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UK Cadbury chocolate eggs still say ‘Easter’ on them
Claims circulating on social media that Cadbury doesn’t use the word ‘Easter’ on its chocolate eggs are false. Read
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Video supposedly showing fight at Birmingham City Council was actually filmed in Pakistan
A video shared online with claims it shows a fight among councillors at Birmingham City Council was actually filmed in Pakistan. Read
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Grok wrongly claims footage of Glasgow fire shows blaze in Tel Aviv
X’s AI chatbot also said a real photo of the fire was fake and made with AI. Read
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No, Cadbury isn’t selling an ‘Eid egg’
Mondelēz International, the company which owns Cadbury, confirmed a viral image of an ‘Eid egg’ does not show a real product. Read
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Princess Anne’s husband hasn’t announced he’s ‘donating his entire fortune to charity’
A post on Facebook claims Princess Anne’s husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, has announced he is giving away his “entire fortune” to charity.We can find no evidence of him … Read
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No evidence 75% of England’s mayors are Muslim
We could only find evidence that three of the country’s 27 directly elected mayors are Muslim. Read
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Fake Guardian headline about Christmas being ‘offensive’ to Muslims shared online
A screenshot supposedly showing a Guardian article with this headline comes from a satirical account, but has been shared as real on social media. Read
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How many households have cancelled the BBC TV licence fee since 2020?
Claims that 2.4 million households have cancelled the licence fee since 2020 are circulating online. But we’ve found no evidence to support this figure, which the BBC says it doesn’t recognise. Read
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Picture of ‘pink ladies of Epping’ isn’t real
The image being shared on social media was generated with AI, as shown by various glitches and the watermark on the original version. Read
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Police forces across the UK have not been searching for a missing 13-year-old called ‘Harley Steward’
Alerts have been posted in various local Facebook groups warning about a missing 13-year-old boy, but police forces for these areas say they have had no such reports. Read
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