Senior News and Online Journalist
World
We’ve spotted several AI images and videos being shared online with claims they show protests and violent incidents in France, as well as old footage dating back to 2023. Read
Misinformation Toolkit
Our investigation found the tool claimed five images shared by politicians were “made or edited” with AI, when those who’d posted them said they weren’t. Read
Science & Technology
Multiple models gave us misinformation when we asked about fake content and false claims circulating online, both before and after we wrote about them. Read
Health
Posts online suggest there’s some sort of conspiracy involving a 2025 pandemic simulation exercise and the meningitis outbreak, but there’s absolutely no evidence to support this. Read
Conflict
In the last week we’ve seen a surge of misinformation relating to the war with Iran—we’ve fact checked 10 viral posts, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Read
Politics
In the three months since we first covered the problem, we’ve fact checked a further 45 false and misleading claims, about everything from nighttime curfews to a “Christmas decorations tax”. Read
Crime
Grok told users one AI-generated image “appears to be a genuine photo”, while a Google Lens AI overview linked a video which does not show real footage of the incident to Saturday’s stabbings. Read
Politics
TikTok has banned 14 accounts after a Full Fact investigation found false claims about government restrictions have been shared across different social media platforms more than 300,000 times. Read
Conflict
AI-generated and miscaptioned footage and images are being shared widely on social media as the conflict continues. Read
Some, including Kemi Badenoch, have suggested the series was based on a real-life crime committed by a boy who wasn’t white—but the show’s co-creators say it wasn’t based on any single case. Read
