Photos show 2022 Saudi oil facility explosion, not airstrikes in Yemen
The images have been shared on multiple social media platforms. Read
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Evie Townend
News & Online Journalist
Evie joined Full Fact as a news and online journalist in February 2023. Before this, she worked as a freelance journalist, a money reporter for The Mirror and in the regional CornwallLive newsroom.
Cement truck has not been classed as an antisemitic hate symbol by ADL
Multiple posts are sharing an image that appears to show a cement truck on a database of hate symbols. Read
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South Yorkshire Police has not arrested a man for inciting hatred by ‘insisting he was English’
This claim comes from a fake screenshot appearing to show a social media post by the police force. Read
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LEGO is not selling sets for £3
A post circulating on social media claims the company is offering an “exclusive deal”. Read
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Video shows 2011 tsunami in Japan, not recent events
The footage is being shared across social media with the suggestion it shows the aftermath of yesterday’s earthquake. Read
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President Putin did not say WEF’s Klaus Schwab is a ‘legitimate military target’
This claim appears to have come from a website that has published other false claims. It concerns a speech in which Mr Schwab wasn’t mentioned at all. Read
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Photos show pilots with badges mocking ‘chemtrails’, not supporting the conspiracy theory
The badges are a long-running joke about the conspiracy theory among pilots and social media users. Read
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Official Palestinian flag did not feature a Star of David in 1939
This claim has been circulating on multiple social media platforms. Read
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University of Edinburgh has not issued a ‘public apology’ to the Palestinian people
A letter supposedly showing this has been circulating online. It’s actually a fictional text created for a performance piece. Read
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Road sign in Yorkshire does not have Arabic translations
Several posts have shared an altered image claiming it shows the “Islamification” of the UK. Read
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