From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Politics
A clip of an Indian Gujarati community event in Blackburn has been shared on social media with misleading captions claiming it depicts a council meeting. Read
Shopping
The retailer confirmed this isn’t a genuine Currys deal, and the video promoting it on social media was made with AI. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A picture of a sign outside a venue in Singapore is being shared with misleading claims that pets are being banned from UK Starbucks stores in order to become halal certified. Read
Health
Articles published in the i paper and the Guardian wrongly claim that melanoma skin cancer is the most common cancer globally. Read
Health
The trade body representing UK tanning salons says people can get a safe tan—contradicting health authorities and experts around the world. Read
Shopping
We’ve spotted more Facebook posts falsely claiming to share supposedly secret deals from Tesco. Read
Crime
False claims that the Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been attacked in prison have been circulating again online. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair claimed in an article that “By the end of this decade, we could be spending more on incapacity and disability benefits than on defence.” This is true—but it’s also already the case. Read
Crime
BBC News has corrected an article which claimed that killings of women by men were increasing. Read
Politics
A false claim that Euan Blair’s company has been contracted to develop and monitor digital IDs is recirculating online. Read
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