Culture & Society
Why didn’t the Red Arrows use red, white and blue smoke over Glastonbury?
There’s no evidence for claims it was to not “offend” the festival’s crowd—the RAF says it’s because the planes were repositioning between bases. Read
News & Online Journalist
Charlotte joined Full Fact in November 2023 as a news & online journalist from her role as a Local Democracy Reporter at the Manchester Evening News.
She was previously a senior news reporter with the Manchester Evening News, Rossendale Free Press and Accrington Observer titles.
Culture & Society
There’s no evidence for claims it was to not “offend” the festival’s crowd—the RAF says it’s because the planes were repositioning between bases. Read
Science & Technology
A clip of Albert Bourla, in which he appears to refer to a goal of reducing the number of people in the world by 50%, has been edited. He did not say this. Read
Culture & Society
An apparent screenshot from a website with a description stating haggis is a traditional Israeli pudding has been shared online. But it’s satire. Read
Politics
An inaccurate video which claims Sadiq Khan has announced a proposal to build council housing specifically for Muslims in London is circulating online again. Read
World
The likely deepfake video which appears to show Ibrahim Traoré, the country’s interim president, making a speech in English has been viewed 13 million times. Read
Conflict
Footage has been shared with misleading claims it shows the aftermath of an Iranian attack in Tel Aviv, but it is most likely an AI creation. Read
Conflict
A clip is circulating on social media with misleading claims it shows the aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on the airport in Tel Aviv. Read
United States
The image, which has been shared by accounts in the UK, has several hallmarks of being created by artificial intelligence. Read
Conflict
A picture of the first female pilot in the Chilean navy has been shared with misleading claims she is an Israeli pilot captured in Iran. Read
World
Social media users have been sharing the clip with captions claiming it shows the moment before the crash in Ahmedabad, India, but it is old and unrelated footage. Read