A viral video claiming to show Muslims praying in a London Underground carriage is actually an AI-generated fake. A closer inspection of the clip reveals classic AI glitches, including morphed faces, distorted hands, and jumbled, nonsensical background text. fullfact.org/culture-and-...

An image of the Prime Minister running near his home in Cheshire has been edited with AI to include a film crew. Clues the picture isn’t real include disembodied feet, cars blurring into each other and a microphone coming out of a bush. fullfact.org/politics/ima...

We’ve seen several posts online claiming that the NHS is offering Premier League match tickets as a treatment for depression. The NHS says this isn’t true. There was a local pilot in Gloucestershire, but this wasn’t for Premier League tickets. fullfact.org/health/nhs-n...

Social media posts claiming that annual energy bills are £2,325 in the UK compared to just £485 in France and £150 in Poland are misleading. These figures resemble wholesale electricity price values and don’t reflect the annual cost for consumers. fullfact.org/economy/uk-e...

Have you seen a fake Guardian front page claiming there are “genetic links” between eating bacon in the morning and far-right activism? Of course it isn’t real, but many people sharing it online seem to think it is. fullfact.org/politics/fak...

An AI image of Angela Rayner smoking and holding a pint is circulating online with false claims that she is the new health secretary. But she was actually appointed housing secretary. Yvette Cooper has the health portfolio. fullfact.org/politics/ang...

An art exhibit that shows an elderly woman lying on the ground next to her dropped shopping has been shared with false claims it depicts Ann Widdecombe’s dead body. The piece was actually created in March, months before Ms Widdecombe’s death. fullfact.org/politics/art...

An image which appears to be a statement from City of York Council warning that residents “experience” flag displays as “racist” and “exclusionary” has been shared online. But there’s absolutely no evidence it’s real, and a local MP has said it’s “AI misinformation”. fullfact.org/politics/yor...

A picture being shared with claims it shows the broken window on a Ryanair flight where a passenger was partially sucked out of the plane isn’t genuine. While there are real images and footage of the incident, this viral version is an AI fake. fullfact.org/world/ryanai...

Images of footballer Lamine Yamal celebrating Spain’s World Cup victory draped in a Palestinian flag aren’t real and were made with artificial intelligence. fullfact.org/sport/ai-ima...

A video of a woman wearing a niqab being asked to leave Tesco is being shared online. But the video is an AI-generated fake, and Tesco has confirmed it has no policy to ban face coverings. fullfact.org/culture-and-...

An image circulating online seems to show a Glasgow City Council poster warning of a "high risk of sexual assault" in the area. But it’s a fake. Glasgow City Council has confirmed it did not produce any such poster. fullfact.org/crime/glasgo...

Keir Starmer won’t get a £115,000 ‘pension’ or ‘salary’ for life. This sum is the maximum amount that can be claimed each year to cover necessary administrative costs. Ex-PM don’t just get the money to spend on what they like. fullfact.org/politics/kei...

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The Conservatives still haven't corrected an inaccurate claim from their Alternative King's Speech in May, that "for the first time ever, the total welfare bill is now higher than total receipts from income tax." 54 days and counting... fullfact.org/economy/stat...

An image of Andy Burnham’s return to Parliament has been edited to make it appear as if he is standing next to several women who are wearing Islamic dress. These women are not in the real photo posted by Lucy Powell MP. fullfact.org/politics/and...

A viral image of an Iran footballer holding up a pink backpack isn’t real. The picture contains a SynthID watermark that shows it was generated using OpenAI tools. fullfact.org/sport/photo-...

@mahsaalimardani.bsky.social, Associate Director, Technology Threats and Opportunities at @witnessorg.bsky.social reads an extract from her essay ‘Layered trust signals, not silver bullets: what Iran shows the UK about AI and public trust’ which is featured in the 2026 Full Fact Report.

"The next general election will be different. We must act now," writes John Pullinger CB, Chair of @electoralcommission.org.uk, in an essay for Full Fact's seventh annual report. Read it in full here: fullfact.org/policy/repor... Picture: AFP

2/ The report makes recommendations across four areas: → Securing the information ecosystem → Strengthening public resilience → Modernising laws and institutions → Increasing commercial transparency and accountability

A video showing people wearing masks attempting to set fire to doors of a church has been shared with false claims it shows an incident in Yorkshire. We traced the clip to a church to Santiago de Querétaro in Mexico. fullfact.org/world/video-...

Posts shared thousands of times online claim hantavirus is listed as a side effect of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine. This isn’t true. Hantavirus is listed as one of many health conditions monitored during vaccine trials for safety, not a side effect. (1/2) fullfact.org/health/hanta...

Social media users have questioned whether an image shared on social media by SNP leader John Swinney was made with AI. It is a photo of a real event. But the SNP told us it was “edited quickly” to lighten a billboard. fullfact.org/politics/snp...

A video which seems to show the moment UK Border Force intercepts a small boat carrying migrants has thousands of comments, many from people who appear to believe it’s genuine. But the footage is fake, and created with AI: fullfact.org/immigration/...

A video styled as a BBC report claims a stolen Cézanne painting has been identified in the background of a video posted by Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But the real video posted by the Ukrainian president includes a different painting and the BBC confirmed the report is fake. fullfact.org/culture-and-...

Videos and stills of an explosion have been shared online with claims they show an Iranian attack on a power plant in Haifa, Israel. While there were reports of a missile damaging an oil refinery in the area, this footage is actually from China in 2015. fullfact.org/conflict/mis...

We’re fact checking misleading images and videos relating to the conflict in the Middle East. An image supposedly showing Dubai’s Burj Khalifa engulfed in flames is fake.

Social media posts have claimed a video shows explosions in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, with some saying it’s an Iranian missile attack. But the footage is unrelated to the current Middle East conflict. It actually shows explosions in China in 2015.

A viral image that appears to show the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in custody being led away from a plane isn’t real. It was made using artificial intelligence - here’s how we know: fullfact.org/world/pictur...

Full Fact’s Head of AI, @mrdudders.bsky.social, reflects on how AI has shaped misinformation this year—and how our own AI tools are helping fight back.