CCTV footage of mother and baby separated on a metro platform is staged
The video has been shared with warnings for mothers to be “more careful” on public transport. Read
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Evie Townend
News & Online Journalist
Evie joined Full Fact as a news and online journalist in February 2023. Before this, she worked as a freelance journalist, a money reporter for The Mirror and in the regional CornwallLive newsroom.
Photo of busy train carriage is from Cairo, not Sweden
Social media posts claim the photo shows the Swedish city of Malmö is ‘occupied by Islam’. Read
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Immigration quote misattributed to former Australian prime minister
The same quote has been falsely attributed to President Trump in the past. Read
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No, the Guardian did not publish a headline saying afternoon tea is ‘steeped in racism’
A screenshot of what appears to be an opinion piece published in the Guardian has been widely shared on social media. Read
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Edited photo of Israeli soldiers holding ‘ISIS flag’ circulating online
The servicemen were actually holding the flag of a specific brigade within the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), not one associated with the terrorist group. Read
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Market video shows scenes in Pakistan, not Bradford
Online posts have shared the video with captions claiming Bradford is “unrecognisable due to mass immigration”. Read
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Ukrainian Embassy did not tell French farmers to stop protesting
This claim appears in a fake Euronews video that appeared on the Russian news site Pravda last month. Read
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Misleading graph on civilian airstrike deaths in Gaza doesn’t use comparable data
The graph, which has been shared widely online in recent months, suggests the number of civilian deaths per airstrike in Gaza last year was significantly lower than in other conflicts. Read
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Video of shivering child is from Syria, not Gaza
The video appears to have been posted by someone in Syria, but has since been shared alongside the Palestinian flag. Read
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Altered photo of Mexican presidential candidate was not published by Times of Israel
Posts on social media shared an apparent screenshot of an article about Claudia Sheinbaum featuring the edited photo. Read
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