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Fact check: Living standards pledge, National Insurance and plane crash image

Round up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK

Fact check: General election petition, the law on spiking, and NHS waiting lists

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Fact check: Labour pledges on asylum hotels and likely AI images of Mike Tyson

Round up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK

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Fact check: Badenoch Budget claim, Spanish floods and altered King Charles video

Round up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK

Fact check: Budget 2024 claims about National Insurance, bus fares and growth

Round up of fact checks about the Autumn Budget 2024, compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Fact check: Weight loss drug trial, US election rules and ‘IDF soldiers’ image

Round up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Misinformation has stained recent elections. The government must act

Letter: Chris Morris, the chief executive of Full Fact, calls on the prime minister to strengthen the ministerial code and address the honesty crisis in politics

The Guardian - UK

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How to spot disinformation: interference concerns arise ahead of UK general election

From social media AI posts to unreliable chatbots, here’s what to look out for when trying to avoid misinformation

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak's £2,000 Labour tax hit claim slammed as 'unreliable figure' by independent checkers

Damning verdict from Full Fact: Independent fact checkers weeding out the lies, half truths and false statements in the general election campaign

Evening Standard

Misinformation: how fact-checking journalism is evolving – and having a real impact on the world

“Fake news” loves a crisis. It’s clear now that false information has played a role in recent events around the world from divisive elections to the COVID pandemic to the conflict roiling Israel and Gaza.

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak and Tory ministers 'using misleading data for political advantage'

RISHI Sunak and senior Tory ministers have been accused of repeatedly using misleading data “in pursuit of political advantage”.

The National (Scotland)

Wednesday briefing: What you’ve missed at the Covid inquiry

In today’s newsletter: From allegedly lost WhatsApp messages to Sir Patrick Vallance’s frank lockdown diary, revelations only get more intriguing

The Guardian - UK

Tories ‘spreading misinformation about Labour’s immigration plans’

Sunak and Hands making false claims about Starmer’s proposed returns deal with EU, says charity

The Guardian - UK

Senior Tories called out by fact checkers after false claims at conference

THREE claims made by Cabinet ministers at the Conservative party conference have been found to be false by fact checkers.

The National (Scotland)

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TechRadar

Scam alert: how to spot hoax posts in your Facebook Groups

A new report claims that Facebook groups are being spammed with hundreds of hoax posts – here's what to look out for.

The Guardian - UK

Facebook groups exposed to hundreds of hoax posts, study shows

Charity Full Fact finds more than 1,200 false posts on topics from deadly snakes to serial killers at large

The National (Scotland)

Fact-checker calls out Scottish Tory MP after misleading attack on SNP

ANDREW Bowie made misleading claims about SNP council tax rises that were “missing important context”, a fact checking service has said.

Wales Online

Dangerous summer myths about sunscreen, car windows and ice busted

Fact checkers reveal the truth about dogs in cars, drink spiking and staring at the sun

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The Guardian - UK

Data undermines Jenrick’s claim about asylum seekers saying they are children

Minister said up to a fifth of adult males seeking asylum pretended to be children, but Home Office figures say it is 1%

The Guardian - UK

AI poses existential threat and risk to health of millions, experts warn

BMJ Global Health article calls for halt to ‘development of self-improving artificial general intelligence’ until regulation in place

Daily Mirror

Maths-obsessed Rishi Sunak humiliated after getting stats wrong in Commons

In a further embarrassing turn of events, official fact-checking website Full Fact instantly debunked two more incorrect claims Rishi Sunak has made at PMQs sessions

Daily Mirror

Wildest myths around emergency alert debunked - personal data and Covid shot

The Government emergency alert will be sent to phones on Sunday - but misinformation is being spread about the test

Manchester Evening News

Emergency alert test will not hang up your phone call or 'breach GPDR' - five online myths debunked

Full Fact has researched five false claims circulating online ahead of the Emergency Alert test on Sunday

The Independent UK

Five myths over government’s emergency alert system debunked

Misinformation is circulating on social media, with experts warning it could lead to harmful consequences

Daily Record

Five myths about Government's Emergency Alert debunked by top fact-checkers

Every UK phone will receive the same alert at 3pm on Sunday, April 23, so here's some misconceptions that have been busted by fact-checkers.

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