Health
Nurofen tablets do not contain graphene oxide
A video circulating on social media claims to use magnets to prove the pain relief tablets contain graphene oxide. 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
Hillary Clinton quote about Donald Trump running for office is fabricated
The quote may be loosely based on a transcript of genuine comments reportedly made by Ms Clinton. It first appeared on a satirical news website in 2016 and has been repeatedly debunked. Read
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Video of ‘Hezbollah bombing Israel’ actually shows petrol station explosion in Yemen
The video dates back to August and shows explosions at a petrol station in Aden, Yemen, not Israel. Read
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No, this video isn’t really of President Zelenskyy belly dancing
A video clip manipulated using AI which appears to show the Ukrainian president dancing at a birthday party is being shared again on social media. Read
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Pictured child not ‘saved’ by police in Hartlepool
This is the latest in a series of hoax posts we’ve written about recently, all claiming a wandering child has been found in different parts of the UK. Read
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Inaccurate comparison of benefit fraud and tax losses recirculates on social media
It’s not true that 360 times more money is lost to tax evasion than benefit fraud, as posts on social media have claimed. Read
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Facebook posts about ‘two-year-old boy found by police’ are hoaxes
The hoax posts have been shared in local Facebook groups for residents in Hereford and King’s Lynn. Read
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Image of Kamala Harris’s supposed communist party membership card is fake
The image was likely created using an online communist party card generator. Read
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Article claiming Texas declared Pride flags in classrooms illegal is satirical
Users on social media have been sharing a satirical article with the belief it describes a genuine law change. Read
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‘Hezbollah attacking Israel’ video compilation includes clips from Indonesia and Algeria
A video being shared online which is alleged to show the impact of strikes from Lebanon on Israel is using footage from unrelated events. Read
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