Old footage of Norwegian ship exploding misattributed to Red Sea attack
A video which claims to show an American destroyer being struck by a missile has been online for at least ten years. Read
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Charlotte Green
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.
Image of crashed helicopter is from Texas not Iran
A photo of a damaged helicopter is circulating on social media with false claims it shows the crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister. Read
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Newspapers did not publish high quality photos of 1969 moon landing before astronauts returned to Earth
A series of front papers that covered the 1969 moon landing are being shared on Facebook implying it was faked. Read
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Video of man in shroud shows Muslim burial training in Malaysia not dead body in Gaza
The footage is actually from Malaysia and was filmed before the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Read
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Image of new Russian defence minister in military uniform is digitally altered
The image has been manipulated with Andrei Belousov’s face superimposed onto a picture of actor Jason Isaacs in a role in the film The Death of Stalin. Read
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Danish King didn’t wave Palestinian flag in street protest
A video being widely shared online falsely claims to show the new King of Denmark taking part in a pro-Palestine protest. Read
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Video of ‘Rafah actors’ actually from Palestinian TV drama series
A video which is claimed to show people preparing to be ‘actors’ in Rafah ahead of Israel’s planned offensive in the city. Read
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Longer lines behind planes don’t indicate ‘chemtrails’
A post claims to show the difference between ‘contrails’—water vapours left by planes—and ‘chemtrails’. But both images show contrails. Read
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Moon did block sun during total solar eclipse
A false claim that it was not the moon that blocked the sun during the 2024 full solar eclipse has been widely shared online. Read
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Beach in Iran is naturally red due to iron oxide soil
A video is being shared online with claims it shows a beach on Hormuz Island that “turned” red due to severe weather, but in fact it’s usually that colour. Read
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