Health
WHO has not said hantavirus is spreading ‘very fast across the world’
False claims that the World Health Organization has warned about a rapid spread of hantavirus globally have been shared on social media. 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.
Health
False claims that the World Health Organization has warned about a rapid spread of hantavirus globally have been shared on social media. Read
United States
A fake image which appears to show shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen with the British political activist Tommy Robinson has been shared online. Read
Politics
Ahead of the 2026 elections, we’ve seen posts on social media suggesting it may be safer to cast your vote in pen rather than pencil to avoid vote tampering - but is that true? Read
Immigration
The video, which has been viewed over 230,000 times on Facebook, has actually been created with AI. Read
Crime
False claims circulating on social media that incidents in London and Cardiff saw drivers confront praying Muslims include old and AI images. Read
Immigration
The clip, which has gained over a thousand comments with many believing it to be genuine, doesn’t really show scenes from the English Channel. Read
Health
Images shared on Facebook claim to show the media personality in hospital, but they aren’t genuine. Read
Politics
Posts on social media have made false claims about a video of Councillor Rukhsana Ismail, the Mayor of Rotherham, in which she is actually issuing a message for Ramadan. Read
Politics
A clip which has been liked thousands of times on Facebook uses AI visuals to falsely claim that hundreds staged a protest against the government in Birmingham city centre. Read
Culture & Society
Videos circulating on social media showing large groups of Muslims apparently praying in the middle of the road in London are not real and were made using artificial intelligence. Read