Journalist
Health
Posts on social media have misunderstood a scientific study, which explains that people who use more sunscreen may well be exposed to more cancer-causing sunlight. Read
Health
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges compared the profession’s reaction to social media with its reaction to smoking. It didn’t say both were equally harmful. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It is not true that welfare payments have just exceeded income tax receipts “for the first time”. They’ve been higher for at least 16 years. Read
Culture & Society
In TV interviews Dame Rachel de Souza claimed half of 11-year-olds have seen the “most heinous” pornography. In fact, research suggests about 19% of children have seen any pornography by 11. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Welfare has exceeded income tax for more than a decade, as we said in our last fact check about this. Read
Shopping
The retailer confirmed this isn’t a genuine Currys deal, and the video promoting it on social media was made with AI. Read
Health
The trade body representing UK tanning salons says people can get a safe tan—contradicting health authorities and experts around the world. Read
Shopping
We’ve spotted more Facebook posts falsely claiming to share supposedly secret deals from Tesco. Read
Crime
BBC News has corrected an article which claimed that killings of women by men were increasing. Read
Health
A man in a video wrongly says that wearing sunglasses stops people tanning and causes cancer. Read
