Post about missing uncle in Sunderland is fake
The man in the picture is from California and died earlier this year. Read
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Social media
Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
The UK has not suspended aid to Ukraine
The government has pledged to continue its support. Read
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Penny Mordaunt was given special permission to wear submariners badge in 2019
A Facebook post claims Penny Mordaunt MP shouldn’t have worn a badge awarded to submariners. In fact, she was invited to wear the badge by the Royal Navy. Read
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News articles didn’t claim the same boy died of Covid-19 in three different countries
A widely shared tweet claims that the same child was reported to have died of Covid-19 in three different countries. This isn’t true. Read
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No evidence that Rishi Sunak said homeless veterans could ‘easily manage’ winter
We can find no record of any such comments by him in Parliament, or elsewhere. Read
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Health
Facebook post linking Covid-19 vaccines with report about cancer in the under-50s is misleading
There is no evidence that the Covid-19 vaccines are causing cancer. Read
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Contrails can last for hours
A false claim that contrails, the lines of frozen water vapour which form behind planes, disappear quickly is being used to suggest that chemtrails exist. Read
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President Zelenskyy magazine cover circulating on social media is a fake
An image of a magazine cover showing Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy drawing in money and weapons is circulating on social media. Read
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The World Economic Forum didn’t say it’s engineering the climate
An out-of-context screenshot of an article from 2018 has led to misleading claims being shared online. Read
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Uber ‘walking buddy’ service is fake
The joke first appeared online in 2020. Read
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