BBC Question Time did not hire the son of a producer to say pro-Brexit statements
The claim was spread by a now-deleted tweet. Read
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Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
It’s unlikely that these are bots commenting on Boris Johnson’s post
It is most likely that these are genuine commenters posting similar messages on purpose. Read
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These claims about people of certain ages remembering parts of World War Two are generally incorrect
65 year-olds are unlikely to remember rationing and 75 year-olds the Luftwaffe. Read
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This image claiming there are four million 17 year-olds who’ll be able to vote in the election is not about the UK
The image is about the US. There are only around 725,000 17 year-olds in the UK. Read
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You can register to vote in two places
You are allowed to register to vote in two places. In a general election you can then vote in one of them. Read
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Unevidenced tweet about People’s Vote crowd size spreads to Facebook
German TV did not say there were 2.2 million people, and the number was most likely in the low hundreds of thousands. Read
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Blue trick or treating pumpkin buckets are not official symbols for the autistic community
A post about blue pumpkins went viral on Facebook, but it’s not clear if the autism community widely supports the campaign. Read
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Jeremy Corbyn did not wear a poppy pin that said “lets forget”
This image from a March session of PMQs has been edited to include the poppy pin. Read
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SNP members voted to commission a plan for pension increases in an independent Scotland
The resolution recommending this said the OECD average of 63% of average earnings should be set as the minimum. Read
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EU Flags were not replaced by Union Jacks outside of parliament
EU flags are never officially flown in Westminster. Read
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