In the last week we’ve seen a surge of misinformation relating to the war with Iran—we’ve fact checked 10 viral posts, but ...

Mondelēz International, the company which owns Cadbury, confirmed a viral image of an ‘Eid egg’ does not show a real product.

A timely reminder of how our AI tools can help journalists and fact checkers identify falsehoods in multiple languages at ...

Pictures showing the former Labour peer being led away in handcuffs by police have been circulating on social media, but they are not real and almost certainly AI-generated.

On BBC Breakfast this morning Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy MP claimed that Cyprus is “part of NATO” and “a NATO country”. That’s not correct. Cyprus is not a NATO m ...

Responding to today’s Spring Forecast, Conservative shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride MP claimed that the UK’s youth unemployment is “the highest in Europe”.

In its July 2025 policy paper, setting out its strategy for modern and secure elections, the government recognised that, “Our own democracy is being threatened by misinformation”. Days later, Keir ...

A video of a burning high-rise building is circulating with false claims it shows a CIA base in Dubai after an Iranian strike. But it’s actually an old clip of an apartment fire. A video shared with ...

In recent months we’ve seen contrasting claims being made about the labour market—in particular, on how unemployment has changed since Labour came into government in July 2024. This explainer, which ...

Did 80% of Britain vote ‘against Labour’ at the general election? This figure has been shared on social media, but the 80% refers to those on the electoral register who didn’t vote for Labour, ...

“Our fiscal rules are non-negotiable … This means that the current budget must move into balance, so that day-to-day costs are met by revenues and debt must be falling as a share of the economy by the ...

The latest available data shows that as of December 2025 the number of asylum seekers housed in hotels was 4% higher than in June 2024—shortly before Labour entered government. However the number of ...