From Covid claims to cocaine stats: why misleading numbers matter
On National Numeracy Day, we highlight some of the ways poor numeracy helps misinformation spread.
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No, the US Supreme Court has not ruled that Covid vaccines are ‘not vaccines’
Familiar misinformation about Covid vaccines being gene therapy is circulating again.
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Clip does not show Zelenskyy performing comedy routine for Putin
Two unrelated clips have been edited together to make it appear as if the Russian president was laughing in the audience.
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Posts claiming to show someone injured in hit-and-run accident actually show man who died of Covid in 2021
The same picture has been posted in community groups for different locations across the UK and abroad.
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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.
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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.
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No, mRNA vaccines don’t ‘genetically alter humanity’
Familiar vaccine misinformation resurfaces in a Facebook video, which claims that mRNA vaccines change people’s genes. There is no factual basis for this claim.
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Video of European leaders removing jackets in solidarity with Zelenskyy is AI
The image isn’t real. It is a still from a video that was created using artificial intelligence.
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Old video shared as recent footage of Ukrainian troops ‘surrendering’ in Kursk
Social media posts claim the clip shows ‘Zelensky’s army’ surrendering in recent days, but the footage dates back to 2022.
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