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Image showing Jeffrey Epstein, Joe Biden posing together isn’t real
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- This image was created using two separate photos of the two men.
With the criminal trial against Ghislaine Maxwell underway, an image of the man she’s accused of trafficking teenagers for along with the president of the United States is being shared on social media.
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But that image of Jeffrey Epstein and Joe Biden is altered, and posts sharing it were flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)
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Facebook post, Nov. 30, 2021
Daily Mail, 'I'm not a pedophile': Remorseless Jeffrey Epstein said 'children he raped and assaulted did not look underage, and claimed HE was a victim' in his final interviews, Aug. 13, 2019
MSNBC, ‘A clear failure’: Epstein was left alone for hours, Aug. 13, 2019
HuffPost, Jeffrey Epstein's Autopsy Reportedly Shows Multiple Broken Neck Bones, Aug. 15, 2019
The Friedlander Group, CEO Ezra Friedlander with US leaders, visited Dec. 1, 2021
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