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30 April 2025

Unsubstantiated claim that Donald Trump’s mother said he’d be a ‘disaster’ in politics reshared online

There’s no evidence Mrs Trump ever said this.

29 April 2025

Facebook posts appear to overstate payments for parliamentarians

Generally MPs are paid salaries and members of the House of Lords are entitled to attendance allowances, but none of them receive both.

29 April 2025

Tesco is not giving away a ‘Bluey big set’

The supermarket confirmed to Full Fact that this is not a real offer.

29 April 2025

Image of Donald Trump with teenage girl is likely AI-creation

The picture has been debunked many times, and there are clues that it was created with Artificial Intelligence.

28 April 2025

Posts claiming to show someone injured in hit-and-run accident actually show man who died of Covid in 2021

The same picture has been posted in community groups for different locations across the UK and abroad.

28 April 2025

No, a huge statue of Jesus is not being built outside the White House

A video which appears to show a large statue of Jesus Christ under construction in Washington is fake and likely an AI-creation.

28 April 2025

No, it’s not now compulsory for all schoolchildren to learn about Islam as a ‘main study’

A claim which has been shared widely on social media is not correct.

28 April 2025

Video of Cristiano Ronaldo showing support for Palestinians is a deepfake

Mr Ronaldo does not reference Palestinians in the original footage.

25 April 2025

Posts claiming police need help to identify stabbing victim are false

The same picture has been posted in Facebook community groups for different locations across the UK.

25 April 2025

Video of police officers being assaulted is from Australia, not England

Misleading claims that the footage showed an incident in the UK have been circulating on social media.

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Unsubstantiated claim that Donald Trump’s mother said he’d be a ‘disaster’ in politics reshared online

Facebook posts appear to overstate payments for parliamentarians

Tesco is not giving away a ‘Bluey big set’

Image of Donald Trump with teenage girl is likely AI-creation

Posts claiming to show someone injured in hit-and-run accident actually show man who died of Covid in 2021

No, a huge statue of Jesus is not being built outside the White House

No, it’s not now compulsory for all schoolchildren to learn about Islam as a ‘main study’

Video of Cristiano Ronaldo showing support for Palestinians is a deepfake

Posts claiming police need help to identify stabbing victim are false

Video of police officers being assaulted is from Australia, not England

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