Claim 'abortion to birth' is now legal in the UK is Mostly False
Changes to abortion law in England and Wales have been misrepresented on social media.
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Claim officers dug up Nicola Sturgeon’s garden in police search is False
Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell’s arrest was headline news around the UK this week, as police converged on
Police Scotland: 10 years in 10 charts
Scotland’s national police force, Police Scotland, is ten years old. It was formed in 2013 after the Scottish Government
FFS Explains: Humza Yousaf’s polling challenge
Humza Yousaf has become the sixth first minister of Scotland, and the first from a minority ethnic background. His rise
Fact check: Nicola Sturgeon on her record as first minister
Nicola Sturgeon faced MSPs for the final time at first ministers’ questions (FMQs) on Thursday, ahead of her officially stepping
Why are governments restricting TikTok?
Social media app TikTok has more than one billion users and has made global celebrities of its biggest creators, but
For Fact’s Sake podcast: How did conspiracy theories lead to an attempted coup in Germany?
In 2022, dozens of people were arrested for planning an attempted coup to overthrow the German government. It was linked
Fact check: SNP leadership debates
Voting is open in the SNP leadership race, with members choosing who they want to lead the party and become
For Fact’s Sake podcast: Why is the ‘incel’ movement so dangerous?
Ali and Paul speak to Dr Lisa Sugiura from the University of Portsmouth about the Incel movement, a misogynistic online
For Fact’s Sake podcast: Is Russia losing the information war with Ukraine?
This week marks the one-year anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. To mark this milestone Ali and Paul
What are 15 minute cities and why are they controversial?
Conservative MP Nick Fletcher used a speech in the House of Commons to promote a conspiracy theory about “15 minute
Nicola Sturgeon resigns: What happens next?
Nicola Sturgeon has resigned after eight years as first minister of Scotland. She has been in charge since November 2014,
Claim governments admitted Covid-19 virus was not real is False
An enduring claim about the Covid-19 pandemic has been consistently repeated by Scottish accounts on social media in recent weeks.