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Not sure what to believe? Full Fact checks the claims you see online and in the news, helping you spot misinformation and get the facts that matter.
fullfact.orgSPACE INDUSTRY AND LAUNCH SYSTEMS
Social media posts are being shared promoting conspiracy theories that the 1986 space shuttle crash was faked and that deceased crew members are out living secret lives.
FLORIDATEXASMICHAEL SMITHUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
INTERNET CULTURE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
A widely seen image of a house that survived the floods in Nepal is actually an AI-generated fake.
NEPALUNIVERSITY AT BUFFALOPROFESSOR SIWEI LYU
INTERNET CULTURE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Several incorrect posts claiming that Mr Gates wrote an article about using vaccinations to control the population have been shared online.
BILL GATES
PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
Census data doesn’t support this claim—this percentage is closer to the figure for white British people in London, not white people generally.
LONDON
ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING DESIGN
Posts suggesting that planes did not cause the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings continue to be shared online. This isn’t the case, according to official investigations and independent experts.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
