Facebook post about BBC footage of Boris Johnson being booed is misleading
The broadcaster has been criticised for the way it used audio in a clip of the Prime Minister and his wife. 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
No evidence ‘chemtrails’ are responsible for new chemical found in atmosphere
The long-running ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theory has been widely shared in recent months. Read
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Reports that ‘Bernie Gores’ died in both Uvalde school shooting and Afghanistan are fake
Facebook posts claiming ‘Bernie Gores’ was reported to have died in the school shooting nine months after he was first reported to have died in Afghanistan are based on fake tweets. Read
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The Queen was not involved in disappearance of Indigenous children from Canadian school
A conspiracy theory linking the Queen and Prince Philip to missing Indigenous children in Canada has re-emerged on Facebook. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The Platinum Jubilee will not cost each UK household £38,000
We don’t yet have reliable figures for the total cost of the event, but a Facebook post muddles the maths. Read
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Modified chimpanzee virus in AstraZeneca vaccine isn’t linked to monkeypox
Claims that the use of a modified chimpanzee virus in the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine are the cause of monkeypox are untrue. Read
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Australian grandmother did not shoot two rapists
A Facebook post claiming an Australian grandmother shot off the testicles of two men who raped her granddaughter is not true. Read
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Health
Monkeypox isn’t shingles in disguise
A tweet claims shingles is ‘being termed as monkeypox’. Read
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Pfizer CEO did not say he wanted to decrease population by 50%
Footage of Albert Bourla speaking at Davos has been edited. Read
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Saudi Arabia has not announced plans for an ‘International Straight Pride Month’
An image of a BBC World News tweet about the announcement is photoshopped, and Saudi Arabia has revealed no such plans. Read
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