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A post shared hundreds of times on Facebook, and liked more than 100,000 times on Instagram, falsely suggests that vaccines cause autism, and claims that there was no autism in Vietnam before the introduction of a vaccination programme supported by Bill Gates.The post includes a video clip of a man …
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A video is being shared on social media alongside claims it shows an Iranian drone strike in Israel—but the footage actually dates back to October 2022, and shows a drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.The video being shared on social media shows what appears to be a drone causing an explosion in a …
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Today is National Numeracy Day, and at Full Fact we often see how easy it is for figures to mislead, confuse or be misunderstood—sometimes by accident, and sometimes deliberately. From viral Covid claims to misleading headlines and honest mistakes, poor numeracy can often distort how we see the …
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A Facebook post claiming that the US Supreme Court ruled that Covid-19 vaccines are not vaccines is circulating again—but there’s no truth to it.The post says: “Great and groundbreaking ruling by the US Supreme Court. Covid vaccines are NOT vaccines. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won his lawsuit against …
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A video which appears to show Volodymyr Zelenskyy, before he became President of Ukraine, performing a comedy routine for an audience that includes Russian president Vladimir Putin has been shared on social media. But this video is actually made up of two unrelated pieces of footage which have been …
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Facebook posts claiming to show a young man recently hit by a car in various locations across the UK are hoaxes. The man pictured actually died of Covid in Alabama, US, in 2021. The same photo with similar text has been shared in local groups for Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds, and Stockport, …
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A number of Facebook posts have shared a photo of a sign telling people not to walk their dogs in an “islamic area” [sic]. The sign, which appears to have been printed on a piece of paper and taped to another larger sign, reads: “Do not walk your dog here! Muslims do not like dogs. This is an …
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A clip circulating online purporting to be a BBC News report about the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, trying to flee abroad to escape “an aggravated relationship” with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is fake. The BBC confirmed the clip is not a genuine report by the media outlet, and we could …
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I work in the News and Online team at Full Fact, focusing on the weird and wonderful claims circulating on social media, particularly after breaking news events. I previously worked at The Bookseller magazine and for The Local Democracy Reporting Service, covering council business in South West …
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A video on Facebook claims that all of the vaccines on the childhood vaccine schedule in the province of Alberta, Canada, are going to be changed to use mRNA technology. The speaker goes on to say, “They are going to be using a technology that is designed to genetically modify humanity”. But mRNA …
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