Fake Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe photo makes it look like husband and daughter aren’t smiling
A picture shared by an MP of the family has been digitally altered. Read
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Grace Rahman
News & Online Editor
Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.
She is a qualified journalist and has a Biology degree.
Ukraine is not enacting the ‘Great Reset’ with an app
An app available to Ukrainians is how those who’ve lost their job because of the war can get a one-off payment, but it doesn’t mean the introduction of a social credit scheme. Read
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A video of a failed grenade launcher does not show Russian army
A longer version says it shows the Kenyan army. Read
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Video of someone smoking in a body bag was taken on set of a music video
Claims that the video shows a ‘dead body in Ukraine’ smoking are false. Read
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Waitrose is not offering anyone who shares a Facebook post free food
A Facebook page that’s less than a month old claims those who share or comment on a post will receive a £50 box of food. Read
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Nuclear weapons do exist
There’s plenty of evidence that the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not napalm, as a Facebook post claims. Read
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Lightning strike video doesn’t show war in Ukraine
The video appeared online almost a month before the Russian invasion. Read
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Video shows game footage, not a plane being shot at in Ukraine
The developers of Arma 3 confirmed that the footage came from a modified version of their game. Read
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Beirut port explosion footage being mistaken as Ukraine
Video apparently taken from a street in Beirut of the 2020 explosion is being shared as though it was filmed in Ukraine. Read
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Collection of heart attack articles includes one fake
A list of things that can cause heart attacks “in 2022” includes one fake article and another from 2010. Read
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