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Full Fact, which has been working with Facebook since 2019 to help fact check posts, said it had written to the platform's parent company Meta about the risks posed by hoax posts encouraging people to share them and click on links.
Charity Full Fact finds more than 1,200 false posts on topics from deadly snakes to serial killers at large
A tidal wave of misinformation has been flooding local Facebook groups across the United Kingdom.
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Charity Full Fact finds more than 1,200 false posts on topics from deadly snakes to serial killers at large
‘Some of these hoaxes appear designed to terrify local communities, and sow needless fear and confusion,’ says charity that has found hundreds of examples