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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 25/09/2026

You may have seen social media posts misrepresenting the Labour candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, Sagal Abdi-Wali, as an asylum seeker. Ms Abdi-Wali came to the UK as a child refugee in the 1990s, and is now listed as a British citizen. fullfact.org/politics/Sag...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 22/09/2026

Old aerial footage of a glacier in Alaska has been shared with false claims it shows the glacier that caused the deadly flood in Nepal last month. fullfact.org/world/old-vi...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 11/09/2026

A widely shared claim that Kent Police's facial recognition team said around 76% of Dover protestors have previous convictions is false. Kent Police didn’t say that and it seems to have originated from a satire account. fullfact.org/crime/kent-p...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 02/09/2026

An AI-generated video has been widely shared on social media with claims it shows the recent flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. Clues this footage is fake include red containers that suddenly appear and disappear. fullfact.org/world/fake-f...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 26/08/2026

A fake council letter has gone viral claiming that Bexley residents should keep their daughters inside when a group of asylum seekers move to the area. Bexley Council has confirmed it didn’t send the letter, and police are now investigating. fullfact.org/immigration/...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 24/08/2026

Fake portraits of the two police officers who died in a car crash on the A66 on Saturday are being shared on social media. Cleveland Police have confirmed the images do not show the officers who were killed, and are AI generated. fullfact.org/crime/ai-gen...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 20/08/2026

Old videos from earthquakes in Taiwan and the Philippines have been included in a video compilation in posts about the recent earthquake in Indonesia. fullfact.org/world/video-...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 20/08/2026

We’ve seen false claims that Starbucks is hiring 10,000 Muslims recirculating online. As we’ve explained before, in 2017 Starbucks pledged to hire 10,000 refugees globally, but did not specify that all would be Muslims. fullfact.org/economy/star...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 18/08/2026

A 2024 video of a migrant in Tunisia has been altered to make it appear as if he’s talking about wanting money and a free house in England. In the original video the man speaks Arabic and makes no such comments. fullfact.org/immigration/...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 17/08/2026

We’ve seen claims circulating online that the brushes used in cervical smear tests are sterilised in “cancer-causing” ethylene oxide. Although overexposure to this chemical can be dangerous, medical devices sterilised with it are not unsafe. fullfact.org/health/brush...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 13/08/2026

A video of a man filming himself swimming has been shared with claims he is a “Moroccan migrant” entering the Spanish territory of Ceuta. The clip was actually filmed in a harbour in El Jadida, Morocco, more than 250 miles from Ceuta. fullfact.org/immigration/...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 13/08/2026

A photo which is claimed to show a “ring of fire” total solar eclipse seen over Stonehenge is actually an AI-generated fake. The eclipse we just saw didn’t reach totality over the UK and the image contains Google's SynthID watermark. fullfact.org/technology/s...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 13/08/2026

A video which shows an antibiotic tablet reacting to a magnet is being shared with claims it contains graphene oxide. But this is false. Graphene oxide is not one of the ingredients in flucloxacillin - the iron oxide used to colour it causes the magnetic effect. fullfact.org/health/antib...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 12/08/2026

Claims that Prime Minister Andy Burnham is proposing mandatory driving test retakes for over-70 drivers are false. The proposals are actually to replace eyesight self-declarations with mandatory vision tests, and were announced before his premiership. fullfact.org/politics/ove...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 11/08/2026

A viral video shared with claims it shows part of a SpaceX rocket colliding with the moon is fake. Astronomy experts told Full Fact there are several clues the clip is bogus, while SpaceX founder Elon Musk has also said it’s not real.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 06/08/2026

A viral video claiming to show Muslims praying in a London Underground carriage is actually an AI-generated fake. A closer inspection of the clip reveals classic AI glitches, including morphed faces, distorted hands, and jumbled, nonsensical background text. fullfact.org/culture-and-...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 05/08/2026

An image of the Prime Minister running near his home in Cheshire has been edited with AI to include a film crew. Clues the picture isn’t real include disembodied feet, cars blurring into each other and a microphone coming out of a bush. fullfact.org/politics/ima...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 01/08/2026

We’ve seen several posts online claiming that the NHS is offering Premier League match tickets as a treatment for depression. The NHS says this isn’t true. There was a local pilot in Gloucestershire, but this wasn’t for Premier League tickets. fullfact.org/health/nhs-n...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 31/07/2026

Social media posts claiming that annual energy bills are £2,325 in the UK compared to just £485 in France and £150 in Poland are misleading. These figures resemble wholesale electricity price values and don’t reflect the annual cost for consumers. fullfact.org/economy/uk-e...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 29/07/2026

Have you seen a fake Guardian front page claiming there are “genetic links” between eating bacon in the morning and far-right activism? Of course it isn’t real, but many people sharing it online seem to think it is. fullfact.org/politics/fak...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 25/07/2026

An AI image of Angela Rayner smoking and holding a pint is circulating online with false claims that she is the new health secretary. But she was actually appointed housing secretary. Yvette Cooper has the health portfolio. fullfact.org/politics/ang...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 24/07/2026

An art exhibit that shows an elderly woman lying on the ground next to her dropped shopping has been shared with false claims it depicts Ann Widdecombe’s dead body. The piece was actually created in March, months before Ms Widdecombe’s death. fullfact.org/politics/art...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 24/07/2026

An image which appears to be a statement from City of York Council warning that residents “experience” flag displays as “racist” and “exclusionary” has been shared online. But there’s absolutely no evidence it’s real, and a local MP has said it’s “AI misinformation”. fullfact.org/politics/yor...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 23/07/2026

A picture being shared with claims it shows the broken window on a Ryanair flight where a passenger was partially sucked out of the plane isn’t genuine. While there are real images and footage of the incident, this viral version is an AI fake. fullfact.org/world/ryanai...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 23/07/2026

Images of footballer Lamine Yamal celebrating Spain’s World Cup victory draped in a Palestinian flag aren’t real and were made with artificial intelligence. fullfact.org/sport/ai-ima...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 22/07/2026

A video of a woman wearing a niqab being asked to leave Tesco is being shared online. But the video is an AI-generated fake, and Tesco has confirmed it has no policy to ban face coverings. fullfact.org/culture-and-...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 21/07/2026

An image circulating online seems to show a Glasgow City Council poster warning of a "high risk of sexual assault" in the area. But it’s a fake. Glasgow City Council has confirmed it did not produce any such poster. fullfact.org/crime/glasgo...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 20/07/2026

Keir Starmer won’t get a £115,000 ‘pension’ or ‘salary’ for life. This sum is the maximum amount that can be claimed each year to cover necessary administrative costs. Ex-PM don’t just get the money to spend on what they like. fullfact.org/politics/kei...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 10/07/2026

Take our 2026 Full Fact readership survey and tell us what matters most to you. Your feedback will shape our content for the next year. Share your thoughts now! fullfact.typeform.com/to/TEud475h#...

2026 Readership Survey. 5 minute survey. £20 National Book Tokens to be won.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 06/07/2026

The Conservatives still haven't corrected an inaccurate claim from their Alternative King's Speech in May, that "for the first time ever, the total welfare bill is now higher than total receipts from income tax." 54 days and counting... fullfact.org/economy/stat...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 01/07/2026

An image of Andy Burnham’s return to Parliament has been edited to make it appear as if he is standing next to several women who are wearing Islamic dress. These women are not in the real photo posted by Lucy Powell MP. fullfact.org/politics/and...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 18/06/2026

A viral image of an Iran footballer holding up a pink backpack isn’t real. The picture contains a SynthID watermark that shows it was generated using OpenAI tools. fullfact.org/sport/photo-...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 15/06/2026

@mahsaalimardani.bsky.social, Associate Director, Technology Threats and Opportunities at @witnessorg.bsky.social reads an extract from her essay ‘Layered trust signals, not silver bullets: what Iran shows the UK about AI and public trust’ which is featured in the 2026 Full Fact Report.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 10/06/2026

"The next general election will be different. We must act now," writes John Pullinger CB, Chair of @electoralcommission.org.uk, in an essay for Full Fact's seventh annual report. Read it in full here: fullfact.org/policy/repor... Picture: AFP

Observers from Britain's Liberal Democrats and Reform UK (L) stand by as ballots are sorted at the Clacton count centre in Clacton-on-Sea, eastern England, on July 4, 2024 as polls close in Britain's general election.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 09/06/2026

2/ The report makes recommendations across four areas: → Securing the information ecosystem → Strengthening public resilience → Modernising laws and institutions → Increasing commercial transparency and accountability

The decisions taken now will shape whether future elections are defined by confusion and mistrust, or by clarity, confidence and democratic resilience.

Building a better information environment is no longer an abstract ambition. It is a democratic necessity.”

Chris Morris, Chief Executive

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 21/05/2026

A video showing people wearing masks attempting to set fire to doors of a church has been shared with false claims it shows an incident in Yorkshire. We traced the clip to a church to Santiago de Querétaro in Mexico. fullfact.org/world/video-...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 08/05/2026

Posts shared thousands of times online claim hantavirus is listed as a side effect of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine. This isn’t true. Hantavirus is listed as one of many health conditions monitored during vaccine trials for safety, not a side effect. (1/2) fullfact.org/health/hanta...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 05/05/2026

Social media users have questioned whether an image shared on social media by SNP leader John Swinney was made with AI. It is a photo of a real event. But the SNP told us it was “edited quickly” to lighten a billboard. fullfact.org/politics/snp...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 02/05/2026

A video which seems to show the moment UK Border Force intercepts a small boat carrying migrants has thousands of comments, many from people who appear to believe it’s genuine. But the footage is fake, and created with AI: fullfact.org/immigration/...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 01/05/2026

A video styled as a BBC report claims a stolen Cézanne painting has been identified in the background of a video posted by Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But the real video posted by the Ukrainian president includes a different painting and the BBC confirmed the report is fake. fullfact.org/culture-and-...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 16/04/2026

Videos and stills of an explosion have been shared online with claims they show an Iranian attack on a power plant in Haifa, Israel. While there were reports of a missile damaging an oil refinery in the area, this footage is actually from China in 2015. fullfact.org/conflict/mis...

A video posted on X, and a Facebook post sharing stills from the clip, are captioned: “BREAKING NEWS IRAN has blown up the Haifa power plant with a ballistic missile. With the destruction of this 828 MW power plant, half of Israel is living in darkness.”

But these photos and videos were not taken in Israel. They match footage shared on YouTube on 18 November 2015 with captions referring to an incident in China.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 02/03/2026

We’re fact checking misleading images and videos relating to the conflict in the Middle East. An image supposedly showing Dubai’s Burj Khalifa engulfed in flames is fake.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 02/03/2026

Social media posts have claimed a video shows explosions in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, with some saying it’s an Iranian missile attack. But the footage is unrelated to the current Middle East conflict. It actually shows explosions in China in 2015.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 07/01/2026

A viral image that appears to show the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in custody being led away from a plane isn’t real. It was made using artificial intelligence - here’s how we know: fullfact.org/world/pictur...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 29/12/2025

Full Fact’s Head of AI, @mrdudders.bsky.social, reflects on how AI has shaped misinformation this year—and how our own AI tools are helping fight back.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 15/12/2025

At this afternoon’s Liaison Committee the PM, Keir Starmer, was asked about our fact check of his claim last week that the number of teachers has increased under Labour. Read our verdict here: fullfact.org/education/pm...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 08/12/2025

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 02/12/2025

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 10/11/2025

The leaked BBC dossier and the resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness are reminders of the potential damage that can be done to public confidence in verifiable facts. Statement from our CEO, Chris Morris:

From the national broadcaster to individual social media users, we can’t be too vigilant about the risk of misleading our audiences.

Full Fact urges the BBC board to remember that owning up to mistakes is only half the story—correcting the record quickly and transparently is absolutely critical to earning back people’s trust.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 24/10/2025

“Facts Matter. Verifiable, testable, provable facts.” – Stephen Fry This #GlobalMILWeek, let’s champion reliable info and critical thinking. See how Full Fact’s building a better information environment: fullfact.org #CelebrityTraitors

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