“Photo of a poor labourer beaten during the COVID-19 lockdown”
Social media posts
Claim dated 21 Mar 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The posted photo is not related to the COVID-19 lockdown. The same photo is being shared on the internet at least since December 2017 i.e., much before the discovery of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown due to the pandemic in 2020
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 March 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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