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Checked by FACTLY21 Feb 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“News clip featuring Yogi Adityanath assuring aspiring candidates of a re-examination concerning the police constable exam, tarnished by allegations of paper leak”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video shows Yogi Adityanath assuring UPTET aspirants of a re-exam in response to a paper leak incident that occurred in 2021. Despite recent allegations of a paper leak in the UP police constable recruitment exam, t…

Checked by PolitiFact21 Feb 2024United States Crime and security

Social media posts

“Photo shows Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison posing at “Defund the Police” event.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: This photo was altered. The original photo, from a 2022 election event, does not show "defund the police" signs. Neither Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., nor Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison support defunding police.

Checked by FactCheck.org21 Feb 2024United States Crime and security

Social media posts

“Photo shows Sen. Amy Klobuchar attended a meeting with people holding “DEFUND THE POLICE” signs.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: The original image shows the people were not holding any such signs.

Checked by Vera Files19 Feb 2024Philippines Crime and security

Social media posts

“Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the arrest of Rodrigo Duterte.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by Youturn16 Feb 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“This is the situation of the police Barricades built to stop Farmers. Farmers break Barricades to enter Delhi, No barricades or police can stop them. The entire country is with them Prayers for their safety”

Youturn rated this: false

Checked by Logically Facts15 Feb 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“These photos show police barricades and iron spikes installed to halt the ongoing farmers' protest in Delhi.”

Logically Facts rated this: Misleading

Checked by Logically Facts14 Feb 2024Palestine Crime and security

Social media posts

“This video shows a man arrested for waving a Union Jack at a pro-Palestinian protest in Liverpool.”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY13 Feb 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“This video shows police lathi charging a mob in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, during a clash after a madarsa and a mosque were demolished in an anti-encroachment drive”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The viral video predates the events in Haldwani and shows police handling a crowd in the Ghatkopar area of Mumbai following the arrest of an Islamic preacher

Checked by Logically Facts8 Feb 2024Pakistan Crime and security

Social media posts

“This a recent photo of Imran Khan and shows him at a court sentencing”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by FactCheck.org2 Feb 2024United States Crime and security

Social media posts

“The judge overseeing the trial that ended with an $83 million verdict against Donald Trump "was involved in sex trafficking" with Jeffrey Epstein.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: Claims online say a judge in a case that ended with an $83 million verdict against Donald Trump is linked to sex trafficking. But the Jeffrey Epstein-related case they cite was settled, and the verdict came from a jury.

Checked by Vera Files31 Jan 2024Philippines Crime and security

Social media posts

“A PCSO lotto teller revealed that there was widespread fraud in PCSO’s lotto games.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by Logically Facts31 Jan 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Old videos of the police crackdown in Hyderabad and Saharanpur over Prophet Muhammad's remarks row in 2022 have been shared with false claims that these videos show police action after the recent Mira Road unrest in Mumbai.”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact30 Jan 2024United States Crime and security

Social media posts

“Judge in E. Jean Carroll-Donald Trump trial “involved in sex trafficking.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuits against former President Donald Trump, has not been accused of or faced charges for sex trafficking.

Checked by Youturn25 Jan 2024India Crime and security

ajaychauhan41

“Fundamentalists were arrested after entering the house”

Youturn rated this: false

Checked by PolitiFact23 Jan 2024United States Crime and security

Donald Trump, former president

“Says he is seeking legal immunity similar to what police officers have”

PolitiFact rated this: Trump seeks far more protection

PolitiFact says: Police officers have protections against civil suits; Trump seeks protections against criminal prosecution. Also police protections have limits; Trump wants effectively unlimited protection.

Checked by Logically Facts19 Jan 2024France Crime and security

Social media posts

“A viral image claims to show the French Embassy receiving the body of Genarl who was purportedly killed during the Israel-Hamas conflict.”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka18 Jan 2024Sri Lanka Crime and security

Social media posts

“An Important Police Message That Everyone Should Read" - Released by Sri Lanka Police”

Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: Misleading

Checked by Logically Facts16 Jan 2024United States Crime and security

Social media posts

“MSNBC channel’s former news anchor Mehdi Hasan was arrested by U.S. Navy JAG”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by FactCheck.org13 Jan 2024United States Crime and security

Donald Trump, Former U.S. president

“My legal issues, every one of them, every one, civil, and the criminal ones, are all set up by Joe Biden.”

FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence

FactCheck.org says: Biden has no control over state-level prosecutors who have brought cases against Trump in Manhattan and Georgia. There's no evidence Biden is involved in Trump's pending federal cases.

Checked by Youturn11 Jan 2024India Crime and security

iabhaydwivedi

“A girl who went on a trip to the Maldives was found dead, naked, near the seashore. She was gang-raped and tortured before being killed!”

Youturn rated this: false