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Culture & Society
A viral graphic making a number of claims about Muslims in the UK has been shared online again, but several are wrong, unevidenced or unlikely to be true given the information we have. Read
Culture & Society
AI-generated images are being shared on social media alongside claims about anti-migrant protestors. Read
Culture & Society
AI-generated clips showing a woman being arrested by police officers in a supermarket have been shared by multiple accounts on Facebook. Read
Culture & Society
A video being shared with captions suggesting it shows children at an English school being taught about Salah was actually filmed at an Islamic pre-school in Australia. Read
Culture & Society
A video circulating online, which appears to show a number of people praying in the middle of a London Underground train, is not genuine, it is AI-generated. Read
Culture & Society
A viral video showing a security guard asking a woman in a niqab to leave a Tesco store isn’t genuine footage. Tesco confirmed this is not real store policy. Read
Culture & Society
A video that appears to show police officers loading a mannequin into a van is from a protest in November 2025 against the government’s decision to ban Palestine Action, and has nothing to do with the Pakistani community. Read
Culture & Society
The video, which claims to depict massive crowds that have ‘shut down London’ with a march demanding halal food standards, has hundreds of comments from people who mistakenly believe it to be real. Read
Culture & Society
Genuine footage of a Beaver Scout group visiting a mosque in Scotland has gone viral recently. But some images claiming to show the visit have been made with AI. Read
Culture & Society
In TV interviews Dame Rachel de Souza claimed half of 11-year-olds have seen the “most heinous” pornography. In fact, research suggests about 19% of children have seen any pornography by 11. Read
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