This image claiming there are four million 17 year-olds who’ll be able to vote in the election is not about the UK
The image is about the US. There are only around 725,000 17 year-olds in the UK. Read
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.
The image is about the US. There are only around 725,000 17 year-olds in the UK. Read
Health
It’s hard to tell whether someone in the US or UK is more likely to get a foodborne disease. Read
The judge spared her prison time and gave her a two year youth rehabilitation order. Read
Some work ad hoc for the European Court of Human Rights, but that is separate from the European Union. Read
It’s hard to say exactly how many churches and mosques there are in London. Read
A picture which shows a skull which looks like a cloud in California has been faked. The cloud is taken from an Iron Maiden album cover. Read
Judges have to stay politically impartial, and we have no idea how they voted. Read
The picture was taken after the event promoting the legalisation of cannabis in April, not the climate protest in September. Read
The photo has been edited to put George Soros’ face over Al Gore’s. Read
And Cherie Blair is not her lawyer. Read