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Fact check: Pensioners in Spain and France are excluded from winter fuel payment

A widely shared social media post implied that British pensioners on the Costa del Sol were claiming winter fuel payments. In response to a news article which said that 35,000 claimants of winter fuel payments live abroad, the post remarked: ...

26 Sept 2024 at 12:56

Fact check: Sir Keir Starmer told Labour members ‘the door is open’ to leave

A post shared widely on TikTok on October 1, 2024, contains an audio clip of Sir Keir Starmer saying: “If you don’t like the changes that we’ve made, I say the door is open and you can leave.” This is also written in large text at the top ...

11 Oct 2024 at 12:46

Ireland

Fact check: Irish Defence Forces said its troops were not targeted in Lebanon

Several social media users have claimed in posts which have been liked thousands of times that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have fired on Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon. Evaluation United Nations peacekeepers have come under fire, ...

11 Oct 2024 at 13:45

Ireland

Fact check: Irish sex education workbook predates Education Minister’s time in role

A social media user posted a photo to X, formerly Twitter, of a supposed primary school Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) task for 10-year-olds, in which they have to match words related to sexual education to the ...

18 Oct 2024 at 17:00

Ireland

Fact check: Help To Buy incentive has had 124 claims a week since 2017

A social media post from Fine Gael said: “Help to Buy is helping 500 people every week buy their first home.” Evaluation Official statistics recorded by the Revenue Commissioners show that while there were around 500 ...

25 Oct 2024 at 11:59

Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favour of community notes

Meta is to scrap its longstanding fact-checking programme in favour of a community notes system similar to that on Elon Musk’s social media platform X. Instead of using news organisations or other third-party groups ...

08 Jan 2025 at 14:18

Meta criticised over ‘chilling’ content moderation changes

Meta’s decision to scrap its third-party fact-checking and to loosen content moderation has been labelled “chilling” and could have “dire consequences” for online safety, experts and campaigners have said. The ...

08 Jan 2025 at 14:15

Fact check: Trump and Starmer’s White House talks

This round-up of claims has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact-checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad information. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met US ...

28 Feb 2025 at 16:31

Fact check: ‘Deportation’ stats, Netflix’s Adolescence and an airport in Pakistan

This roundup of claims has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact-checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad information. How many people has Labour ‘deported’? ...

11 Apr 2025 at 16:34

Fact check: Pension spending, ‘Hillsborough Law’ pledge and viral Gaza claim

This roundup of claims has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad information. Is the Government spending an extra ...

17 Apr 2025 at 16:34

Ireland

Disinformation has become ‘global scourge’, minister says

Government funding for fact-checking services should be explored, according to a new strategy from the Department of Media. The Disinformation Strategy, published on Thursday, outlines a range ...

17 Apr 2025 at 11:28

Fact check: How many schools ban mobile phones?

This fact check has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad information. The Netflix drama Adolescence has ...

04 Apr 2025 at 15:32

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