No, Amazon is not gifting laptops to people aged 40 or over
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
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Is the UK’s defence spending set to increase by £13 billion a year?
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans for the UK to spend 2.5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defence by 2027. Read
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Facebook warnings about roaming ‘serial killer’ are fake
Posts shared to local buy and sell groups falsely claim a man has been shooting people dead. The man pictured in the posts was arrested in Mexico last year. Read
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Reform MP did not call for sign language teaching ban
A post supposedly shared by Rupert Lowe MP calling on the deputy Prime Minister to ‘remove teaching any sign language in the UK’ was created by a satirical account. Read
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Hoax lost dog picture recirculates online
The images have been shared into numerous local Facebook groups with false claims they show a recently rescued dog. Read
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Ukraine peace talks explained: what’s happening and what could be on the table?
Three years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, discussions are underway about possible negotiations to end the war. Our explainer looks at some of the key claims and talking points. Read
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Viral list claiming dozens of taxes didn’t exist a century ago is wrong
The Facebook post makes a number of misleading claims about taxes in the UK, and has been shared over 132,000 times. Read
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Viral post with false claims about Muslims in UK circulates again
These posts have been circulating since at least 2017, but contain claims that are either unevidenced or false. Read
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Viral video of woman claiming 14-month-old baby is transgender is satire
A video which is being shared widely online by people thinking it is genuine is an example of ‘rage bait’; a post designed to make people angry to drive engagement. Read
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The BBC did not receive 8% of its ‘total funding’ from USAID
It was the international charity BBC Media Action, not the BBC as a whole, which got 8% of its funding from the United States Agency for International Development in 2023/24. Read
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