Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
The calculation includes the number of people living in temporary accommodation, hostels and those sleeping rough. Read
18 of the 19 warmest years on record have occurred since 2001, and the average global temperature has increased by about 0.8°C to 1.0°C since the period 1951-1980. Read
A Facebook post has fabricated a quote from Emmanuel Macron about the conditions for the UK if it wants to remain in the EU. Read
A claim that the BBC will add permanent Arabic subtitles to EastEnders, to help refugees and other migrants settle in, is from a satirical news website and not true. Read
The video, from 2015, shows a child, not Shamima Begum, beheading a man in Syria. Read
Muslims who use rooms in their homes as a ‘place of worship’ aren’t exempt from council tax. Read
The Cancer Act 1939 makes advertising cancer cures or treatments illegal unless it’s to certain groups, mainly those involved in the medical profession. Read
This viral image claims that pensioners can collect just a fifth of the benefits ‘illegal immigrants’ and refugees can. But how much can each group really get? Read
People living in Britain as refugees are entitled to the same benefit and pension payments as UK citizens. Read
The picture has been shared over 25,000 times, but was actually taken in Illinois in the USA. It’s not a real horse. Read
