Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Culture & Society
Claims that Muslims are exempt from paying council tax if living areas within their home are used as a place of worship are once again being shared on social media.As … Read
Politics
An article made to look like it was from the Daily Mail covering the real results of a survey of Labour Party members has been fabricated. Read
Health
Images shared on Facebook claim to show the media personality in hospital, but they aren’t genuine. Read
Shopping
A spokesperson for Boots confirmed this is not a genuine offer. Read
Politics
Despite claims on social media, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson is not included in Time magazine’s annual list. Read
Politics
Posts on social media have made false claims about a video of Councillor Rukhsana Ismail, the Mayor of Rotherham, in which she is actually issuing a message for Ramadan. Read
Politics
A clip which has been liked thousands of times on Facebook uses AI visuals to falsely claim that hundreds staged a protest against the government in Birmingham city centre. Read
Culture & Society
Videos circulating on social media showing large groups of Muslims apparently praying in the middle of the road in London are not real and were made using artificial intelligence. Read
Immigration
Six people are known to have died so far in April attempting to cross the English Channel. But viral videos claiming to show overturned dinghies are not real and were made with AI. Read
Conflict
Although thousands of Iranian protesters were killed in January, a widely shared image showing officials cleaning a blood-soaked street was likely made with AI. Read
