Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
A false claim is spreading on social media that the veteran BBC journalist was the victim of a racially motivated assault while reporting in the country. Read
The footage is from Durban, South Africa, in 2017. Read
Serious adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccinations are rare. Read
There’s no record of her having said the problem with Britain is “white people”. Read
Multiple police forces have confirmed there is no one with that name missing in their areas. Read
Defibrillators were being installed in schools prior to the pandemic and there is no evidence linking vaccines to cardiac arrest. Read
It clarified its use of the phrase after it appeared in a report produced by the force. Read
A Facebook post which claims TV has “shrunk Scotland and grown England” by changing its weather maps shows an image of graphics which were replaced in 2018. Read
Not every asylum seeker is eligible for support payments, and those that are receive much less than has been claimed on Facebook. Read
Thousands of people have shared claims that the BBC censored footage of a People’s Vote march. Read
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