Articles claiming Amazon is encouraging users to sign up to cryptocurrency platform are fake
because Amazon has not launched a cryptocurrency trading platform under either of these names. 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
Facebook post about injured dog in Tyneside uses old picture from Australia
Multiple posts claim the dog was found in different UK locations. Read
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Viral picture is not of cameras that can detect drivers on mobile phones
National Highways confirmed that the cameras pictured were to monitor all lane running smart motorways. Read
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A letter from the Prime Minister wasn’t mistakenly signed by Kwasi Kwarteng
Liz Truss’s letter to the former chancellor followed the convention of similar letters sent by her predecessor Boris Johnson. Read
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‘Injured’ man in fake post is popular YouTuber
The image is three years old and relates to a medical emergency, not a car accident. Read
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Private Eye did not say Kwasi Kwarteng was paid £20,000 a month by a hedge fund
Claims circulating on social media don’t reflect what was reported by the magazine, or what’s recorded in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Read
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Old picture of Jacob Rees-Mogg in 2018 scuffle going viral
A photo taken in 2018 is being mistakenly shared as being from recent events in Parliament. Read
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Halloween Cadbury chocolate hamper offer is not genuine
An alleged offer posted on Facebook has no connection with Cadbury despite claiming to. Read
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Video doesn’t show American B-2 stealth bomber deployed to Poland
Footage purporting to show the aircraft landing was shot in England in 2020. Read
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President Zelenskyy’s office was not blown up in recent Kyiv strikes
Claims online that the Ukrainian presidential office was bombed around 10 October 2022 are unevidenced. Read
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