The BBC didn’t edit the headline of a Scottish newspaper
The headline of an article about the Scottish election results was changed by the newspaper. 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
Pictures of Parliament don’t tell the whole story
Facebook memes about MP attendance exclude important information. Read
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Letter to MHRA is filled with false Covid-19 claims
These include falsehoods that all people who die after a positive Covid test are registered as having died of Covid and that the Covid vaccines are experimental. Read
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Prince William is not leading a global depopulation agenda
Agenda 21 is a sustainable development plan published by the UN in 1992, not a “global depopulation plan”. Read
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The PM’s brother did not join Dyson days after tax texts
Jo Johnson joined Dyson’s university, not the company, in February, but the texts were sent in March. Read
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Claims 163 million people searched ‘how to hit a woman so no one knows’ are untrue
The researcher behind the claim has publicly stated that her research methods were flawed. Read
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Influencer video full of untrue vaccine claims
These include false claims that all animals in Covid vaccine trials died and that vaccines can change your DNA. Read
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'Fake' WW1 photo contains kernel of truth
A photo of a WW1 battalion after returning from war in 1918 is not real. But it is based on real events. Read
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Donkey being carried out of compassion, not self-preservation
The donkey in a widely shared image was carried by soldiers because it was too weak to keep up, not in order to stop it from detonating landmines. Read
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Bill Gates has not bought Telegram
Instagram post falsely claims Bill Gates has bought the messaging app Telegram. Read
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