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Recent fact checks

Several media reports have claimed the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said social media was as “bad” for children as smoking.

A young child using a tablet on a sofa

This isn’t what the academy said. It compared the way the medical profession reacted to social media to the way it reacted to smoking.

Social media harms

A social media video compilation that appears to show traffic lights ‘melting’ claims it demonstrates damage from the recent European heatwaves.

An image of an electric fan.

This is false. The clips show fire damage to traffic lights in Italy and Germany, but this was caused by a car fire and a fire at a nearby nightclub.

European heatwave

A post being shared on social media has been edited to show Andy Burnham standing next to several women who are wearing Islamic dress.

Andy Burnham being sworn in as the new Member of Parliament for Makerfield, 22 June 2026.

These women do not appear in the original version of the photo, which was posted online by Labour chair Lucy Powell and shows the day Mr Burnham returned to Parliament.

Edited image