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Thousands ‘like’ fake Toby Carvery offer on Facebook
A Facebook post falsely claims the restaurant chain’s “president” is offering a free meal to those who ‘like’ the post. Read
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No, Screwfix is not offering huge discounts to the over-50s
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
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Crime
Video of boys being arrested is from 2008 TV programme, and nothing to do with England flags
The footage was actually taken from an old episode of the TV programme Traffic Cops and shows two boys being arrested on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle. Read
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Shopping
Argos is not ‘giving away’ iPad Pros for just £2.50
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on Facebook. Read
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Politics
Revealed: how fake stories about government plans to curb personal freedoms have spread across social media
TikTok has banned 14 accounts after a Full Fact investigation found false claims about government restrictions have been shared across different social media platforms more than 300,000 times. Read
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Politics
‘PM announcement’ of two flight limit is fake
Videos claiming this have been shared on social media recently, but they feature inauthentic audio of Sir Keir Starmer. Read
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Health
Donald Trump linked paracetamol to autism - here’s what the science says
Leading experts and health bodies say taking paracetamol in pregnancy is safe and, despite an association in some studies, there is no good evidence it causes autism. Read
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World
No evidence for Donald Trump’s claim about Sharia law in London
Speaking at the UN, the US President appeared to claim London wants to “go to Sharia law” under its “terrible mayor” Sir Sadiq Khan. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The government hasn’t announced a ‘wealth stability tax’ for homeowners over 60
The Treasury confirmed there is no such tax. Read
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Culture & Society
‘Epping mums’ image is AI creation
Many versions of the picture retain the ‘Grok’ watermark—the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot integrated with X, which creates images from prompts. Read
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