A trusted source is your safest option. If you don’t know the source, check out the about page or ask yourself why they’re sharing the story. We’ve been fact checking a new kind of misinformation ...

Claims that police have reported the teenager missing have been shared in local Facebook groups across the UK and beyond, but they appear to be hoaxes.

The image appears to have been first posted by an X account which describes itself as offering "fake news and topical satire". A digitally created clip first shared on TikTok has been circulating on ...

Mitchells & Butlers, the company that owns Toby Carvery, has confirmed this is not a real offer. A Facebook post claiming that Toby Carvery is offering free roast dinners if you like the post and ...

There’s no evidence this is true. TikTok has been banned on UK government devices following security concerns. The post appears to be promoting a ‘money group’. A Private Member’s Bill has been ...

Posts on Facebook featuring an image of President-elect Donald Trump in front of photographs in an office are being shared ...

This is not true. Argos has confirmed this is not a genuine offer. Posts shared on Facebook suggest Argos is selling iPhone 15 Pros for £2 as part of a promotion, but this isn’t true. One post claims: ...

There’s no evidence this is a real photo. It has almost certainly been generated using AI. A picture has been circulating on social media appearing to show Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad in ...

Google’s search results and its AI overview have been giving misleading answers to questions about the number of crimes ...

An image widely shared on social media appears to show a post on X by the TV presenter Gregg Wallace warning about the cow ...