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

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

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

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

Identical posts have been shared across the UK.Source