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Environment
Videos shared on social media falsely claim the government is forcing farmers to reduce the numbers of livestock from November. Read
Environment
Of the 16 clips of stormy conditions featured in the video circulating on social media, 15 have been online since before the hurricane struck Jamaica. Read
Politics
Videos being shared on Facebook falsely claim the government is introducing a 9pm cut-off for using your central heating, with people who breach it at risk of fines. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A video circulating online wrongly claims pensioners could lose 20% of their money if they don’t withdraw their pensions within two days. Read
Environment
A viral clip circulating online that seems to show the hurricane filmed from a plane was created using artificial intelligence. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Videos circulating on social media are spreading misleading claims about supposed changes to people’s bus passes. Read
Politics
Social media videos, one of which has been viewed 350,000 times, falsely claim that new laws imposing curfews are coming into force soon. Read
Culture & Society
Many versions of the picture retain the ‘Grok’ watermark—the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot integrated with X, which creates images from prompts. Read
Crime
Claims that most of those arrested were counter-protesters don’t tally with what the police have said. Read
Politics
The picture was shared after the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally—but it isn’t real. Read
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