Category Archives: Full Fact

Identical posts have been shared across the UK.Source

The Cabinet Office had previously declined to give any figures after claims about the cost of the emergency alerts test were made on social media.Source

A social media post claims that most sunscreens contain benzene, a chemical linked to cancer. It isn’t used as an ingredient, and the data on contamination doesn’t support these claims.Source

The Prime Minister claimed the UK is forecast to have better growth than Italy, France and Germany—but this is only true when looking at long-term projections.Source

An out-of-context video has been liked more than 28,000 times on Instagram.Source

A post claiming social media users can win a free luxury caravan is too good to be true.Source

Posts on social media are attributing a false quote to Chelsea Clinton. She did not say that children in the USA should be forcibly vaccinated.Source

A Facebook post shows a photograph of a man with a poster that lists 22 alleged UN and WEF “goals”.Source

The Pharmacy First service will mean people in England can get NHS prescription medicines for some conditions from a community pharmacy without seeing a GP. But some pharmacists can prescribe already.Source

A video shared on social media was filmed during evacuations from Kabul in August 2021, not in Ukraine.Source

Sir Keir Starmer claimed the suicide rate is “going up”, based on a rise since 2007. But data for the last few years gives a mixed picture.Source