A post supposedly shared by Rupert Lowe MP calling on the deputy Prime Minister to ‘remove teaching any sign language in the UK’ was created by a satirical account.Source
Posts shared to local buy and sell groups falsely claim a man has been shooting people dead. The man pictured in the posts was arrested in Mexico last year.Source
A video which is being shared widely online by people thinking it is genuine is an example of ‘rage bait’; a post designed to make people angry to drive engagement.Source
The clip being shared, which appears to be an E! News report, is in fact a fabrication. It was not published by the news and entertainment channel.Source
It was the international charity BBC Media Action, not the BBC as a whole, which got 8% of its funding from the United States Agency for International Development in 2023/24.Source
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