Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
A photo posted on Facebook of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. playing pool incorrectly claims Samuel L. Jackson can be seen in the background. Read
Health
A tweet purporting to come from an Australian health official claimed three children had died of Covid-19 vaccines in Australia. This is false and the tweet is fake. Read
Health
A Facebook comment about the seven-year-old boy has been shared thousands of times online. Read
Health
Posts on Facebook falsely claim that the Metropolitan Police is investigating the Covid-19 vaccine programme. Read
An Instagram post claims that Japan has dropped Covid-19 vaccine mandates even though it has never enforced one. Read
Just over 17,000 people under 65 died of the disease in England and Wales, up to the end of November 2021. Read
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The Code, which was created in response to human experimentation in Nazi concentration camps, does not mention masks. Read
A Facebook post falsely claims Argos is selling microwaves for £1.78 after it broke a contract with Samsung. Read
Data from the UKHSA vaccine surveillance report cannot be used to estimate effectiveness correctly—as the report itself makes clear many times. Read
A Facebook post incorrectly claims that dialling 55 when on a 999 call will automatically send the police to where you are without you having to speak. Read
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