Picture doesn’t prove baseless conspiracy theory Brigitte Macron is a man
A picture is being shared online with false claims it shows the French First Lady as a boy. 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
No, video does not show real TV report on Disney growing child stars in lab
The clip is of a fake news report which was first posted by the satirical outlet The Onion in 2008. Read
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Image of Mark Carney on beach with Ghislaine Maxwell is fake
The photo has been shared online with posts claiming it shows the former governor of the Bank of England on Jeffery Epstein’s Island, but there are signs it was created using artificial intelligence. Read
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No, Boots is not giving away a free ‘baby box’ giftset
Facebook posts say users can claim a free giftset by completing a survey, but this is not an official Boots offer. Read
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President Trump has not changed US divorce law to ban 50% property share
This claim is being shared in posts on social media, but no such change has been implemented by the President. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The higher rate income tax threshold isn’t being reduced to £37,701
Posts shared on social media have wrongly claimed that new tax thresholds will mean you have to pay income tax at a rate of 40% on earnings above £37,000. Read
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No, Scotland has not announced a ban on pet cats
Social media posts appear to have misinterpreted the recommendations of a report on cat welfare in Scotland. Read
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Image of masked men carrying axes is not a real photo of an incident at a Birmingham hospital
The image was made or edited using Google AI tools, and the police have said there was “no disorder” at hospitals in the city following a stabbing. Read
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Viral images of Princess Charlotte in hospital are not real
A montage of images supposedly showing the princess in hospital has been shared thousands of times, but they’re not real and were almost certainly created with artificial intelligence. Read
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Facebook ‘lost man’ post shares photo of dementia patient who died in 2019
The post claims to show an elderly man who recently showed up lost at a house in Guisborough in North Yorkshire, but this is a hoax. Read
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