Video shows a market in Marseille, not Paris
A video circulating on Facebook claiming to show Paris was actually filmed at a flea market in Marseille, in the south of France. Read
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Sian Bayley
Senior News and Online Journalist
Sian joined Full Fact in April 2024 as senior news and online journalist. Prior to that she was news editor at The Bookseller magazine. She has previously worked for the Local Democracy Reporting Service and the Evening Standard.
5G tower did not kill palm trees in Arizona
A group of palm trees photographed in Arizona did not die because they were next to a 5G tower. Read
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Austrian airports don’t have counters for passengers who meant to fly to Australia
False claims that Salzburg or Vienna airports have desks to help passengers who accidentally fly to Austria instead of Australia have been recirculating online. Read
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Viral clip of Robert De Niro doesn’t show him shouting at pro-Palestinian protesters
The video actually shows him rehearsing a scene for a new show. Read
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Congestion charge and ULEZ weren’t suspended for Trafalgar Square Eid event
Posts claiming the charges were suspended for London’s Eid in the Square event this year, but not for the London Marathon, are untrue. Read
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Video of girl with epilepsy is not related to Israel-Gaza conflict
A video claiming to show a girl traumatised by bombings in the Israel-Gaza conflict is taken from a TikTok page about a Syrian girl suffering from epilepsy, likely in Lebanon. Read
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UN has not issued a directive to create a ‘one world government’
The United Nations is not forcing countries to hand over their militaries or change their names in July 2025. Read
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Video about artificial wombs is not real
A video shared on Facebook about an artificial womb facility is not real. Read
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Eiffel Tower was not lit up in Israeli flag colours after Iran attack
An image claiming to show the Eiffel Tower lit up in the colours of the Israeli flag after Iran’s attack is actually from October 2023. Read
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No evidence WEF chairman Klaus Schwab 'severely ill' in hospital as claimed
The chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, is not dead or in hospital, despite some claims online. Read
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