Health
The mRNA vaccines don’t show Covid-19 ‘doesn’t exist’
A post has wrongly claimed Pfizer and Moderna vaccines do not contain a live virus because SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t exist. 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
Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not translate to ‘evil rules the world’
Social media posts selectively group letters from the name to achieve this result. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Claim that Scotland receives no money from England is missing context
The level of public spending is higher than its level of contribution to the UK economy. Read
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Protestors did not close Bristol vaccination clinic ‘for the foreseeable future’
A group of protesters made a video claiming they ‘closed’ the centre. It reopened three days later. Read
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Queen’s funeral was not cover-up for planning global recession
There’s no evidence to support a video claiming that the Queen did not die on 8 September, and that her funeral was a cover-up for world leaders to gather to plan a global recession. Read
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Article saying gardening is a sign of ‘far-right extremism’ does not exist
A digitally manipulated screenshot of a Canadian news site has been shared widely online. Read
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Video of Italian protesters removing European flag from building is from 2013
It’s been claimed that the video was filmed during the recent general election in Italy. Read
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Health
Flu vaccines may contain harmless levels of formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is naturally present in our bodies, and there isn’t enough in vaccines to harm us. Read
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Photo of Meghan Markle in outfit similar to Princess Diana’s was not taken at Queen’s funeral
The photo of the Duchess of Sussex was actually taken in 2019. Read
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Picture of Queen in Spitfire is fake
The image of her in a Spitfire’s cockpit has been edited. Read
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