The big publishers were initially slow to act on paper mills, but it is clear that they pose a huge threat to their ...

An old video showing explosions is being shared alongside claims about the recent US strikes on Venezuela. But the footage is unrelated and was filmed in Israel in October 2024. Stockport Council says ...

What changes have our fact checkers on the frontline of the fight against misinformation seen over the past 12 months—and ...

There have been multiple claims made online which say that the Pfizer vaccine contains 99% graphene oxide, a substance which is derived from graphite. The claims originate from a Spanish study and ...

About 25,260 excess deaths occurred in GB over winter 2018/19—a lower number than in recent years—and most were in people of pension age. Cold weather is a major contributor to these deaths, but there ...

Incorrect. A company applied for a patent on a weakened version of a virus in the same family as the new Wuhan virus. What was claimed A patent for coronavirus was granted in 2018 to the Pirbright ...

Mr Starmer was head of the CPS when the decision was made not to prosecute Savile but he was not the reviewing lawyer for the case. An official investigation commissioned later by Starmer criticised ...

False. No such change has been made to divorce law at a federal level at the time of writing. Only nine states have rules that generally mean marital property is divided equally if a couple cannot ...

Six asylum seekers took the government to court in 2003. Mr Starmer was the barrister representing five of these people, and did not initiate or bring the legal action himself. What was claimed The ...

Since news broke that Russia had invaded Ukraine, we’ve checked a number of videos claiming to show the war unfolding. Often during a crisis people share videos claiming to show what’s happening. This ...

The flu vaccines currently in use in the UK do not use mRNA technology, although trials of mRNA flu vaccines are ongoing. mRNA technology, which is used in the Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines, ...

There would have been fewer deaths without Covid-19 vaccines. An article in the journal Circulation claimed that a group of patients’ risk of a heart attack rose from 11% to 25% eight weeks after they ...