Viral post comparing benefit fraud with tax avoidance and evasion is inaccurate
The post makes incorrect claims, including that tax avoidance and evasion cost the UK 100 times more than benefit fraud. Read
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The post makes incorrect claims, including that tax avoidance and evasion cost the UK 100 times more than benefit fraud. Read
A Facebook post suggests the Ukrainian president recently wore a suit to meet with the World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab amid criticism over him not wearing one to meet President Trump. Read
Social media posts claim the clip shows ‘Zelensky’s army’ surrendering in recent days, but the footage dates back to 2022. Read
The clip contains a ‘Sora’ watermark in the bottom right corner, indicating it was likely created using OpenAI’s text-to-video artificial intelligence model. Read
Health
The quango that makes decisions about the NHS in England has been abolished, but the NHS still exists. Read
We fact checked a similar claim last year about comments the Pope had supposedly made about Lent. Read
A Facebook post that claims people who like the post get a free food box has 14,000 likes. Read
One clip shows an Argentinian dancer while another has been edited using Artificial Intelligence. Read
Although there are similarities between the overall results of the two elections, there are some important differences, such as the area boundaries and the performance of certain parties. Read
Health
There were actually 6.4 million people on the NHS England waiting list last July, not 7.6 million as the health secretary claimed last month. That was the number of cases. Read
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