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A post on Facebook suggests pilots are wearing badges supporting the ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theory.

This is not true. The badges are a long-running joke about the conspiracy theory sold on a website for pilots.

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Posts online claim PresidentPutin called Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, a ‘legitimate military target’ in a speech earlier this year.

But transcripts show no mention of Mr Schwab in this speech.

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An asylum seeker who died aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge on 12 December has been misidentified by some on social media.

The man who died has now been confirmed as Leonard Farruku, an Albanian national.

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The myth of ‘cough CPR’ is spreading again on social media.

People who think they are having a heart attack should call 999 immediately. Deliberate coughing has no benefit and could make things worse.
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A list of claims about Muslims in Britain has been re-circulating on social media.

As we’ve previously explained, the majority of these claims are either wrong or unevidenced.
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The Deputy PM Oliver Dowden told Sky News that the numbers waiting for elective care in England were falling ‘on many measures’ before the pandemic.

But on the main measure, which he was discussing on the show, they were not.
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Many posts on social media have been claiming the official flag of Palestine in 1939 had a Star of David on it.

This is not true, of the official flag at least. The British Mandate over Palestine used the Union Jack at this time.

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A Facebook post claims to show the difference between a contrail—the white lines often seen trailing behind aircraft—and a “chemtrail”.

But as we’ve previously said, “chemtrails” refer to a false, but enduring, conspiracy theory with no basis in fact.

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A video circulating on social media which supposedly depicts the Israeli military dismantling tunnels actually shows work being done to remove a tile layer from a chimney.

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We're hiring a clinical fact checker. Help us tackle misleading claims about health when it couldn’t matter more.

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Iceland hasn’t banned Covid vaccines—despite what you might see on social media.

This seems to be a misunderstanding of a recent newspaper report.
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A letter supposedly showing a “public apology” from the University of Edinburgh to the Palestinian people has been circulating online.

The university has issued no such letter. It comes from a fictional performance piece set in 2043.

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There’s a new kind of misinformation spreading online. As technology progresses, deepfake videos and AI audio are blurring the lines between fiction and reality—often quite convincingly.

Here’s how to spot deepfakes.

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We're grateful to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for correcting the record after a claim he made at in November.

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We're grateful to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for correcting the record after a claim he made at #PMQs in November. 🔍 Here's our fact check on the claim: buff.ly/3v7579Y
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