No evidence GPS ‘smart dust’ is being implanted in humans
In 2006 Hitachi announced the world’s smallest radio frequency identification, known as “smart dust”. 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
This picture of a bus warning about childhood strokes wasn’t taken in the UK
The picture is from a campaign by a Canadian charity raising awareness about strokes in children. Read
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Health
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has not been arrested for vaccine data fraud
There’s no evidence this happened—Pfizer says the claim is false and he was not arrested. Read
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You can’t recharge an electric car by attaching a generator to the wheel
The reason no one has manufactured a self-charging electric car is it would break the laws of physics. Read
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Photo of smiley face in forest is real
A photo of an orange smiley face in the middle of a forest was deliberately planted by a timber company. Read
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Facebook offer to buy a Dyson hair dryer for £1.78 is fake
A post on social media falsely claims that Currys is selling Dyson hair dryers for £1.78. Read
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Brexit hasn’t quadrupled the cost of fuel for fishing boats
An old social media post, which is being shared again, claims that Brexit would cause the cost of fuel used by fishing boats to more than quadruple. This is not correct. Read
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Italy hasn’t changed its Covid-19 death toll from 130,000 to under 4,000
Contrary to various online claims, the Italian health authority has done nothing of the sort. Read
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No evidence people are trying to kill with fentanyl-laced tape on cars
Even if they were, touching ‘contaminated’ tape wouldn’t be fatal. Read
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Police have not said a West Midlands teen was "murdered" with a Covid-19 vaccine
A video on Facebook wrongly claims police have “agreed” that a teenager was killed with a Covid-19 vaccine Read
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