Health
Covid-19 vaccines do not contain ‘cancer-causing’ SV40 monkey virus
A video shared over 9,000 times on Facebook makes a misleading claim about the presence of SV40 in Pfizer vaccines. Read
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Charlotte Green
News & Online Journalist
Charlotte joined Full Fact in November 2023 as a news & online journalist from her role as a Local Democracy Reporter at the Manchester Evening News.
She was previously a senior news reporter with the Manchester Evening News, Rossendale Free Press and Accrington Observer titles.
Environment
Footage used in viral ‘Hurricane Melissa’ compilation is old
Of the 16 clips of stormy conditions featured in the video circulating on social media, 15 have been online since before the hurricane struck Jamaica. Read
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Politics
No, the government isn’t banning central heating after 9pm
Videos being shared on Facebook falsely claim the government is introducing a 9pm cut-off for using your central heating, with people who breach it at risk of fines. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Video falsely claims pensions will have to be withdrawn within two days to avoid fines
A video circulating online wrongly claims pensioners could lose 20% of their money if they don’t withdraw their pensions within two days. Read
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Environment
Video appearing to show Hurricane Melissa from above is AI
A viral clip circulating online that seems to show the hurricane filmed from a plane was created using artificial intelligence. Read
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United States
Claim America was sold to ‘five billionaires’ in 1927 is satire
A picture of a joke article supposedly from the 1920s has been circulating again online, but it has been taken out of context. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
People will not need to ‘re-verify’ their bus passes from October
Videos circulating on social media are spreading misleading claims about supposed changes to people’s bus passes. Read
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Politics
A nighttime curfew is not being introduced in the UK
Social media videos, one of which has been viewed 350,000 times, falsely claim that new laws imposing curfews are coming into force soon. Read
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Science & Technology
Keir Starmer hasn’t just announced mass ‘AI scanner’ surveillance of all UK phones
A video circulating on social media has falsely claimed that your phone’s messages, photos and apps will be viewable at any time under new plans. Read
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Politics
Viral list of ‘last three home secretaries’ is incorrect
A social media post claiming that Suella Braverman and David Lammy are two of the last three home secretaries is misleading. Read
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