From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
A clip is being shared on social media with false claims it shows Christians filling the streets of Paris in response to a scene from the Olympics opening ceremony. Read
Many of these claims are either wrong or unevidenced, but the viral claims have been shared since 2017. Read
Immigration
Posts on social media claim Labour has “renamed” or “redefined” illegal migration as “irregular migration”. But that term was also used by the previous government. Read
Health
An online post claims that a study has shown that the Pfizer vaccine causes cancer. That’s not the case. Read
Europe
A claim being shared online says that the new French government has proposed a 90% tax rate on income over €400,000 —but there is currently no ‘French government’ as such, following recent elections. Read
The 4.6% figure in a graphic being shared referred to the combined total for several candidates, not that they had each got 4.6% vote share. Read
The organisation told Full Fact the posters weren’t produced or published by Amnesty International. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The chancellor Rachel Reeves said public finances are facing a shortfall of £21.9 billion this year alone. Read
Footage of a protest in which a pro-Palestinian demonstrator pulls down an Israeli flag outside a building is being shared with a misleading caption relating it to the Olympic Games. Read
Health
On Steven Bartlett’s popular podcast, Dr Aseem Malhotra claimed there would have been fewer deaths without Covid-19 vaccines. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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