Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
A post shared on social media incorrectly claims Dominic Cummings is pictured as a member of the Bullingdon Club alongside David Cameron and Boris Johnson. Read
It is thought that the new coronavirus originated from bats and was transmitted to humans through another animal. Read
There isn’t yet reliable evidence that this drug, or chloroquine, cures Covid-19 patients either. Read
A viral post shared by a UK Facebook user claims 31 million people have lost jobs in the last five weeks. This isn’t correct for the UK. Read
A post on Facebook wrongly claims that German police can come into homes and forcibly vaccinate people. Read
There's no evidence to suggest this is true. Read
We don’t have a good idea of how many people have had Covid-19 yet, so don’t know how many have survived it. Read
The patents are for other forms of coronavirus and show no evidence Covid-19 was manufactured. Read
The 1918 outbreak is considered one of the most deadly pandemics in history. Read
Pictures of the terrorist with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Condoleeza Rice are not real. Read
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