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* Doctors are being deepfaked to spread misinformation
* Did Rachel Reeves mislead the public ahead of the Budget?
* Don’t take down your Christmas lights! There is no £500 ‘Christmas Decoration Tax’
* Government Tracker
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** Doctors are being deepfaked to spread misinformation ([link removed])
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By: Leo Benedictus ([link removed])
Professor David Taylor-Robinson, (deepfake version of him) above, received an email from a colleague at the University of Liverpool, where he works. “Are you aware you are on TikTok?” the email said. He was not aware, and he is not on TikTok.
Our investigation shines a light on a growing trend across social media channels where real doctors and academics are being deepfaked in videos to promote health supplements.
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** Did Rachel Reeves mislead the public ahead of the Budget? ([link removed])
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Accusations that Rachel Reeves misled people over the state of the public finances ahead of the Budget have been widely discussed in the news recently.
We look at why these claims have been made and whether they hold any weight.
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** Don’t take down your Christmas lights! There is no £500 ‘Christmas Decoration Tax’ ([link removed])
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By: Sian Bayley ([link removed])
Multiple videos shared hundreds of times on social media falsely claim that the government is introducing a £500 “Christmas Decoration Tax”. There is, of course, no such policy.
This is the latest example in a series of alarmist videos ([link removed]) we’ve seen being shared online that make false and misleading claims about supposed new government policies that affect people’s personal freedoms.
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** Government Tracker
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A selection of updates from the last seven days.
** Friday 5 December
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Is the government on track to deliver its ‘New Deal for Working People’? ([link removed])
Is the government on track to reduce net migration? ([link removed])
** Wednesday 3 December
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Has the government stopped using hotels to house asylum seekers? ([link removed])
** More articles...
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** Comment: How should we discuss risk vs benefit in the context of vaccination? ([link removed])
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By: Dame Sarah Gilbert and Sean Elias ([link removed])
** Are one in six Scots waiting for NHS care? ([link removed])
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** Video compilation includes faked clips of Israeli missile strikes on Iranian bases ([link removed])
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By: Sian Bayley ([link removed])
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