Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
A clip being shared on social media of lightning dramatically striking the ground has been online since before Hurricane Milton made landfall. Read
The image is being shared on social media with claims it shows a plane landing at Beirut International Airport during Israeli airstrikes. Read
The Atlantic has confirmed such an article has never been published by them. Read
United States
A social media clip has been edited to seem as if Ms Harris said Mr Biden is “unstable”, when her remarks were actually about Donald Trump. Read
The picture is actually more than a year old. Read
The video dates back to December 2023 and shows the aftermath of an explosion. It is unrelated to the recent conflict in the Middle East. Read
A photo of two white domes is being shared with misleading captions implying it is connected to weather manipulation or geoengineering. Read
Some social media users incorrectly speculated the UN agency changed its logo after the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Read
A picture is being shared on social media with claims it shows IDF soldiers captured in Lebanon. Read
A 2022 clip of a speech by the former US president has been circulating on social media with edited audio. Read
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