Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Posts circulating on social media about the previous employment of politicians who are now in the Cabinet aren’t wholly accurate. Read
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
The footage is being shared with reference to the Gaza ceasefire deal, but is actually more than 17 years old. Read
Posts on social media suggest the footage was taken following recent tsunami warnings, which have since been lifted. Read
A claim that the manufacturer of Bovaer has invested in a synthetic meat company is true, but there’s no evidence the feed additive reduces the fertility of cows at approved doses. Read
The video was originally posted in November 2024 and is unrelated to the recent wildfires in LA. Read
The footage was actually taken during an Air Algérie flight that landed safely in September 2024. Read
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The picture has been circulating on social media, alongside captions that imply it’s a real scene from the US wildfires. Read
The footage actually shows a plane that crashed in Chile in January 2024. Read
Full Fact traced the video back to an account which creates “original music, graphics, and video scenes”. Read
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