Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Politics
A real X post from Mr Farage about the Bank of England replacing Winston Churchill on bank notes has been edited to make it seem like he wanted the US President on them instead. Read
Crime
An AI-generated image of the incident, which saw four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community ambulance service set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning, has been posted on social media. Read
Conflict
The footage is actually from October 2022 and shows an explosion on the Kerch bridge, linking Russia and Crimea. Read
Health
Posts online suggest there’s some sort of conspiracy involving a 2025 pandemic simulation exercise and the meningitis outbreak, but there’s absolutely no evidence to support this. Read
Health
Number 10 confirmed Sir Keir Starmer did not say the UK may need to go into another lockdown if meningitis cases continue to rise. Read
Conflict
A fake AI-generated image is being shared with false claims that Iranian missiles brought down a US-Israeli spy satellite. There are no reports of this happening. Read
Conflict
Social media posts with ‘breaking news’ banners incorrectly suggest the Maldives has recently “cut all ties with Israel” and banned Israeli products. Read
Conflict
A video circulating online with false claims it depicts an Iranian missile exploding in Tel Aviv is actually old footage of a 2016 warehouse fire in California. Read
Culture & Society
A video shared online with claims it shows a fight among councillors at Birmingham City Council was actually filmed in Pakistan. Read
Conflict
The video has been shared with unevidenced claims that Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother Iddo was killed in a recent attack by Iran. Read
