Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Health
There is no credible evidence of an expert describing a link between referee whistles and heart problems in athletes. Read
Damaged eggs being shared on Facebook are not those potentially affected by the problem at Ferrero’s factory in Belgium. Read
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
A post on Facebook claims MPs can claim ‘up to’ £3,400 for utility bills. Read
This is a complete fabrication. Dr Fauci has appeared in public since the claim was made. Read
A viral post claims liking and sharing it is enough to get £35 of free food from the Iceland supermarket chain. The official Iceland page makes no reference to this offer. Read
A viral image claims Culture Minister Nadine Dorries said ‘every family needs to live within their means’ because ‘food doesn’t grow on trees’. This is a fake tweet. Read
Health
It’s been falsely claimed on social media that the retailer has been ‘given’ taxpayer funded Covid-19 tests to sell back to the public. Read
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Roughly 99.76% of the population of the UK have not died with Covid as the underlying cause, which is another way of saying that about 0.24% have. Read
Claims on Twitter and Facebook say that an elderly man in a London borough was told by his council he could be forced to take in a Ukrainian family. Read
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