John’s story: when health misinformation leads to harm
At Full Fact, we work to challenge bad information—so people like John can make informed decisions about their health.
Full Fact fights bad information
Bad information ruins lives. It promotes hate, damages people’s health, and hurts democracy. You deserve better.
Recent fact checks
Contrasting claims have been circulating about the cost of Afghan resettlement schemes after a 2022 data leak.

With reports mentioning figures from £800 million to £7 billion, we look at what we know about the schemes’ cost.
A video compilation with millions of views on social media claims to show recent flash floods hitting Brenham in Texas.

This isn’t correct. None of the six clips in the compilation show this - our analysis shows they actually depict flooding in other countries.
Reform UK’s Nigel Farage and Richard Tice have claimed illegal migrants are 24 times more likely to go to prison.

This appears to refer to a figure which comes from Conservative analysis and is not reliable, based on the details reported.
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