“Rihanna named her baby after Indian farmer protestor Rakesh Tikait”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Mar 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Rihanna has not made any such announcement saying she would name her baby after Indian farmer leader Rakesh Tikait. There are no reports in this regard. Further, the screenshot of the viral ‘the Independent’ tweet is digitally edited.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 5 April 2022, 16 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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