Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
The FDA in America has compiled a list of hand gels that contain dangerous ingredients, substandard ingredients, misleading labelling or unsafe packaging. Read
A picture of a goosefish isn’t a tasselled wobbegong, as one Twitter user claimed. Read
This story is a fabrication. Myriam Bourla is alive and well. Read
Several online articles have claimed that the founder of the World Economic Forum was arrested by Swiss Police. Read
A video from Dr Dolores Cahill and Dr Anne McCloskey includes a lot of false claims. Read
A video shared by former UKIP politician Godfrey Bloom makes a number of misleading claims about Covid-19 cases and vaccines. Read
Health
The entire budget for the first year of Test and Trace was £22 billion, and the £13.5 billion spent went to a number of public and private organisations. Read
New gates have been installed in a Holborn Sainsbury’s store as part of a checkout-free shopping trial. Read
Health
False claims that more than 80% experienced miscarriage after a Covid-19 vaccination are based on an error in a journal article that has since been withdrawn. Read
An article by The Exposé incorrectly claims that there have been over four times as many deaths due to Covid vaccines in 10 months as due to all other vaccines in the last 20 years. Read
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