“The Argentina football team fans from Kerala erected a cutout of Messi under water”
Social media posts
Claim dated 19 Dec 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the viral post was shot and uploaded by a vlogger named Mohammed Swadikh on his YouTube channel, ‘Lakshadweep vlogger, swadikh’. Swadikh erected a cutout of Lionel Messi underwater (Arabian Sea) in Lakshadweep
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 December 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 December 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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