Category Archives: Full Fact

There is no evidence that an appeal from “John Ederson” is genuine.Source

The posts all have the same image and wording but appear in community groups across the UK.Source

Edited coupons and a poorly spelt social media post are indications that all is not as it seems.Source

A Facebook post appears to have repeated an old claim that the Lancet medical journal said 6.5 million migrants had registered with GPs in the last 10 years.Source

An appeal for someone’s birth mother claims the man searching was adopted in three different towns.Source

The Mayor of London’s new book recounts a health scare in 2021 which may have been a heart attack. Some reports mistakenly called this a cardiac arrest, which is a different condition.Source

A document released by the Health Ministry in 2021 said that it did not have its own culture of the virus. This was misinterpreted in a blog and on social media.Source

A social media post claims that sunglasses prevent melanin production, increasing the risk of sunburn. This is an incorrect description of the process of tanning.Source

The same image has been shared with similar text in local Facebook groups around the country and abroad.Source

An image shared on Facebook offers a misleading comparison between state pension payments and benefits given to “illegal immigrants”.Source

Hoax Facebook posts claim the same snake has been found in multiple locations in the UK and Ireland.Source