X Post Fact Checker — Claims and Sources

The X Post Fact Checker reads public X posts and returns web-grounded fact-check triage — verifiable claims, verdicts, cited source URLs, risk levels, and a short summary. It is an X API alternative for newsroom and trust-and-safety review of posts people can already open without logging in.

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What does X Post Fact Checker do?

Paste public post URLs and get AI-assisted claim analysis:

• Reads public posts on x.com and twitter.com (no login)
• Keeps the author and post date so wording like "today" or "this morning" is checked against that day
• Includes one quoted post, outbound link excerpts, and a community note when the public post has them
• Extracts verifiable factual claims
• Verifies each claim with live web search
• Returns verdicts: true, false, misleading, unverifiable, or opinion
• Attaches cited source URLs with titles and snippets per claim
• Scores overall misinformation risk (low / medium / high)

Disclaimer: This is AI-assisted triage with web search, not professional fact-checking. Verdicts are model judgments grounded in retrieved web sources. Verify independently before publishing or enforcement decisions.

Protected, deleted, and login-only posts are skipped.

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What data can you extract?

Field	Description
postUrl	Canonical public post URL
postId	Status id
author	Username
authorName	Display name
postedAt	Post time (ISO). Used to interpret relative wording
text	Public post text
quotedPost	One quoted post, when present
linkUrls	Outbound links from the post
imageUrl	Primary image or video thumbnail
imageUrls	Additional images, when the post has a gallery
communityNote	Public community note text, when present
claimCount	Number of claims identified
overallRisk	Overall misinformation risk
summary	2–3 sentence overview
claims	Claim objects (see below)
disclaimer	AI limitation notice
checkedAt	Analysis timestamp (ISO)

Each claim in claims:

Field	Description
claim	The factual statement in plain language
evidenceQuote	Quote from the post that carries the claim
origin	post_text, quoted_post, link_card, community_note, or mixed
verdict	true, false, misleading, unverifiable, or opinion
confidence	high, medium, or low
rationale	Brief explanation grounded in web sources
riskLevel	Harm risk if the claim is wrong
sources	Array of { url, title, snippet } web citations
searchQueries	Search queries used for this claim

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Sample output

{
  "postUrl": "https://x.com/reactiive_/status/2040511285998313827",
  "postId": "2040511285998313827",
  "author": "reactiive_",
  "authorName": "Enzo Manuel Mangano",
  "postedAt": "2026-04-04T19:26:16.000Z",
  "text": "I've been playing with React Native WebGPU recently and it's really flipping my perspective on animations.",
  "quotedPost": null,
  "linkUrls": [],
  "imageUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2040511227403853824/img/vadlormtj_E4aY0Y.jpg",
  "imageUrls": [],
  "communityNote": null,
  "claimCount": 0,
  "overallRisk": "low",
  "summary": "The post describes personal experience with React Native WebGPU and does not make a checkable factual claim.",
  "claims": [],
  "disclaimer": "AI-assisted triage with web search — not professional fact-checking. Verdicts are model judgments grounded in retrieved web sources (via OpenRouter web search). Verify independently before publishing or enforcement decisions.",
  "checkedAt": "2026-09-25T08:30:00.000Z"
}

Use the Claims dataset view in Apify Console for one row per claim.

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

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Why fact-check X posts?

• Newsroom triage — prioritize posts with high-risk health, finance, or breaking-news claims
• Trust and safety — flag misleading statements before they are amplified
• Brand safety — screen creator posts for false claims before a sponsorship
• OSINT workflows — cross-check a viral post against cited web sources
• Election integrity — surface misleading political statements with a post-date context
• Compliance monitoring — audit public influencer claims against advertising standards
• Crisis response — check an official announcement against reporting from the same day
• Influencer due diligence — review a creator's public claims before a paid partnership
• Research desks — turn one post into a claim table with source URLs
• Platform moderation queues — sort public posts by overall risk before a human review

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How to fact-check X posts

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console
2. Paste one or more public X or Twitter post URLs
3. Set Max posts to check (default 3)
4. Leave the proxy off unless your network blocks the request
5. Click Start
6. Download results from the Output tab (JSON, CSV, Excel, or API)

Example input:

{
  "postUrls": ["https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/2101101916399001773"],
  "maxItems": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

Accepted URL hosts: x.com, twitter.com, mobile.x.com, mobile.twitter.com, fxtwitter.com, vxtwitter.com, and fixupx.com.

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Input

See the input tab for the full configuration.

Field	Required	Default	Description
postUrls	yes	—	Public post URLs
maxItems	no	3	Max posts per run
proxyConfiguration	no	proxy off	Optional proxy

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How much does it cost to fact-check X posts?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing plus platform usage. You pay Apify compute for the run, and one post-checked fee for each post that is successfully fact-checked.

Event	What you pay for
post-checked	Each public post successfully fact-checked

Start with maxItems: 1 to estimate cost for your workflow. Posts that are protected, deleted, or otherwise unavailable are not charged.

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Integrations

• API — call from any language via the Apify API
• Zapier / Make — trigger fact-check runs from spreadsheets or alerts
• Schedules — re-check a saved list of public posts

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FAQ

Does this Actor log into X?

No. It only reads posts that are already public. It does not accept a username, password, or session cookie.

Is a community note treated as the verdict?

No. A community note is extra context. Each claim still gets its own web-grounded verdict.

What if a post has no checkable facts?

You still get a row: claims is empty, claimCount is 0, and overallRisk is low.

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Disclaimer

Our Actors are ethical and do not extract any private user data, such as email addresses, gender, or location. They only extract what the user has chosen to share publicly. We therefore believe that our Actors, when used for ethical purposes by Apify users, are safe. However, you should be aware that your results could contain personal data. Personal data is protected by the GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers.

This Actor is not a professional fact-checking service. Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab if a public post is skipped or a field looks wrong.