Category Archives: Full Fact

Although there is genuine footage of someone dressed as Pikachu at protests in Turkey, a picture showing Pikachu, Batman, Spiderman and the Joker running from police is not authentic.Source

The images date back to 2018 and the man pictured was convicted of a different offence to those claimed.Source

A claim we’ve previously fact checked appears to be recirculating on Facebook.Source

MPs are eligible for a ‘winding-up’ payment equivalent to four months’ salary after they leave Parliament following an election.Source

The BBC has removed an inaccurate claim made on its Strong Message Here podcast after Full Fact got in touch.Source

An image of Meghan holding a baby is being shared online with claims she’s had a third child, but there’s no evidence this is true and the image was almost certainly created with AI.Source

Social media posts have claimed the photo shows the family of a person called “Khalil”, who supposedly arrived in the UK by boat and lives in a five-bed home in north London.Source

Misleading claims that the new interim chair of Ofsted’s board, Sir Hamid Patel, will be able to change what pupils learn in schools, have been shared online.Source

A Facebook post that appears to offer free laptops from Amazon is not legitimate.Source

We’ve taken a look at what Labour said it would do, after Conservative claims that council tax rises this year amount to a “betrayal”.Source

The hoax posts share photos of children who have been reported missing in the US, and there are no reports of any such homicide in the UK.Source