Is Luxembourg the biggest beneficiary of the EU?
A Facebook post falsely claims that Luxembourg receives the most EU spending, relative to what it pays in. Read
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Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Jeremy Corbyn did not attend an IRA funeral wearing an ‘I heart the IRA’ t-shirt
The photo has been edited. Read
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The Nazis were not socialists
Despite naming themselves the national socialist party, the Nazi’s policies - including the persecution of left-wing critics - did not align with socialist ideals. Read
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UK citizens can’t be conscripted into an ‘EU army’
If the UK stays in the EU, it wouldn’t be forced into participating in an EU army. The UK has a veto on security and defence policy. Read
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This old photo of rubbish in Hyde Park isn’t from a climate protest
The picture was taken after the event promoting the legalisation of cannabis in April, not the climate protest in September. Read
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A photo of Greta Thunberg and Al Gore has been edited to replace him with George Soros
The photo has been edited to put George Soros’ face over Al Gore’s. Read
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Viral post has flawed understanding of EU debt
The EU acknowledges that Brexit will leave a “sizeable gap” in its budget, but has plans to manage it. Read
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There’s no evidence Shamima Begum has been flown back to the UK
And Cherie Blair is not her lawyer. Read
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There’s absolutely no evidence the man who confronted Boris Johnson in a hospital was wearing a microphone
It’s extremely unlikely from the sound quality in all the videos taken at Whipps Cross we can find that the man was wearing a microphone. Read
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You don’t need to worry about that video claiming to show a snake in a pepper
A viral video claims to show a poisonous snake in a pepper. It doesn’t. Read
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