Rain tornado off Jersey is CGI
A clip of a column of rain descending from the sky and swirling like a tornado was created with CGI and is not real. 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
Photo of Meryl Streep on the subway is not after King Kong audition
This picture was taken five years after King Kong came out, when Ms Streep was already a successful actress. Read
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Keanu Reeves did not say ‘humanity is showing signs of breaking free from the matrix’
There’s no evidence the star of the Matrix franchise ever said humanity was being kept in a ‘mental prison’ by elites. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Viral posts about £49 fuel vouchers are false
Claims that struggling households are entitled to almost £100 in fuel vouchers annually have been shared thousands of times. Read
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Australian police taking no action over politician ‘arrest warrants’
New South Wales police were given documents from a protest group but say they are planning no further action. Read
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GP’s article overstates the number of Covid-19 deaths in children
An estimate of at least 133 deaths includes 18- and 19-year-olds, and some which may have had a different underlying cause. Read
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Vaccinated Brits won’t have AIDS by the end of February 2022
An article posted on Facebook makes baseless claims that vaccines cause AIDS and will lead to a huge number of deaths in children. Read
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Estimates of heart condition prevalence in the UK isn’t linked to vaccines
A video wrongly implies the results of a new study looking at how many people may need treatment for a heart condition has only appeared since people started getting the Covid-19 vaccine. Read
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Higher number of reported Covid-19 deaths down to backlog
The unusually high number came from a backlog in the death reporting system. The average number of daily Covid-19 deaths is currently around 243 and falling. Read
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Government website makes percentage error on National Insurance rise
Multiple government web pages make the technically inaccurate claim that planned National Insurance contributions are going to rise by 1.25%, when it’s actually a percentage point increase. Read
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