From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
United States
A screenshot supposedly showing a post from the US president about Mr Musk has been shared on social media, but the White House says it’s “fake”. Read
Conflict
A picture of the first female pilot in the Chilean navy has been shared with misleading claims she is an Israeli pilot captured in Iran. Read
Politics
A post re-circulating on Facebook appears to be based on something that Naz Shah reposted from a parody account then quickly deleted in 2017—she has said the sharing of the post was a “genuine accident”. Read
Conflict
A 2017 video of protests in Iran is being shared on social media with misleading claims that it shows recent anti-regime unrest linked to the Israel-Iran conflict. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Last month the Prime Minister claimed living standards were “at an all-time low” under the previous government—but none of the usual measures of living standards back this up. Read
World
Social media users have been sharing the clip with captions claiming it shows the moment before the crash in Ahmedabad, India, but it is old and unrelated footage. Read
Conflict
The clip has been widely shared on social media in recent days amid airstrikes between Israel and Iran, but it’s not real footage. Read
Conflict
The video has been horizontally flipped. Read
Conflict
The picture appears to be a screenshot of a TikTok video, which has the hallmarks of being generated with artificial intelligence. Read
Shopping
The company has confirmed with us that the offer is not genuine, and has published a post warning of similar claims on its official Facebook account. Read
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