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Politics
A clip of an Indian Gujarati community event in Blackburn has been shared on social media with misleading captions claiming it depicts a council meeting. Read
Politics
A false claim that Euan Blair’s company has been contracted to develop and monitor digital IDs is recirculating online. Read
Politics
While a video being shared on social media contains real clips of Jeremy Kyle, Mr Starmer’s response is AI-generated. Read
Politics
Posts claiming Prince William got into a spat with Sadiq Khan or Rachel Reeves on live television are false. Read
Politics
An aerial video of crowds around the Imax in London from September 2025 has been shared with captions claiming it shows the march that took place in May 2026. Read
Politics
Despite posts on social media claiming the contrary, Prince William did not make comments about “welfare systems for non–citizens”. Read
Immigration
An old clip filmed in the US is being shared online with captions falsely claiming it shows an “illegal migrant” supposedly losing his temper because a store giving out free PlayStations on behalf of Oxford City Council ran out of the consoles. Read
Politics
An old video of the Reform UK leader criticising the Budget and the Conservative party’s record has been edited to include fake audio of him calling London “an absolute s***show”. Read
Immigration
Dorset Police said the figure is “incorrect” and was not issued by them. We could find no evidence it was true. Read
Politics
The picture in question has been shared online since at least February, and contains a SynthID watermark meaning it was either edited or made with Google’s AI tools. Read
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