Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Participants in the original vaccine trial were required not to have unprotected sex for 28 days after their second dose, but this is just a standard precaution in new drug trials. Read
A screenshot circulating on social media looks like an ITV News article, but isn’t genuine. Read
A Facebook post falsely claims the Microsoft founder wanted all Covid vaccines removed from use Read
This seems to be based on misinterpretations of government reports. Read
An almost identical fake offer of a free holiday to Santorini has been shared on Facebook before. Read
The idea that microscopic organisms cause many diseases, which humans often pass on to one another, is an established scientific fact. Read
The photo was taken in 2019, and has nothing to do with current protests against vaccine mandates in Canada. Read
Mechanically separated chicken is obtained when unboned chicken is forced through a sieve to separate meat from bone. McDonald’s makes its nuggets with ground chicken not prepared in this way. Read
People shown lying on the ground to protest climate policy were not crisis actors caught unawares. Read
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A number of the taxes listed in the Facebook post don’t even exist in the UK. Read
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