Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Crime
An image of a fake Glasgow City Council poster warning about “reports of sexual assaults” is not genuine. Read
Politics
Contrary to a claim circulating on social media, it’s not true that an MP must have been elected in a general election to become Prime Minister. Read
Europe
A video of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saying "we won’t allow Sharia law to be implemented in Italy" circulating online is an AI-generated deepfake. Read
Crime
Posts circulating on Facebook incorrectly claim police say you will not be charged for this so long as you’ve taken photos at the scene and have evidence of hot weather. Read
Sport
Claims being shared online that the England captain stated he will not wear the LGBT rainbow symbol in upcoming matches are false. Read
Environment
We’ve seen false claims circulating online that the research project HAARP is behind the recent heatwaves in the UK and Europe. Read
Crime
The Ministry of Justice confirmed that Varley, who was sentenced to life for the murder and sexual abuse of the baby boy he was adopting, hasn’t been attacked in prison as claimed on social media. Read
Immigration
A viral video apparently showing a migrant on a small boat has been altered using artificial intelligence to make it appear as if he’s waving a machete. Read
Politics
Labour MP Sureena Brackenridge told Full Fact the post, shared alongside what appears to be an AI image, was intended to “share policy news, explored through a narrative”. Read
Environment
Social media posts claim the earthquakes in Venezuela were engineered by HAARP, a research experiment often subject to misinformation. But experts say HAARP cannot create such natural disasters. Read
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