Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
The report came from fake CNN Twitter accounts which have now been suspended. The photo used appears to be of a YouTuber, who is alive. Read
The video actually shows the Melitopol air base. Read
They come from a video that says it shows children in Palestine, which was published online in 2012. Read
The video first appeared on TikTok in 2021. Read
A video recorded by an American man of a warehouse exploding has been wrongly claimed to show Russian airstrikes in Ukraine. Read
Pictures that have been widely shared on social media do not show the war in Ukraine. Read
It’s not clear when or where some of these clips were taken, but they predate the Russian invasion of Ukraine by some weeks. Read
At least some of the clips in a video supposedly showing Russia invading Ukraine aren’t genuine. Read
The military parade rehearsal took place in May 2020 near Moscow, as revealed by Spanish fact checkers. Read
Even though a police car’s registration may show as ‘overdue’, the government’s MOT checking site explains the vehicles are exempt. Read
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