Innovative bus driver strike in Japan is not ‘currently’ happening
Industrial action by drivers in Okayama ended in May 2018. 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
This ‘injured dog’ has not been found in your area
Multiple posts with the same text using a picture of a dog from a 2021 news article are being shared on Facebook. Read
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Health
Pregnant and breastfeeding women are still advised to get the Covid-19 vaccine
The advice has not been “quietly changed” as some online have claimed. Read
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Video does not show an aircraft spraying ‘massive’ chemtrails behind it
Specific lighting and atmospheric conditions make the vapour cloud look especially dense. Read
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Nadine Dorries didn’t say people should use cats and dogs to keep warm this winter
Another fake tweet from the Culture Secretary has been shared thousands of times on social media. Read
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Health
No evidence the media is covering up vaccine deaths with stories about heart issues
Newspapers have been writing about what household items and activities might cause heart attacks since before the pandemic. Read
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Does Scotland have an ‘order’ to chop down 17 million trees?
This seems to step from a story that 14m trees had been cut down over 20 years to make way for wind farms. Read
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Environment
Energy companies aren’t getting 91p for every £1 they invest in green energy
A post on social media appears to misunderstand a recent change in UK law. Read
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Contrails are not evidence of plan to block out the sun
A YouTube video suggests that vapour trails in the sky are evidence of “global elites” attempting to “block out the sun”. They are actually contrails caused by frozen water vapour. Read
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Out-of-date map showing high GB electricity prices compared to Europe re-emerges
A screenshot circulating on social media shows electricity prices in September 2021, and doesn’t reflect current prices. Read
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