Welfare payments to immigrants don’t cost £500 billion a year
A viral post about the number of immigrants ‘dependent’ on the welfare system seems to vastly exaggerate the cost. Read
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Social media
Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Video does not show a Palestinian woman saying ‘we’re prisoners of Hamas’
Incorrect subtitles have been added to the video. Read
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Video shows diesel, not electric, van on fire
Footage showing an Ocado van engulfed in smoke and flames has been shared online. Read
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Footage of fireworks display not celebration of El Salvador election result
The video of fireworks lighting up the sky was filmed in Croatia in 2020, and has since been misattributed to many different events including elections in Brazil and Italian football celebrations. Read
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Image of hay bales and tractors by the Eiffel Tower is AI-generated
This comes amid farmer protests across France. Read
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Photo does not show farmers protesting in Italy
Although farmers are protesting across Europe, an image circulating on social media doesn’t show a recent protest in Verona. It’s actually of a demonstration by farmers in Paris in 2010. Read
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Posts on social media misidentify US troops killed in air strikes
The posts share photos showing soldiers who were killed in Jordan in 2016 not January 2024 as claimed. Read
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Photo of Russian jet has been online for nearly eight years
The photo of the Tu-160 was posted on Instagram in 2016. Read
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Image of babies in incubator in Gaza is from 2017
The photo has been shared alongside a caption implying it was taken during the current conflict. Read
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Footage does not show protesting French farmers digging up highways leading to Paris
While farmers have been protesting across France, the footage is from a supermarket car park in a town 365 miles south of Paris. Read
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