Image of plane crashing into bridge is digital art not real disaster
The picture is circulating on social media along with false claims it shows a ‘horrific plane crash caught on camera’. 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.
Major League Soccer has not banned Pride flags from 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
A claim being shared on social media that MLS has banned Pride flags ahead of next year’s Club World Cup in the United States is untrue, and originates from satirical online articles. Read
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Environment
UK has not agreed to fund ‘Bill Gates’ geoengineering experiments’
A headline being shared on social media misleadingly claims that the UK government is to finance geoengineering experiments by the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Read
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United States
Video of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow becoming emotional on air unrelated to Elon Musk
A video clip which appears to show the American MSNBC TV host reacting to an item about Elon Musk is actually from 2018 and totally unrelated to the billionaire. Read
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General election petition data doesn’t show it’s been signed with MPs’ names thousands of times
The petition page data actually shows the number of signatories from each MP’s constituency. Read
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United States
Donald Trump has not appointed Kash Patel as CIA director
Posts have been circulating on social media which falsely claim that the advisor has been given the position heading up the Central Intelligence Agency. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Government hasn’t introduced policy of ‘free bus fares for immigrants’
A false claim circulating on social media says that the cap on bus fares has increased to £3 as a result of the policy. Read
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United States
No, Sadiq Khan did not say he would leave UK if Donald Trump won
A claim being widely shared on Facebook that the Mayor of London had said he and his family would emigrate from the UK following the US election if Mr Trump won the presidency is untrue. Read
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United States
US election: 20 million votes haven’t gone ‘missing’
Misleading claims have been circulating online since it was announced that Donald Trump has won the US presidential election that millions of votes are “missing”. Read
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New Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch was not born in Nigeria
Posts have been circulating widely on social media that describe the politician as ‘Nigerian born’, but this is not correct. Read
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