Bill Gates didn’t say all Covid-19 vaccines should be withdrawn
A Facebook post falsely claims the Microsoft founder wanted all Covid vaccines removed from use Read
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Wales and Scotland are getting money to fund a council tax rebate
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said the countries would not be receiving more money as other areas of their provisional budgets are being revised down. Read
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How thousands of helpers are training up our fact checking AI
Last autumn, over four thousand of supporters helped us match 250,000 claims in our 'Claim matching challenge'. But how exactly did it help improve our fact checking AI? Read
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US data doesn’t prove increase in cancer following vaccine rollout
The blog post making these claims is based on false US military data. Read
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The government hasn’t admitted Covid-19 vaccines damage your natural immune system
This seems to be based on misinterpretations of government reports. Read
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Offer of Santorini holiday ‘reward’ returns to Facebook
An almost identical fake offer of a free holiday to Santorini has been shared on Facebook before. Read
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Germ theory is not ‘a lie’
The idea that microscopic organisms cause many diseases, which humans often pass on to one another, is an established scientific fact. Read
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Picture of tractors in the Netherlands has nothing to do with Canada ‘freedom convoy’
The photo was taken in 2019, and has nothing to do with current protests against vaccine mandates in Canada. Read
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McDonald’s doesn’t use mechanically separated chicken
Mechanically separated chicken is obtained when unboned chicken is forced through a sieve to separate meat from bone. McDonald’s makes its nuggets with ground chicken not prepared in this way. Read
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Moving ‘crisis actor’ in body bag is actually climate change protester
People shown lying on the ground to protest climate policy were not crisis actors caught unawares. Read
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