Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Health
Claims that children get almost 100 vaccines, that none are safe or effective, and that no vaccines have ever been trialled together are all false. Read
The mark is actually an ash cross, given during the Ash Wednesday Mass. Read
£37 billion was the total budget for the NHS Test and Trace programme over its first two years, only a fraction of which was spent on the app. Read
Posts on social media falsely claim that Argos and Amazon are selling Samsung S23 phones for £3 and that Amazon is also selling iPhone 14s for the same price. Read
The company says it is not involved in any such offer. Read
The posts claim to need help identifying an elderly woman with dementia who has arrived at a local shelter with her dog, but they appear in many different places. Read
Health
A social media post incorrectly claims mouth cancer rates are their highest ever due to Covid-19 test swabs. Ethylene oxide on swabs is very low risk. Read
A White House spokesperson confirmed that the person filmed falling was not the US President. Read
A post on social media claims that plans to expand the ULEZ to cover all of Greater London had “no public consultation and no mandate”. Read
Viral videos on social media show a robot created by an entertainment company and hired to amuse crowds. Read
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