Culture & Society
How accurate are crowd counts at large events?
Technology has made the process of assessing crowd sizes easier, but large numbers cited by organisers are often overestimates. Read
Analysis
Culture & Society
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Culture & Society
Fake Guardian headline about Christmas being ‘offensive’ to Muslims shared online
A screenshot supposedly showing a Guardian article with this headline comes from a satirical account, but has been shared as real on social media. Read
Fact check
Culture & Society
How many households have cancelled the BBC TV licence fee since 2020?
Claims that 2.4 million households have cancelled the licence fee since 2020 are circulating online. But we’ve found no evidence to support this figure, which the BBC says it doesn’t recognise. Read
Fact check
Culture & Society
Picture of ‘pink ladies of Epping’ isn’t real
The image being shared on social media was generated with AI, as shown by various glitches and the watermark on the original version. Read
Fact check
Culture & Society
Police forces across the UK have not been searching for a missing 13-year-old called ‘Harley Steward’
Alerts have been posted in various local Facebook groups warning about a missing 13-year-old boy, but police forces for these areas say they have had no such reports. Read
Fact check
Culture & Society
Post about Whitechapel Station’s Bengali sign is missing context
A Facebook post claiming that visitors to Whitechapel Station will need to learn Bengali to read its sign is misleading. Read
Fact check
16 October 2025
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Government Tracker
Is Labour on track to introduce mandatory digital IDs for ‘right to work’ checks?
Full Fact looks at the government’s pledge to bring in digital IDs which are mandatory for ‘right to work’ checks by the end of this parliament. Read
Gov Tracker
Culture & Society
No, the government hasn’t legalised marriage between brothers and sisters and parents and children
False claims about changes in the law have been linked to a parliamentary exchange about marriages between first cousins. Read
Fact check
Culture & Society
BBC’s Have I Got News for You error shows why fact checking matters
Over the weekend, an episode of Have I Got News for You was temporarily removed from BBC iPlayer after presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell made a factual error... Read
Comment
Culture & Society
Video of woman claiming her baby is transgender is satirical ‘rage bait’
A viral clip is recirculating on social media and once again being shared as though it is genuine - but it’s not. Read
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