Missing girl ‘news article’ is harvesting Facebook logins
A website claiming you need to verify your age via Facebook to see a video of a suspect in a kidnapping case is not legitimate. Read
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Health
Covid testing hasn't left 12 million on NHS waiting lists
The NHS waiting list delays are more complex than that, and testing happens in lots of different settings. Read
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Trafalgar Square “Freedom Rally” speech littered with false claims
Speaker Vernon Coleman made a litany of misleading claims to an audience of hundreds in Trafalgar Square Read
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Conservative Woman article falsely claims vaccines don’t work
Claims that natural immunity is ‘complete’ and vaccines are ‘obsolete’ are completely false. Read
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Health
No evidence of ‘nanobots’ in Covid-19 test swabs
The claim follows other misinformation that parasites and nanoparticles are in the swabs. Read
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Messi didn’t double PSG’s Instagram followers
A Facebook post falsely claims that Messi signing with PSG doubled the club’s followers on Instagram. Read
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Snapchat doesn’t secretly learn the time you were born
A social media post incorrectly suggests that Snapchat gathers information about when you were born without your knowledge. Read
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Registering as a car’s keeper doesn’t automatically mean you don’t own it
Vehicles should be registered in the name of the person who uses it. Read
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Health
The Pfizer vaccine, teenagers and myocarditis
There were just under 400 reported cases of myocarditis, none of them fatal, after 8.9 million teens were vaccinated in the US. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
What extra expenses can MPs claim if they have children?
MPs claiming for rental accommodation costs can claim an extra £5,500 per dependant. Read
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