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“One video currently circulating on X, formerly Twitter, purports to show several high-rise buildings that toppled almost like building blocks in the wake of the Taiwan earthquake”

Deutsche Welle rated this: False

Deutsche Welle says: The video of the toppling skyscrapers is not recent and comes from a context that is fortunately far less dramatic than it appears in these recent posts. The footage dates back to August 2021 and is of a controlled demo…

Checked by FACTLY4 Apr 2024IndiaEducation
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“Video depicting Navjot Singh Sidhu mocking Rahul Gandhi by saying, ‘Hey Rahul Baba, go to school and learn to read. Learn the difference between nationalism and treason’.”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: This viral video of Navjot Singh Sidhu criticizing Rahul Gandhi dates back to 2010. At that time, Navjot Singh Sidhu was not associated with the Congress party; he was a BJP MP. Sidhu made these statements while address…