Health
The Covid-19 vaccines were tested before rollout
A video on social media makes several false claims about the Covid-19 vaccines, citing a video from Canada. Read
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Health
Are community diagnostic centres ‘cutting’ NHS waiting lists?
Diagnostic and treatment waiting lists have both grown, but the government says they’d be even longer without the additional checks and scans delivered by CDCs. Read
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Fake missing man appeal uses picture of pet detective
A Facebook post claiming a man is missing in Cookstown, Northern Ireland uses a picture of an Ohio-based pet detective. Read
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Titanic shipwreck far deeper than cropped video might suggest
The wreckage of the famous ship is almost four kilometres below sea level. Read
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Titan sub victim was not World Economic Forum vice chairman
Posts on social media incorrectly claim Shahzada Dawood, a passenger on the Titan sub, was the vice chairman of the WEF. Read
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Genuine ‘get sterilised’ poster appeared in Islington in 2019
The poster, which was created by a street artist, appeared in Islington in 2019 but was soon replaced. Read
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No evidence audio clip is ‘banging’ noises from Titan sub
A Facebook reel, shared hundreds of times, claims to feature audio from the lost submersible. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Labour MP’s child poverty claim uses figures which aren’t comparable
Kim Johnson MP tweeted that the number of children in poverty has increased from 2.6 million to 4.2 million since 2010. Read
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Images falsely claim to show Titanic sub debris
Some images being shared are likely to be AI-generated while another was taken 19 years ago around the Titanic wreck. Read
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Video of ‘explosion in Paris’ was actually filmed in Russia in 2020
A dramatic video shared on social media shows a huge fireball rising over a busy road. Read
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