Biden’s Pardon

Dec 4, 2024 | everand.com | Uzma Afreen

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Elon Musk trolled President Joe Biden on X after Hunter Biden’s pardon, sharing a community note mocking the president’s previous post that said, “No one is above the law.” Soon after, a Threads post falsely claimed Musk threatened “anyone glorifying” the pardon “will be suspended from X permanently.” There’s no evidence Musk made such a statement. Billionaire Elon Musk on Dec.
No, Donald Trump no le quitará la ciudadanía a su hijo Barron

Nov 26, 2024 | elpais.com | Uzma Afreen

El presidente electo Donald Trump ha pedido una interpretación de la 14ª Enmienda que negaría la ciudadanía a los niños nacidos en Estados Unidos de padres que se encuentran en el país ilegalmente. Esto ha llevado a algunos en las redes sociales a especular erróneamente que, bajo tal política, el hijo de Trump, Barron, podría no ser ciudadano estadounidense porque su madre no era ciudadana cuando él nació en Nueva York.
Fact check: Posts falsely question Barron Trump’s citizenship status

Nov 21, 2024 | post-gazette.com | Uzma Afreen

This article was published as part of a partnership with FactCheck.org. During his recent campaign, President-elect Donald Trump proposed measures to restrict immigration, including ending automatic citizenship for children born to immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, as we’ve written. It was a promise that Trump first made as a candidate in 2016, but failed to deliver as president.
Posts Falsely Question Barron Trump’s Citizenship Status

Nov 20, 2024 | everand.com | Uzma Afreen

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. President-elect Donald Trump has called for an interpretation of the 14th Amendment that would deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents in the country illegally. That has prompted some on social media to wrongly speculate that under such a policy, Trump’s son Barron might not be a U.S. citizen because his mother wasn’t a citizen when he was born in New York.
Musk Did Not Ban Stephen King from X, Contrary to Online Claims

Nov 13, 2024 | factcheck.org | Uzma Afreen

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Social media posts falsely claim that Elon Musk banned author Stephen King from X, the social media platform owned by Musk. The rumor that King was banned originated on a satirical website.King’s X account remains active, and he used it on Nov. 13 to debunk the claim.
Musk Did Not Ban Stephen King from X, Contrary to Online Claims

Nov 12, 2024 | everand.com | Uzma Afreen

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Social media posts falsely claim that Elon Musk banned author Stephen King from X, the social media platform owned by Musk. The rumor that King was banned originated on a satirical website.King’s X account remains active, and he used it on Nov. 13 to debunk the claim.
Typo in Trump's Name on Ballot Review Screen Is Not 'Election Fraud'

Nov 5, 2024 | factcheck.org | Uzma Afreen

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. A misspelling of former President Donald Trump’s name occurred on an optional ballot review screen in Virginia, prompting an unfounded claim on social media of “election fraud.” The error was a typo that appeared only on the ballot review screen, not on actual ballots, and would not affect any votes, election officials said.