Claim: An image of a purported CNN news story shared on social media claims that President Joe Biden's administration has lowered the US age of consent to eight. The claim is false; age of consent laws do not fall under presidential jurisdiction, and the screenshot of the article is doctored from an unrelated CNN story.Biden administration lowered age of consent to 8
Fact-check: Age of consent not lowered by Biden administration
Verdict: false
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Alex Cadier
Date published: 2021-02-10T20:36:00