Picture of Icelandic lake has been edited
The real lake doesn’t look like an eye. 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
Photographs of aeroplanes don’t prove existence of ‘chemtrails’
Pictures shared online have been falsely claimed to show that the ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theory is correct. Read
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High reported Covid-19 deaths due to Easter holiday backlog
No deaths were reported over the Easter bank holiday weekend, leading to a spike in reports in the following days. The actual number of Covid-19 deaths occurring is falling. Read
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Rishi Sunak’s in-laws’ company isn’t registered in Rwanda
Infosys, the company founded by Akshata Murty’s father, is not registered in Rwanda. Read
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Health
Number of death certificates with only Covid-19 is a bad estimate of the death toll
To the end of 2021, over 150,000 deaths in the UK had been registered with Covid-19 as the underlying cause. Read
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Viral pensions post has its maths all wrong
The post misunderstands how state pensions work in the UK. Read
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Working pensioners will have to pay the health and social care levy from 2023
National Insurance is increasing, but so is the threshold for paying it, and how it affects working pensioners changes next year. Read
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Health
Article claiming link between referee whistles and heart problems in athletes is fake
There is no credible evidence of an expert describing a link between referee whistles and heart problems in athletes. Read
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Pictures of chocolate eggs don’t show ‘salmonella and maggots’
Damaged eggs being shared on Facebook are not those potentially affected by the problem at Ferrero’s factory in Belgium. Read
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The Great Reset: What is it?
The World Economic Forum’s website is open about its desire for a ‘Great Reset’, but what that means has been the subject of false claims. Read
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