Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
World
The clip, which has circulated previously following other natural disasters, was probably generated using Artificial Intelligence. Read
Culture & Society
Organisers of the event and multiple social media users are quoting this figure, but the actual Metropolitan Police estimate is much lower. Read
World
The footage, which shows a large group of women in niqabs, has been incorrectly claimed to show the UK. Read
World
Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi, who was killed last month in an Israeli airstrike, was Prime Minister of the Houthi rebels, which controls part of Yemen, but is not the country’s internationally-recognised government. Read
Culture & Society
The Premier League is no longer taking part in the ‘Rainbow Laces’ campaign, but neither rainbow laces nor armbands have been banned by the Premier League or Football Association. Read
Shopping
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
Culture & Society
Thousands have shared altered photos of street artist Banksy’s most recent mural at London’s Royal Courts of Justice. Read
Shopping
This is not a genuine promotion from the supermarket chain. Read
Shopping
False posts claiming the retailer is doing this are being shared yet again on Facebook. Read
Immigration
Thousands of people have shared this clip with false claims it shows a child being kidnapped by two migrants. Read
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