The government has not awarded a £70 billion net zero contract to a small Cornish company
A public body consortium has chosen the company to provide a procurement service. 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
Health
No evidence for a rise in sudden deaths or that Covid-19 vaccines are the cause
SADS or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome does not appear to have increased in the UK in 2021. Read
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Tweet from Liz Truss’s father calling her ‘poo-poo bear’ is fake
Her father did not tweet saying she couldn’t tie her shoelaces until she was 12. Read
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Facebook post’s claim about a newborn baby being found by police in Essex is false
It uses an image of a baby recently found in Arizona. Read
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Picture does not show ‘unnatural’ cloud formations
A picture of the sky does not show “unnatural” cloud formations but rather a long-standing natural phenomenon known as “mackerel sky”. Read
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Viral hot dog clip was a ‘deliberate fake’ by creator
An edited version of the TikTok clip, which supposedly shows a hot dog contaminated by dirt and parasites, has been shared without proper context on Facebook. Read
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No evidence Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is causing monkeypox
There is no evidence that monkeypox is linked to the widespread distribution of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. Read
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No evidence Keir Starmer tried to block the prosecution of Muslim grooming gangs
Widely-shared posts on Facebook make an unsubstantiated claim about Mr Starmer’s work for the Crown Prosecution Service. Read
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The World Economic Forum has not planned for a future without pets or animal charities
A Facebook post claims that the WEF has said there will be no need for animal charities in the future as people won’t have pets or eat meat. It hasn’t said this. Read
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No evidence Mel Gibson claimed Hollywood elites drink ‘baby blood’
Quotes about a conspiracy theory claiming Hollywood elites drink baby blood have been wrongly attributed to the actor. Read
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