Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Shopping
Posts claim a Facebook user’s daughter knows about the deal because she works at the department store—but the deal isn’t a real John Lewis one. Read
Culture & Society
A video circulating online, which appears to show a number of people praying in the middle of a London Underground train, is not genuine, it is AI-generated. Read
Politics
There are real pictures of the Prime Minister running near his home in Cheshire but one image circulating online has been edited to include people with cameras and microphones in the foreground. Read
Politics
Posts on social media claim a decision notice shows a lease for the offices used by Number 10 North was approved before the Makerfield by-election. But the council says the document has nothing to do with Number 10 North. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The figures circulating online resemble wholesale electricity price values we’ve checked before rather than consumer energy costs. Read
Shopping
Posts ‘liked’ hundreds of times on Facebook claim that Argos is offering a Garmin watch for £9.99 to anyone who completes a short survey linked in the comments.They say that … Read
Shopping
Posts on Facebook claim that the nursery retailer Mamas & Papas is offering Bugaboo prams for less than £10.But Mamas & Papas has confirmed this isn’t a genuine offer.The posts … Read
Shopping
A Facebook post falsely claims people who fill in a “quick survey” can purchase a Retro Denali North Face jacket for £3 as part of John Lewis’s “exclusive customer rewards … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
This video is fake. It contains a SynthID watermark, which indicates it was generated using AI. Read
Politics
No, the Guardian did not publish an article claiming that ‘genetic links’ have been found ‘proving that eating bacon in the morning has links to far-right activism’. Read
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