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In the newsletter this week
* What’s really going on with Sheffield’s new bins?
* Minneapolis shooting image examined
* Green Party by-election candidate incorrectly named
* Government Tracker
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But first...
A picture supposedly showing Reform UK leader Nigel Farage visiting a seven-year-old with terminal brain cancer in hospital to fulfil their “final wish” has been shared on Facebook.
Full Fact have taken a closer look at this image, which was edited with AI to include Mr Farage. To be clear, we weren’t able to establish who created it. Reform UK has told us it was “in no way involved in the creation of these AI images”.
Read our Fact Check here ([link removed])
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Meghan
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** What’s really going on with Sheffield’s new bins? ([link removed])
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By: Charlotte Green ([link removed])
A video shows new public bins in Sheffield which it claims require you to tap a card to pay to access them.
In the footage a person says “these new bins in Sheffield, you have to pay by card [...] you’ve got to tap your card to pay” and gestures doing so over a graphic on the bin of a hand tapping a card of some sort.
But do these bins really require card payments?
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** Minneapolis shooting image examined ([link removed])
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By: Sian Bayley ([link removed])
We often see misinformation spreading widely after significant crisis events such as the recent shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
An image we’ve fact checked supposedly depicts the moment a federal agent shot Mr Pretti. Although this image comes from a still of the real video of the shooting, it has been enhanced with AI.
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** Green Party by-election candidate incorrectly named ([link removed])
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By: Charlotte Green ([link removed])
Ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election, online posts named someone as the Green Party’s candidate.
But who is the official candidate for the Greens?
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** Government Tracker
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Updates from the last seven days.
** Tuesday 3 February
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How many major economic infrastructure project decisions have been taken under this government? ([link removed])
** Wednesday 4 February
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Has the government ended the Rwanda migrant agreement? ([link removed])
** More articles...
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** Another AI-generated video of Donald Trump criticising Keir Starmer circulates online ([link removed])
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By: Sian Bayley ([link removed])
** What did Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin say about Manchester in 2023? ([link removed])
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** Vaccines do not cause autism, despite reported rises ([link removed])
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