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Full Fact→ 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.
Full Fact→ How many people has Labour ‘deported’?
Some politicians and media have referred to the total number of immigration returns as the number of people being “deported”, but most returns aren’t officially counted as “deportations”.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Cleveland Clinic didn’t say millions of people with COVID-19 vaccines will die within 5 years
Says Cleveland Clinic said, “Millions of COVID-vaxxed will die within ‘5 years.’”
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk’s ‘mind-blowing’ chart isn’t new: People with work permits get Social Security numbers
Elon Musk said a chart about noncitizens receiving Social Security numbers was “mind-blowing.” But it didn’t show anything nefarious or new. By law, noncitizens who are authorized to work in the U.S. receive Social Security numbers so they can pa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media SCAM Posts Falsely Warn Tattooed Man Called ‘Talavera, Benjamin’ Stabbed Two People To Death
Is there a legitimate warning circulating about a man named "Talavera, Benjamin" on the run and charged with stabbing to death someone's two Caseyville, IL neighbors, two Pensacola, FL neighbors, two Portage, IN neighbors? No, that's not
The Dispatch→ Deporting People We Don’t Like
Green card holders and their rights.
Full Fact→ No evidence Pope Francis told people ‘eat whatever you want’ in Holy Week
We fact checked a similar claim last year about comments the Pope had supposedly made about Lent.
Full Fact→ Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives
There were actually 6.4 million people on the NHS England waiting list last July, not 7.6 million as the health secretary claimed last month. That was the number of cases.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: South Korea mRNA Warning Story NOT Confirmed By Cited Source — NO Mention Of ‘6 Billion People’ With ‘VAIDS’
Did South Korea issue a warning about mRNA vaccines, saying "6 billion people now have VAIDS" as a viral article claimed? No, that's not true: VAIDS is not a real condition and the story making originated on a notoriously unreliable websi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Joe Biden ending the Keystone XL pipeline didn't ‘fire’ 14,000 people on Day 1
Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration.
Full Fact→ No, Amazon is not gifting laptops to people aged 40 or over
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook.
PolitiFact→ Nancy Mace – Rep. Nancy Mace is wrong. Not all people are born with either XX or XY chromosomes.
“You either have XX or XY chromosomes. Those are the options.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – What the truck? No, Musk didn’t ban LGBTQ+ people from buying Cybertrucks
“Elon Musk announced that he will not sell Tesla Cybertruck to anyone belonging to the ‘pride’ community.”
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – SAVE Act would make it harder, not impossible, for married people to register to vote
Under the SAVE Act, “if you are a woman that has changed your name from your birth certificate, let’s say through marriage … you are no longer eligible to vote.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Sign Has Apology To ‘White People’ For Self-Checkout Closure ‘Due To Dishonesty’ — Original Said ‘Honest People’
Is a picture of a sign that said "Due to Dishonesty self-checkout is CLOSED. Sorry to all the white people" real? No, that's not true: The original picture of a sign taken at a Dollar General store said "Sorry to all the honest people." E
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Initial reports that people survived Potomac plane crash aren’t proof the ‘story isn’t adding up’
Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”
PolitiFact→ Brian Mast – Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong
From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.”
Health Feedback→ No evidence of mass deaths among vaccinated people, contrary to 2022 prediction by Dolores Cahill
REVIEW A Facebook post from January 2025 featured immunologist Dolores Cahill predicting mass casualties of people who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. It received more than 319,000 views. The post is an excerpt from Pandamned, a 2022 film by Dutch
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing ICE Raid in January 2025 — Footage Predates September 2024
Does a video show people in January 2025 fleeing from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid? No, that's not true: The video shows men running near a construction site in 2024 or earlier. The building seen in the video was finish
The Dispatch→ People, Places, and Things
The biggest factor in the death tolls and damage costs from natural disasters probably is not climate change but population change.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gordon Ramsay Did NOT ‘Boot’ Lia Thomas Out Of His Restaurant Saying ‘I Don’t Let Woke People Dine Here’ — It’s From Satire Article
Did celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay kick athlete Lia Thomas out of his restaurant, saying, "I don't let woke people dine here"? No, that's not true: This story originally appeared on a website with a satire disclaimer that's known for publis
PolitiFact→ New Meta content rules let users call LGBTQ+ people ‘mentally ill.’ Here’s what medical experts say.
Meta released new community standards that let Facebook, Instagram and Threads posts call LGBTQ+ people “mentally ill.” Being gay or trans is not a mental health disorder, medical experts say. Here are the facts.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of ‘Leadership Team At The Los Angeles Fire Department’ Only Shows 3 Of 14 People In Leadership
Does a photo accurately represent the full leadership team at the Los Angeles Fire Department amid the Los Angeles County January 2025 fires? No, that's missing context: The photo posted on social media shows the current fire chief, a dep
Full Fact→ Guardian article suggesting white people should be treated last by the NHS is fake
A screenshot implying a columnist has argued white people should be at the back of the queue for NHS treatment has been shared online, but it’s not real.
The Dispatch→ All the Best People
On Donald Trump’s ambassador picks.
Health Feedback→ No, study didn’t find that seed oils fuel “explosion of colon cancers in young people”
On 10 December 2024, the Daily Mail published an article bearing the headline “Doctors warn cooking oil used by millions may be fueling explosion of colon cancers in young people”. More specifically, the type of cooking oil referred to in the artic
Health Feedback→ Unvaccinated people died of COVID-19 at a higher rate than vaccinated people; vaccines prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths
REVIEW A series of Facebook posts from December 2024 questioned how “Billions of Unvaxxed people with NO Boosters are still alive”. This kind of loaded question is a typical example of the “just asking questions” tactic, which involves frami
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to people born in the US
The 14th Amendment “has never been challenged at SCOTUS.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Aftermath Of ‘Horrific’ Traffic Collision That Killed 135 People In 2024
Does a photograph shared on Facebook genuinely show a "horrific accident" in which "at least 135 people died after a truck collided with a bus"? No, that's not true: While the photo is real it was first shared to X on June 14, 2021, follo
Full Fact→ Air pollution sensors in Newport do not have sirens telling people to ‘go inside’
Thousands of people have shared social media posts suggesting the air sensors are a “new form of control”.
PolitiFact→ Which states have laws about transgender people’s bathroom use, and how are the laws enforced?
More than a dozen states have laws banning trangender people from using some bathrooms that align with their gender identities. We found little detail about the laws’ enforcement. LGBTQ+ advocates say the laws increase harassment.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People In Netherlands Celebrating Attacks On Israeli Soccer Fans In Amsterdam
Does video of people chanting and clapping show Netherlands residents celebrating the attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam in early November 2024? No, that's not true: The video predates the violence by several months. It is of a d
Full Fact→ Video shows people holding Sudanese not Palestinian flag
Posts on social media falsely claim a clip shows refugees unfurling a Palestinian flag in Greece, but it’s actually the Sudanese flag.
Full Fact→ No evidence Sadiq Khan said people should ‘learn Arabic’ to create harmony
One social media post claiming the Mayor of London said this has had more than 16,000 shares.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this advocacy group isn’t paying people $200 to vote for Kamala Harris
Text message shows Turnout the Vote offering “$200 to vote for Kamala Harris.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A Georgia sheriff did not say KKK is plotting against Black people
Gwinnett County, Georgia, sheriff's office said white supremacists “are planning to attack” Black people “from now until the Inauguration.”
PolitiFact→ Climate Power – Eric Hovde didn’t say people who believe in transitioning to clean energy are smoking crack cocaine
Says Eric Hovde “claims anyone who believes in transitioning to a clean energy economy is ‘smoking crack cocaine.’”
Full Fact→ What does Labour mean when it talks about “working people”?
Ahead of the Autumn Budget, Full Fact investigates a term Labour politicians haven’t given a consistent definition of, despite it featuring in the party’s manifesto.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Two Clips Showing People Carrying Wounded Boy In Gaza Do NOT Prove Scenes Came From Different Staged Events
Do two clips of the same adults carrying a wounded boy in Gaza prove that the scene was staged in different locations? No, that's not true: The clips on social media come from a single video that depicts the response to a single event in