Video does not show electric bus on fire in London
The video has been shared across social media platforms with claims it is in London’s ‘clean air zone’. 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.
Babies have been born in Italy in the past three months
The claim no babies have been born in Italy in the last three months has gone viral on social media. Read
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Video shows an execution by Islamic State, not Hamas
The disturbing video has been shared on social media with an incorrect caption in recent days. Read
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Washington Post did not report that Ukraine supplies weapons to Hamas
A screenshot of a fake Washington Post article has been shared on social media. Read
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Video of ‘anti-government’ rally in Warsaw mislabelled as pro-Palestine march
The rally took place on 1 October, before the 7 October attacks on Israel. Read
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Facebook posts show lagoon in Chile, not ‘blood red’ River Nile
The video has been shared across multiple social media platforms with many posts referencing Bible passages. Read
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Footage does not show an Israeli police officer strangling a Palestinian child to death
The video actually shows an incident at a train station in Sweden in 2015. Read
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Videos show volcano erupting in Iceland in 2021
The footage is being shared with the implication it shows current events. Read
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All speed cameras on the M1 and M25 are not about to ‘go live’ enforcing a 72mph limit
Thousands of people have shared this claim on Facebook. Read
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Claim Benjamin Netanyahu’s psychiatrist took his own life appears to come from a 2010 satirical blog
The claim has been shared widely online since recent events in Israel and Gaza. Read
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