FactCheck.org debunked the claim that the US Treasury declared insolvency explaining that while government liabilities exceed assets this has been the standard position for decades.
Year: 2026
Viral Posts Making Multiple Inaccurate Claims About UK Public Finances Fact-Checked
Full Fact analysed a series of popular social media posts making several false or misleading claims about the UK’s public finances tax revenues and national debt levels.
Old Footage of 2025 Westminster Bridge March Mislabelled as Showing More Recent Protest
Fact-checkers confirmed that old footage from the September 2025 Unite the Kingdom march on Westminster Bridge was being reshared with false captions claiming it showed a different more recent protest.
Claim That UK Government X Account Was Suspended by Elon Musk Confirmed False
Full Fact debunked circulating Facebook posts with screenshots falsely claiming Elon Musk had suspended the official UK Government account on the X social media platform.
Viral Video Claiming to Show Yorkshire Church Fire was Actually Filmed in Mexico
Full Fact identified that a widely shared video on social media claiming to show a church set on fire in Yorkshire England was actually footage from an incident in Santiago de Querétaro Mexico.
Fake Boots Pharmacy Survey Gift Scam Circulating on Social Media Debunked
Full Fact confirmed that viral social media posts claiming Boots the pharmacy would send free skincare sets for completing a survey were not genuine offers from the company.
Daily Mail Corrects Boris Johnson Column’s False Claim About Andy Burnham After Full Fact Challenge
The Daily Mail issued a correction to an inaccurate claim published in a column by former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson about Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.
Tehran Times Used AI-Enhanced Image to Exaggerate Damage at US Navy Bahrain HQ
BBC Verify confirmed that Iran’s state-linked Tehran Times published an AI-modified image on X that depicted greater damage to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain than actually occurred.
AI-Generated Images of Iranian Girls Shared by UN Official as Authentic Photos Debunked
Fact checkers confirmed that AI-generated images purporting to show bodies of Iranian girls which were shared by a UN Special Rapporteur on social media were not authentic photographs.
Photos of May 2025 Port Sudan Explosion Falsely Claimed to Show Iran Attacking Djibouti Base
Verification teams debunked posts that were using photos of the Port Sudan explosion from 2025 to falsely allege that Iran had attacked the Camp Lemonnier military base in Djibouti.