Videos making false claims about government curbs on personal freedoms, bogus taxes and fines and even fictional spats between the Royal Family and politicians are still spreading widely on social media, three months after a Full Fact investigation exposed the problem.

Since late September we’ve fact checked at least 45 new claims in this format, ranging from supposed government plans for nighttime curfews to false claims about “NHS access cards” and even a £500 “Christmas decoration tax”.

While such claims may sound obviously false to some, Full Fact has found that these videos have been viewed millions of times and are being shared widely across different social media platforms.

https://fullfact.org/politics/fake-stories-uk-government-policies-still-viewed-millions/

Posted by coffeewalnut08

8 comments

  1. Yeah, with facial recognition, Digital ID, no jury trials and a new law against protests I don’t think we need to exaggerate just how fucking bad Labour have been for freedom.

  3. > £500 Christmas decoration tax

    I just know this went absolutely viral on boomer Facebook 😂

  4. It’s so obvious it’s the Russo-american campaign to cause unrest in the UK.

  5. Laying the ground for more censorship and authoritarian curbs designed to ‘protect us’…

    When they’ve stopped cancelling elections use your vote.

  6. If they are spreading this crap .. the government should cut them off.

  7. Ban x, meta and the heritage foundation. Let’s not let the US take the UK down with them.

  8. I read an article saying that residents near a hotel housing refugees/immigrants are terrified

    Its one street over from me and I didn’t even know. Absolutely no problems that myself and neighbours had noticed.

    London is much better than when I moved here in the 90s

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