United States
Picture of Kamala Harris with Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been altered
An altered image of the Democratic presidential candidate has been circulating on social media. Read
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Social media
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United States
No, Taylor Swift has not cancelled Eras tour over Kamala Harris endorsement ‘backlash’
Social media posts falsely claim the star cancelled dates on her tour after ‘only 2,300 tickets sold’. Read
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Video shows US military depot, not tanks left in Afghanistan
Posts online falsely claim a video shows US military equipment “given” to the Taliban when it withdrew from Afghanistan. Read
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Amazon is not giving away iPads to over-25s
A post falsely claiming the online retailer is giving out free iPads has circulated on social media. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
No evidence the government plans to ‘means test’ the state pension
Posts shared thousands of times on social media claim the PM is going to “means test” pensions. But there’s no evidence this is true and the government has said there are no plans to change state pens Read
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CNN headline claiming Democrats need Covid vaccine to vote is fake
A screenshot of a fabricated article has been circulating on social media. Read
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Immigration
There aren’t 1.6 million asylum seekers claiming benefits in the UK
A post circulating on social media falsely claims that there are 1.6 million asylum seekers receiving “long term benefits”. Read
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United States
Video does not show ‘Haitian immigrant’ eating cat in Springfield, Ohio
The footage of a woman being arrested for alleged offences against a cat is actually of someone who was born in the USA, in a different town in Ohio. Read
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Fake Ed Miliband Guardian article shared on Facebook
Ed Miliband MP did not write an opinion piece for the Guardian saying GB Energy would be “the envy of the world”. Read
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Starbucks across the UK are not going cashless from October 2024
The chain said the majority of UK stores continue to offer cash payments, but because it has licensee-operated stores, some of these may bring in cashless rules. Read
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