Sun doesn’t set at 7pm by mid-February in the UK
Sunset won’t happen after 7pm in the UK until the end of March. 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
South Yorkshire Police has not arrested a man for inciting hatred by ‘insisting he was English’
This claim comes from a fake screenshot appearing to show a social media post by the police force. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
There’s no new tax rule for Vinted, Airbnb and eBay sellers
Tax rules haven’t changed—you may still need to declare income of more than £1,000 from selling second-hand clothes, handmade goods or short-term property lets. Read
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Zelenskyy belly dancing video is a deepfake
An unaltered version of the video shows that the person dancing is not the Ukrainian President, whose face has been digitally added using AI. Read
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Hoax posts claiming to show dog injured in ‘hit-and-run’ circulate on Facebook
An image supposedly showing a dog injured in a hit-and-run is taken from a 2022 news article about a dog attack in Northern Ireland. Read
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LEGO is not selling sets for £3
A post circulating on social media claims the company is offering an “exclusive deal”. Read
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Video does not show bulldozer driving over injured at Gaza hospital
The footage being shared on social media is from Egypt in 2013 when bulldozers were used to disperse protesters supporting the ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Read
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Video does not show capture of Israeli submarine in Red Sea
The footage actually shows a suspected drug smuggling vessel being stopped by the US Coast Guard in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2019. Read
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Video shows 2011 tsunami in Japan, not recent events
The footage is being shared across social media with the suggestion it shows the aftermath of yesterday’s earthquake. Read
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President Putin did not say WEF’s Klaus Schwab is a ‘legitimate military target’
This claim appears to have come from a website that has published other false claims. It concerns a speech in which Mr Schwab wasn’t mentioned at all. Read
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