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Teenager did not die after arrest at Sheffield protest
A video of a 17-year-old being detained by police has been shared with false claims that he died. Read
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Image of Thai police officers ‘undercover wearing drag’ is fake
A viral image supposedly showing a group of Thai police officers after an undercover sting was actually edited using AI. Read
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Incorrect name for crocodile attack arrest circulates online
Cambridgeshire Constabulary have not identified the person arrested, but say a name being shared on social media is not correct. Read
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Footage of 2025 Ballymena fire falsely linked to recent Belfast riots
A video of a property on fire is being falsely shared as footage of recent disorder in Belfast, but the clip actually shows a separate incident from County Antrim which occurred in June 2025. Read
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Footage of police taking wheelie bin is from 2022
An old video filmed in Belfast has been shared online with false claims it shows officers in Southampton putting a bin in a police van after recent protests in the city. Read
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Henry Nowak killer has not been attacked in prison
Social media posts claiming Vickrum Digwa has been attacked in prison are false. Read
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Video of Russian gas explosion falsely claimed to show Belfast unrest
A clip of a large fire is circulating on social media with false claims it depicts recent disorder in Belfast—but the footage actually shows a gas pipeline explosion in Russia. Read
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Video shows Polish Corpus Christi procession, not Henry Nowak tribute
A video of people kneeling in the street shows a religious procession in Poland, not, as some have claimed online, a tribute to Henry Nowak. Read
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Video of projectiles hurled at PSNI vehicles predates recent violent scenes in Belfast
A video circulating online claiming to depict recent unrest in Belfast is actually older footage of an unrelated incident in May. Read
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‘It escalated to a quite horrendous point’: Woman wrongly named as officer in Henry Nowak arrest on how misinformation ‘spread like wildfire’
Christi Hill, who was wrongly named as one of the officers involved in the Henry Nowak arrest, has spoken to Full Fact about the “onslaught of thousands of people” after she was misidentified online. Read
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