Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
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
While some cheetahs have not performed when raced against greyhounds, there’s no evidence this is because they consider themselves better than greyhounds. Read
The space agency funded a study programme for 24 theologians which ended in 2017. Read
He was genuinely ill at the time of the interview, and later added the words “crisis actor” to his Instagram profile as a joke. Read
The video appears on Facebook with the caption “when physicists get bored”. Read
Health
A doctor who challenged Sajid Javid on live TV misleadingly suggested Covid-19 vaccines are less effective than the evidence suggests. Read
Multiple social media posts falsely report actress Betty White had her third Covid vaccine three days before she died. Read
There’s a big lag on figures due to deaths being investigated by coroners. Read
Health
An article by The Expose uses inaccurate figures and flawed calculations to incorrectly claim that Covid vaccines cause AIDS. Read
This comes from a satirical account in the US. It isn’t true. Read
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