Emergency alert test is not an ‘activation signal’ for a vaccine ‘pathogen’
Posts on social media appear to claim the test will activate a “pathogen” in the Covid-19 vaccine. 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
The HAARP research facility didn’t produce peculiar clouds
The clouds pictured in a social media post have nothing to do with the Alaskan research facility that is essentially a large radio transmitter used to study the upper parts of the atmosphere. Read
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Health
The UK is not being flooded with contaminated drugs
Former nurse and campaigner Kate Shemirani has wrongly claimed that contaminated drugs are “flooding the UK” and prescription medication is one of the top three causes of death. Read
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Police appeal for mother of abandoned abandoned baby in Walsall is fake
West Midlands police confirmed social media posts about an abandoned baby boy are not true. Read
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No evidence Bill Gates talked about putting ‘vaccines in our food supply’
There’s no record of him tweeting it and his foundation says he never did. Read
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Health
AirPods haven’t been shown to be dangerous
An Instagram video, which was widely viewed before being deleted, claimed electromagnetic field radiation from Apple AirPods is dangerous. There is no good evidence that this is a risk. Read
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No evidence motorhome ‘giveaway’ is real
Hundreds of thousands of people have shared what appears to be a fake campervan giveaway on Facebook. Read
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Health
Saunas not proven to reduce risk of death
A social media video contains claims about the health effects of saunas, saying that regular use reduces risk of death. This is not backed up by science. Read
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Longer contrails aren’t ‘chemtrails’
A post on Facebook claims to compare contrails with an apparent “chemtrail”. Read
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Hoax posts claim Facebook user is searching for their birth parents
Almost identical posts appear in community groups across the UK using the same black-and-white photo of a child. Read
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