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Checked by FACTLY18 May 2023India Politics and government

Social media posts

“This song is an anthem created by the New Zealand government”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: This video is of a performance by a choir named ‘Fatih Sultan Mehmet Choir‘ at a concert held on 29 May 2011, in Turkey. It was part of a the choirs’ concert held in the Haiga Irene Musem, Istanbul. This choir is based …

Checked by FACTLY15 May 2023India Politics and government

Social media posts

“A tweet by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 13 May 2023 congratulating the Congress Party on their win in the Karnataka Assembly elections and suggested that they could work with SDPI to strengthen the influence of Islam in Karnataka”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: Shehbaz Sharif has not made any such tweet related to congress victory in Karnataka or SDPI on 13 May 2023.

Checked by Vera Files10 May 2023Philippines Politics and government

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Philippine President

“Responding to a question about the impending depletion of the Malampaya gas field, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said "the Malampaya fields, the natural gas fields that lie within our baselines and within our exclusive economic zone and that again is being questioned in certain cases, certain areas by China.”

Vera Files rated this: Inaccurate

Vera Files says: Marcos confused Reed Bank with Malampaya. Reed Bank “has been adjudged by the South China Sea Arbitral Award to be part of the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone,” says international law expert Romel Bagares.

Checked by Youturn12 Apr 2023India Politics and government

Atul Rastogi

“AK Antony, being the Defense Minister, bought a painting from Elizabeth Antony with government money of 28 crores, when there was no money for a bulletproof jacket, Elizabeth Antony, AK Antony’s wife.”

Youturn rated this: False

Checked by Rumor Scanner2 Apr 2023Bangladesh Politics and government

Shah Muhammad Rakib Hasan & Media Outlets

“Shah Muhammad Rakib Hasan of Rangpur, Bangladesh has become the best debater in US government’s parliamentary debate tournament organized by the White House”

Rumor Scanner rated this: False

Checked by Youturn10 Mar 2023India Politics and government

Abdul A Razak

“This is real journalism! Journalists of India become ‘petticoat journalists’ in the Congress era and ‘knicker journalists’ in the BJP era! When does he do journalism, the time has come to ask?”

Youturn rated this: Fake

Checked by PolitiFact4 Mar 2023United States Politics and government

Marjorie Taylor Greene, U.S. Representative

“Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants America’s “sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not say this. Zelenskyy predicted that if Ukraine loses the war, Russia will then invade a country that’s a NATO member, forcing the U.S. to defend its allies.

Checked by FactCheck.org2 Mar 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, "The U.S. will have to send their sons & daughters to Ukraine to fight.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact22 Feb 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“A photo shows President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holding hands.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact10 Feb 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“Photo shows former President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador kissing.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by Washington Post2 Feb 2023United States Politics and government

Ted Cruz, Senator (R-Texas)

“This email reads as if it was cut-and-pasted from an official government briefing. An official government briefing that one would infer his father had received. And it reads as if it could easily have come from a classified briefing..”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: This material was available in newspapers and magazines

Checked by PolitiFact31 Jan 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“Video shows Congress “erupting” over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s remarks.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by Soch Fact Check29 Jan 2023Pakistan Politics and government

Social media posts

“A photo shows the mother and grandmother of former prime minister and PML-N Supremo, Nawaz Sharif, and claims they played the drum in the streets of Amritsar in colonial India.”

Soch Fact Check rated this: False

Checked by Soch Fact Check29 Dec 2022Pakistan Politics and government

Social media posts

“The Government of Brazil has permitted its citizens to start killing bike-riding muggers in a bid to bring down street crime.”

Soch Fact Check rated this: False

Checked by Vera Files7 Dec 2022Philippines Politics and government

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Sandro Marcos

“Former senator Bam Aquino was the originally proponent of a sovereign wealth fund similar to the Maharlika Wealth Fund recently proposed by House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Rep. Sandro Marcos.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: Bam Aquino, a cousin of the late president Benigno Aquino III, indeed filed a bill creating a sovereign wealth fund. However, Aquino’s bill provided that funding for the SWF would come from the General Appropriations Ac…

Checked by FACTLY30 Nov 2022India Politics and government

Social media posts

“Indonesian government ordered a shutdown of internet services before and after 30 minutes of Azaan”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The Indonesian government did not issue any such guidelines ordering the shutdown of internet services before and after the 30 minutes of Azaan. Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs in February 2022, issued a circu…

Checked by PolitiFact30 Nov 2022United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“The number of followers John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz have on Instagram proves the Pennsylvania Senate race was illegitimate.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

Checked by Vera Files16 Nov 2022Philippines Politics and government

Migz Zubiri

“Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri says he has not heard nor seen drug war-related killings under the new administration.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: The Philippine National Police reported on Nov. 14 that 46 deaths occurred in 18,505 anti-drug operations since the Marcos administration assumed power on June 30. The police claimed the 46 individuals killed were suspe…

Checked by FACTLY9 Nov 2022India Politics and government

Social media posts

“Former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s quote which shows he is against privatization of the government assets”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: In July 2020, the Indian railways invited a ‘Request for Qualification’ (RFP)’ for private participation for passenger train operations on 109 pairs of routes. The private entity shall pay fixed haulage and energy charg…

Checked by PolitiFact3 Nov 2022United States Politics and government

Citizens for Sanity, advocacy group

“President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: Proposals supported by President Joe Biden that won the support of only Democrats in Congress allocated $482 billion on behalf of U.S. children in 2021.