From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Economy, Business & Finance
The page features a fake image probably generated with AI, and also falsely claims Martin Lewis is endorsing a new AI trading platform. Read
Shopping
Misleading posts claiming that people can get a smartphone for less than £10 from the retailer have been circulating on Facebook. Read
Immigration
A new figure from the Migration Advisory Committee estimates the total net lifetime fiscal cost of people who arrived in the UK in 2022/23 through the Partner route of the Family visa—which includes the partners of some UK-born British citizens. Read
United States
An edited quote that falsely suggests Donald Trump spoke about seeing teenage girls backstage at Miss Teen USA beauty pageant is being shared online again. Read
Health
A series of fake videos falsely claiming the NHS is “no longer free for over-60s” almost certainly uses AI audio of the PM. Read
World
A video shared thousands of times on social media appears to show a British soldier confronting a police officer, but is AI-generated and not genuine. Read
Health
Labour MP Oliver Ryan and some on social media have said resident doctors got a 29% rise “last year”, but the increase was actually over multiple years. Read
World
Posts being shared on social media suggest a video shows a mass funeral taking place in Sudan, but the clip is almost certainly AI-generated. Read
Health
The figure cited by the BMA is based on an unreliable measure of inflation. Other measures suggest the drop has been less. Our analysis using a measure backed by the Royal Statistical Society puts the fall since 2008/9 at more like 6-7%. Read
World
The AI generated picture has been circulating widely on social media alongside completely false claims the man pictured was a ‘crisis actor’ and never really injured. Read
