You can still pay for Amazon Prime on a monthly basis
We’ve looked into claims that Amazon is moving Prime members in the UK to annual subscriptions. 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
Post seeking help to identify unconscious man in hospital is fake
Several posts using different pictures are in circulation but their identities are all known. Read
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Aldi is not giving away free boxes of food to users who like Facebook posts
A Facebook account claiming to belong to the supermarket chain Aldi has shared posts promising free food packages for users who share or comment on the post. Read
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Samaritans no longer operates a text-based support service
Posts on social media claiming you can text Samaritans for support are using out of date information. Read
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Video of football fans singing for Palestine is not from World Cup
The footage was shot in Morocco and dates back to 2019. Read
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Post about child cyclist injured in ‘hit and run’ is fake
The two photographs in the post were taken many years apart in Australia. Read
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European countries’ Test and Trace programmes cost much more than €100,000
The Covid-19 tracking apps of countries like Germany and the Netherlands alone cost millions of euros. Read
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Disney Christmas show accused of pushing ‘satanic agenda’
Thousands of people have shared claims that a moment from a new Disney+ miniseries reveals a ‘satanic agenda’. Read
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Health
No evidence midazolam used to kill thousands of patients in April 2020
It is not surprising that prescriptions of a palliative care drug used to make dying people more comfortable increased during one of the worst months of the pandemic. Read
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Big spending list on Test and Trace and furlough loss needs context
£37 billion was the budget for the first two years, but less was actually spent and the furlough fraud figure is out of date and includes losses from other Covid-19 payment schemes. Read
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