Fact Checker (former)
A Facebook post promising details of a free nappy event leads instead to a website that asks people to share personal and financial details and claim ‘deals’ such as entering a lottery. Read
Health
Some cannabis-based products have been approved for medical use in the UK, but there’s no proof cannabis oil cures the disease. Read
Health
The altered screenshot also claims the virus “can infect anyone from 5 miles away”. Read
Health
Some experts have also raised questions about the study itself, which has been shared thousands of times on social media. Read
The claim was repeated by Sadiq Khan and subsequently reported around the world. Read
Dorothy Dow’s murder has been the subject of misinformation in the past. Read
A number of videos claiming Tesla has invented a new electronic currency have appeared on Facebook. Read
Europe
The government’s own figures show that hundreds of EU laws have already been amended, repealed or replaced. Read
Health
Maria Caulfield told Parliament that an ambulance service support contract was “procured”—not that “we are procuring” it, as she later claimed. NHS England says this contract has not yet been awarded. Read
Immigration
A Sun article wrongly claimed that two-thirds of people who sought asylum in the UK as unaccompanied children were in fact over 18. Read
