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Shopping
An Argos spokesperson told us a new Facebook post claiming the retailer is “practically giving away” PlayStation 5 consoles to people who fill out a form isn’t genuine. Read
Health
Posts falsely claim the government is introducing a card costing £100 a year to access NHS services. No such card exists. The NHS is still free at the point of use for UK residents. Read
Shopping
Argos confirmed that another Facebook post, this time claiming users could get an Apple Watch 9 at an improbably low price by filling in a survey, wasn’t a genuine offer from the retailer. Read
Shopping
Argos confirmed that a post shared on social media, one of several fake offers we’ve seen recently, is not genuine. Read
Shopping
An Argos spokesperson confirmed that a social media post claiming the retailer is ‘practically giving away’ GoPro HERO13 cameras to people who fill in an online form is not a genuine offer from them. Read
Politics
Repeated claims that the government is introducing a policy limiting UK citizens to two flights a year are false. Read
Immigration
Footage shared on social media claiming to show migrants stealing items from a UK graveyard is actually from Ukraine. It is unclear what the people are doing by the graves, however. Read
Politics
A widely shared video claims that under the government’s digital ID proposals, people will require one to live in the UK—but this isn’t correct. Read
Politics
Housing secretary Steve Reed MP’s claim about prison building under the Conservatives and Labour isn’t a like-for-like comparison, as it mixes up net and gross figures. Read
Education
A clip shared with claims it shows a UK teacher ‘indoctrinating’ children in Islam isn’t real and was almost certainly made using artificial intelligence. Read
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