Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Economy, Business & Finance
It’s been claimed the government spread fuel shortage lies to sell a surplus which was about to expire. There is no evidence of this. Read
A tweet falsely claims that a woman was filmed filling plastic bags full of petrol at an Esso forecourt in Tooting. Read
A video of Bill Gates saying we don’t know whether vaccines work comes from July 2020, when the results of the Covid-19 vaccine trials had not yet been published. Read
A PHE document on ethylene oxide exposure is not talking about the limited exposure you get from using sterilised swabs, which are extremely unlikely to have any of the chemical still on them. Read
Health
The American Red Cross has stopped taking donations of blood plasma containing antibodies as it has enough supply. Read
Manufactured citric acid is one of the most common food additives in the world. Read
There are a number of factors at play but leaving the Internal Energy Market is unlikely to be a significant one. Read
Health
86% of 12 to 15 year-olds reported a sore arm after vaccination. Read
A Facebook post wrongly suggests that all bumblebees are endangered. Read
Health
Over-the-counter pregnancy tests detect high levels of a hormone sometimes associated with testicular cancer, but this doesn’t mean they can be used to identify the disease. Read
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