Post falsely claims police asked ‘British Jews’ to stay at home due to ‘pro-Palestine marches’
Both the Metropolitan Police and the Community Security Trust have said this is completely untrue. 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
Daily Mail front page screenshot edited to include image of PM and Savile
The screenshot has been altered to include a picture that was never published by the paper. Read
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Sign telling people not to walk their dogs in an ‘Islamic area’ is not recent
A sign shared on Facebook appeared in Tower Hamlets in 2014—we’ve seen no recent reports of the same or similar signs appearing in London or elsewhere in the UK. Read
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Photo of ‘US army general killed in Gaza’ is actually old image from Iraq
There’s no evidence that reports of the death of a general are genuine. Read
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Posts about a missing 12-year-old called ‘Shelly’ are hoaxes
The image accompanying the posts, which appeared in Facebook community groups for various places in England, is of an older girl who went missing in the US in January but has since been found. Read
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Fake BBC report claims Ukraine’s first lady tried to escape abroad
This is an example of ‘imposter content’—fake content that appears to be from credible organisations. Read
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Article about migrants housed in luxury hotel in Ireland shared as if it is in the UK
While there have been similar reports in the UK, the article being shared is about a specific case in Ireland. Read
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Likely AI deepfake supposedly of Keir Starmer saying he hates Liverpool circulating again
The audio clip was first shared during Labour’s conference in Liverpool in 2023, but there’s no evidence it’s a real recording. Read
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Ofsted board chair is not head of the ‘UK education system’ as posts claim
Viral social media posts misrepresent the roles of Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the interim chair of Ofsted’s board, Sir Hamid Patel. Read
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MPs campaigning for an airport in Pakistan haven’t suggested the UK should pay for it
Misleading claims have been circulating online after 20 UK parliamentarians signed a letter to Pakistan’s Prime Minister in support of a new international airport in Mirpur. Read
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