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A video shared hundreds of times on Facebook falsely claims to feature “audio of the noises from the missing Titanic submarine”. 

The sounds of water, beeps and sporadic banging can be heard in the clip, which appears to have been originally posted to TikTok on 21 June where it has been viewed more than 12 million times.

The video also features a picture of the OceanGate Titan submersible, which went missing on 18 June while on a tourist expedition to the Titanic shipwreck—almost 4,000 metres below sea level. 

A huge search was launched in order to locate the submersible after it lost contact with the launch vessel.

However, on 22 June it was confirmed that the submersible had in fact suffered a “catastrophic implosion”, killing everyone on board. 

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Hoax posts claiming that a cocker spaniel has been found by the side of the road have been shared thousands of times in community Facebook groups across the UK. 

We have seen versions of the posts in groups based in Brixham (Devon), Shrewsbury (Shropshire), Lancaster (Lancashire), Kettering (Northamptonshire), Stockport (Greater Manchester), Eastbourne (East Sussex), Warrington (Cheshire) and Harrogate (North Yorkshire). 

Together, these posts have been shared more than 16,000 times. 

The posts all use near-identical wording, which says: “Hello, it’s been 2 weeks and I haven’t found the owner of this sweet cocker spaniel we picked up on the road in [location]

“She’s really depressed and she’s not eating. We took her to the vet she’s not chipped. Please bump…

A post on Facebook claims a photograph shows an unchipped dog that has been found in Watton, Norfolk. The post, which asks for help finding the owner, has been shared over 2,000 times. 

The same photo with similar text has also been shared hundreds of times in local groups for Warrington, Plymouth, Exeter, York and Lincolnshire, amongst others. 

It says: “Hello, I haven’t found the owner of this sweet girl we picked up on the road in 📍Watton. She’s really depressed and she’s not eating. We took her to the vet she’s not chipped. Please Bump this post and help me fine the owner [sic]”.

There is no evidence that the dog pictured has been found in these locations. Although Full Fact was not able to find the original source of the picture, many other posts…

A video shared to Facebook claims that the Rockefeller family wrote a “secret covenant” that proves the public is being controlled by an elite class through secretive methods such as poison. 

The speaker in the video, which has 1.7 million views on TikTok, says: “This is their [the Rockefellers’] secret covenant and their clause of things that they want it to follow [sic].”

But there is no evidence that this secret plot is genuine or that the text is in any way connected to the Rockefellers—a prominent American family known for business and philanthropy. Many other posts, including one Full Fact checked recently, also quote versions of this “covenant” and specify John D. Rockefeller as its author.

A number of identical posts advertising fake campervan giveaways have been shared on Facebook, one of which has been shared over 200,000 times. 

The posts, which are shared from different pages about camping or holiday parks, all use the same pictures showing the exterior and interior of a motorhome. 

The text in the posts says: “Due to having a few small dents and scratches we have been unable to sell this in our showroom, rather than flog it as second hand we have decided to bring some joy by giving it to someone who has Sharred [sic] then commented by April 16th at 5pm. Delivery should be within 2 weeks.” 

This is a popular format for posts driving high levels of engagement on Facebook, and Full Fact has written about fake posts using exactly the same wording…