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A video is being shared online with claims it shows Iran’s attack on a US airbase in Qatar—but it isn’t real, and was ...
Claims about the footage that circulated widely on social media after it was posted last week are false—and here’s how we ...
A clip is circulating on social media with claims it shows “Muslim migrants” in a cemetery in Ireland, but the footage was ...
As “John’s” story above shows, health misinformation about statins isn’t just common; it can lead to harm. Over the years, we’ve checked a number of false and misleading claims about statins, which ...
Full Fact has been a proud contributor to the Third Party Fact Checking initiative. Since January 2019 we’ve checked 2,596 cases of misleading, faked, or potentially harmful posts on Meta platforms.
Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’? In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly ...
Fact checks, commentary and analysis about Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leader of the UK Labour Party and Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras.
What do we know about the Israel-Iran ceasefire timeline, and what happens next? A ceasefire between Iran and Israel announced by US President Donald Trump on Monday evening appears to be holding, ...
A UK-US trade deal is announced - but is it as ‘full and comprehensive’ as President Trump claims? The UK and the United States today announced a “landmark economic deal” between the two countries—the ...
No evidence Donald Trump called Elon Musk ‘mediocre’ on Truth Social A screenshot supposedly showing a post from the US president about Mr Musk has been shared on social media, but the White House ...
No evidence Donald Trump called Elon Musk ‘mediocre’ on Truth Social A screenshot supposedly showing a post from the US president about Mr Musk has been shared on social media, but the White House ...
AI-generated and miscaptioned footage and images are being shared widely on social media as the conflict continues.