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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Social media
Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
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Out-of-date map showing high GB electricity prices compared to Europe re-emerges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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Image does not show parents of ‘trans baby’
A picture of a trans couple who paused their own transitions to have a baby is being falsely labelled. Read
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Mariupol concert footage doesn’t prove Ukraine isn’t a warzone
Russian forces now control the city and there was a concert there in July. Footage shows destroyed buildings in the background. Read
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Reports of a serial killer on the loose in Dundee are false
Multiple posts claim the same individual is active in cities around the world. Read
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Claims Boris Johnson heckled in Greece without evidence
There’s no available evidence that Italian TV showed the Prime Minister being heckled by British holidaymakers while in Greece. Read
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Viral ‘Letter from London’ article is part of satirical series
The article is attributed to the Papua New Guinea Courier, which does not exist, and is part of a series published by The Secret Tory blog. Read
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Residents of Greater Manchester are not ‘being poisoned’ by their water company
Claims that a Freedom of Information request has revealed the presence of poisons in drinking water are false. Read
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Report of newborn baby abandoned in Barnsley is fake
An image of a newborn baby abandoned in South Yorkshire was taken in Thailand in 2017. Read
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