Photos don’t show Asda staff member throwing water over a man
Asda says the staff member was watering the plants. Read
Fact check
Social media
Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
The IMF has not launched its own Central Banking Digital Currency
A cryptocurrency calling itself a CBDC was launched at an IMF spring meeting but the IMF has not endorsed it. Read
Fact check
Study does not find ‘short breaks induce mental exhaustion’
Several publications incorrectly reported the findings of this study. Read
Fact check
Health
FDA document does not say graphene oxide is in Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
A blog has made false claims about a recently released Covid-19 vaccine document. The document does not say that the Pfizer vaccine contains graphene oxide. Read
Fact check
Thousands share hoax post about injured dog
Police in the US have recently warned that identical posts are connected to scams. Read
Fact check
Facebook posts about missing woman with dementia are hoaxes
The posts appear in community groups across the UK and even in the US. Read
Fact check
Health
Official death data doesn’t tell us whether junior doctors’ strikes cost lives
A Telegraph article claimed that strikes were a factor behind a spike in deaths in England. But a similar spike occurred in Wales, where there were no strikes. Read
Fact check
Hoax alerts for missing pensioner shared thousands of times
Identical posts falsely claiming a man named Martin Jones has gone missing have been shared across the UK. Read
Fact check
List of ‘Communist Rules for Revolution’ has been widely debunked
There’s little evidence that the list, which was shared by Andrew Bridgen MP, is a genuine Communist document. Read
Fact check
Emergency alert won’t give government access to your location or personal data
The alert works via cell towers that send the message to all connected devices in their area. Read
Fact check
Evidence you can rely on
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
Subscribe to weekly email newsletters from Full Fact for updates on politics, immigration, health and more. Our fact checks are free to read but not to produce, so you will also get occasional emails about fundraising and other ways you can help. You can unsubscribe at any time. For more information about how we use your data see our Privacy Policy.