Category Archives: Full Fact

US President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the country of Norway decided not to award him the prize, a claim challenged by some media outlets.Source

Unevidenced posts claiming that the Deputy Prime Minister said people were thousands of pounds richer since the July 2024 election have been circulating widely online.Source

A video shared with captions suggesting it shows Venezuelans ripping down a poster of Nicolás Maduro after he was seized by the United States is not recent, and actually dates back to 2024.Source

Posts claiming to show clinicians from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust using and endorsing weight loss patches are fake and were made with AI.Source

Tesco has confirmed posts claiming users can claim a ‘free food box’ for £40 from the retailer aren’t genuine.Source

Technology has made the process of assessing crowd sizes easier, but large numbers cited by organisers are often overestimates.Source

Posts claiming “illegal immigrants” and refugees receive more government support than pensioners have been circulating online for years. But the figures they use are inaccurate.Source

Comment on this week’s news concerning the pitfalls of AI chatbots, and where free speech ends and public safety begins.Source

Former prime ministers can claim up to £115,000 a year for certain public duty expenses, but this is not automatic and it’s not a pension.Source

We’ve seen more Facebook posts falsely claiming that Argos is selling iPhones for just £9.99 to people who fill in a customer service survey.Source

A study found a correlation between very high screen time and lower vocabulary in two-year-olds, but it didn’t say that one caused the other.Source