Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
United States
The image appears to show the US President and his daughter when she was young, with Epstein in the foreground. But it is actually a composite of two different photos. Read
United States
The fake image has been circulating since at least May 2023. Read
World
There have been genuine reports of Egyptians doing this, but the images in these posts aren’t real and were made using AI. Read
Immigration
Footage is being shared again on Facebook with misleading captions implying it depicts a dog being barbecued in the Irish capital. It is actually a pig. Read
Immigration
Thousands of people have viewed a video supposedly featuring a former ‘migrant hotel employee’, who makes a number of incorrect claims about what government support asylum seekers receive. Read
Shopping
Aldi has confirmed that this is not a genuine promotion. Read
Politics
The home secretary did not write a column headlined: “If you suspect a family member, a neighbour, a friend or a work colleague of being Far-Right please inform the police immediately”. Read
Politics
Posts circulating on social media claim the new system will track UK residents who leave the country more than three times within a 12 month period. But no such system exists. Read
Politics
While the photo does show Mrs Merkel as a teenager, it does not show Baroness May or the president of the European Commission. Read
Culture & Society
The footage, which has been viewed more than 280,000 times on Facebook, contains distinct visual glitches that are hallmarks of AI creation. Read
