Hundreds of birds were found dead in the Netherlands but it had nothing to do with 5G
Almost 300 starlings were found dead in a park in The Hague but no 5G tests were going on at the time. 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.
This picture of women ‘dressing up like 9/11’ was taken in the UK, not Israel
The students wore the outfits to a nightclub in Chester in 2013, and it had nothing to do with Purim. Read
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Autism prevalence is up but scientists have consistently found that vaccines don’t cause it
More diagnoses of autism disorders are being made but they are not associated with being vaccinated. Read
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This viral image on immigration and homelessness has a fundamental flaw
An estimated 320,000 people are homeless in Great Britain, and that figure includes people who aren’t British. Read
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This footage of the Queen doing the Nazi salute is real
The video was filmed around the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, before the Second World War began. Read
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Boris Johnson did say this about Gordon Brown becoming Prime Minister without an election
The now Prime Minister said in 2007 that Gordon Brown taking over from Tony Blair was a “scandal”. Read
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These tweets are from an Anjem Choudary parody account
Other tweets from that profile indicate it doesn’t belong to the radical preacher. Read
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This picture of a sign about refugees has been digitally altered
The original picture was taken in Canada in 2015, but the edited version was shared by Nigel Farage last year. Read
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A picture of a woman voting was taken in Pakistan
The picture isn’t from the 2016 Mayor of London election. Read
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Did Boris Johnson write this quote about Liverpudlians and Hillsborough?
He was editor of the Spectator, where the comments appeared. Read
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