Tuesday, October 07, 2025
Reuters Fact Check Examining social media narratives and misinformation
Reuters
An image of Donald Trump eating spaghetti while Britain’s King Charles delivers a speech beside him has been shared in an online album of the U.S. president’s September trip to the UK without the context that it is edited.
The BBC first published an article about the Manchester synagogue attack 50 minutes after police were alerted to the incident, not several hours before, contrary to a widely shared online post.
Key context is missing from a widely shared social media post that suggests eating “excessive” amounts of fruit can increase the risk of coronary heart disease.
A man caught on surveillance camera attacking women at a subway station in Barcelona, Spain, has been miscaptioned online as an incident on the London Underground.
A video of police arresting a boy in a coastal English town has been baselessly described online as showing an eight-year-old being detained for flying the national St George’s Cross flag.
British citizens will not be limited to flying twice a year starting October, contrary to social media posts that falsely suggest Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new policy.
A video of English police officers breaking into a house with a chainsaw has been falsely claimed online to show authorities responding to comments made on social media.
A video of a boat parade celebrating Galatasaray soccer club’s 25th Turkish title in May has been miscaptioned online as an aid flotilla sailing toward the Gaza Strip.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not say Hamas could apply for an embassy in London, contrary to online posts that also falsely suggest Britain recognised the Palestinian militant group as a state.
A video being shared as evidence online that British officers investigated a teenage girl for viewing a social media post is heavily edited, according to police who say the investigation relates to malicious communications.
The number of arrests at an anti-migrant march in London, England, was higher, not lower, than a smaller counter protest, contrary to widely viewed online posts.
The Finnish court that sentenced a Nigerian separatist group leader for terror offences did not reverse its decision the day after it was handed down, contrary to posts online.
Videos of delegates leaving a U.N. General Assembly speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been posted online during the 2025 session without the context that they were filmed a year earlier.
An Oklahoma man who debated Charlie Kirk earlier this year has been wrongly identified online as the man suspected of fatally shooting the conservative influencer.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has not announced an annual tax on homeowners over 60 years old, contrary to social media posts that say a new policy came into effect in early September.
Former France soccer player Eric Abidal has denied widely shared claims online that he has died after a battle with liver cancer.
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