Shopping
Holland & Barrett isn’t selling a box of sports supplements for £1
The company has confirmed the offers circulating on social media are not genuine. 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
Immigration
Video does not show man raging because ‘store that gives illegal migrants free PS5s ran out’
The footage, in which a man destroys the inside of a video game store, has been shared with misleading claims on social media. Read
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Environment
Video showing cruise ship spilling waste into the sea isn’t real
There are discrepancies in the way the physics of the environment and ship are depicted, and a watermark suggests the footage is AI-generated. Read
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Culture & Society
Fake Daily Mail article about government considering banning England flags circulates online
A screenshot of the fake article has been shared widely amid a movement to raise St George’s and Union Jack flags in public spaces across the UK. Read
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Culture & Society
Viral photo of street with England flags is not recent, it’s actually from 2023 Nike advert
The viral image has been shared with claims it shows homes decorated by veterans, but it predates the current social media campaign to raise flags in public spaces across the UK. Read
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World
Fake UN ‘Agenda 2030’ list circulates again on social media
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this list being shared online, and the UN has previously confirmed to Full Fact it isn’t real. Read
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Politics
Claims about civil servant ‘responsible’ for increase in state pension age shared online again
Facebook posts saying the former permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions ‘is retiring’ are out of date and don’t give the full picture. Read
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Shopping
Argos isn’t selling HP laptops for £3 to people who fill in a survey
Argos has confirmed that posts being shared on social media claiming as much do not contain genuine offers from the retailer. Read
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Politics
Thousands share video making false claims about Labour MPs resigning over ‘scandal’
It appears to show GB News presenter Patrick Christys reporting that 43 MPs have “just resigned”, but the clip isn’t real and is almost certainly AI-generated. Read
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Shopping
No, Amazon is not ‘giving away’ iPads to the over-40s
A spokesperson for the company confirmed offers being shared on social media aren’t genuine. Read
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