No, Elon Musk isn’t investing $1 billion into an ‘un-woke’ film studio
The claim originates from a satirical news website and isn’t true. Read
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Sian Bayley
Senior News and Online Journalist
Sian joined Full Fact in April 2024 as senior news and online journalist. Prior to that she was news editor at The Bookseller magazine. She has previously worked for the Local Democracy Reporting Service and the Evening Standard.
Video shows factory fire in West Bank, not Hezbollah attack on Israel
Full Fact traced a video circulating on social media back to reports of a factory fire in Hebron in the West Bank in February. Read
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Fake Guardian article on Gaza ‘rivalling Bradford’ shared online
Apsana Begum MP did not write an article for the Guardian with the headline “Gaza will rise from the ashes to become a city of the future to rival Bradford”. Read
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Voters can’t force by-elections to oust MPs ‘at any time’
A recall petition against a sitting MP can only be triggered if one of three specific conditions are met. Read
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Picture of woman holding abortion rights sign has been edited
The original picture was posted in March 2023 with a handwritten sign in Spanish that translates to “I am the mother of the girl you will never touch”. Read
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FC Barcelona has not cut ties with Israel
Last year Barcelona City Council voted to suspend institutional ties with the current Israeli government. But this did not involve the football club. Read
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No evidence India has been removed from BRICS ‘core committee’
There has been no official announcement concerning India’s removal from the bloc’s ‘core committee’, and no credible media reports that any such decision has been made. Read
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Picture supposedly showing recent Tel Aviv missile strike is actually of 2023 attack on Kiryat Shmona
Hezbollah claimed it launched a drone attack on a military base in Tel Aviv recently but there were no indications any drones reached central Israel. Read
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Sadiq Khan did not say farmers protesting inheritance tax changes was ‘another example of racism’
The claim has been widely shared on Facebook, but it is not true. Read
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Pictures of Mike Tyson with Palestinian flag appear to be AI-generated
The fake images do not include Mr Tyson’s tattoo on his chest and depict the Palestinian flag incorrectly. Read
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