Crime and security

1,827 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.

Checked by PolitiFact6 Jan 2025United States Crime and security

Social media posts

“BREAKING: A second attack in New Orleans has been uncovered, police are searching.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: On Jan. 1, a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on a busy street in New Orleans, killing 14 people. We found no credible information substantiating a Facebook post’s claim about a subsequent “breaking” attack in New …

Checked by FACTLY3 Jan 2025India Crime and security

Social media posts

“The video shows Muslim men waving swords, abusing on camera, and later apologising while paraded by the police in Uttar Pradesh.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The viral video is not from Uttar Pradesh, and there is no communal angle. Bhopal police arrested the individuals involved in this incident after they were filmed abusing and waving swords during a fight at Habibganj po…

Checked by Youturn31 Dec 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Abdul was molesting school girls every day. His activity was captured on CCTV camera. The rest job was done by UP police. Do you support this action of the police?”

Youturn rated this: misleading

Checked by Fact Crescendo Cambodia27 Dec 2024Cambodia Crime and security

Samdech Seng Ratana, Politician

“[Cambodian Police Chief] Sar Thet was rushed to the emergency room after an unidentified person entered the office and opened fire.”

Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated this: False

Fact Crescendo Cambodia says: Fact Crescendo found that the claims mentioned above are false. The Ministry of Interior has publicly stated that the claims are “fake” news. National Police Commissioner Sar Thet was not shot as claimed. Instead, he wa…

Checked by Logically Facts24 Dec 2024Syria Crime and security

Social media posts

“A social media post claiming to show a video of "human press" at Sednaya prison in Syria”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by Youturn24 Dec 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“BR Ambedkar was drunk while writing the Constitution. Arvind Kejriwal He should be arrested. Share this maximum.”

Youturn rated this: false

Checked by FACTLY24 Dec 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“The Telangana police recently announced special discounts on pending traffic challans in December 2024.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The Hyderabad City Traffic Police of Telangana clarified on their official X (formerly Twitter) handle and Facebook page that the message claiming the Telangana police had announced discounts on pending traffic challans…

Checked by FACTLY23 Dec 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“A video showing police assisting a vegetable seller by freeing her dress caught under a car and removing the car’s tyre in the process.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video in question is scripted and not based on a real incident. Uploaded on Facebook on 12 April 2024 by actress Sanjjanaa Galrani, the original video contains a disclaimer noting that the page features scripted dra…

Checked by FACTLY23 Dec 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Video shows a biker inappropriately touching a girl, driving away, and later being punished by the Uttar Pradesh police.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The viral video combines clips from two separate & unrelated incidents from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, and has nothing to do with Uttar Pradesh. The first clip shows a molestation case in Parbhani, Maharashtra, whe…

Checked by PesaCheck21 Dec 2024Crime and security

Tony Heller

“A post on X (formerly Twitter) which claims that climate change is a scam because there has been no loss in Arctic Sea ice”

PesaCheck rated this: Missing Context

Checked by PesaCheck19 Dec 2024Crime and security

farmus86

“post on X (formerly Twitter) with an image purportedly of a prisoner at Saydnaya Prison in Syria”

PesaCheck rated this: False

Checked by Logically Facts16 Dec 2024Syria Crime and security

Social media posts

“Image shows detainee tortured at Assad's prison in Syria.”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY16 Dec 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Police punished a Mulsim man for mocking a cow in Uttar Pradesh.”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: The viral post combines three different incidents. The photo of a man with a police officer standing behind him is from July 2023, linked to a case involving flesh being thrown near a Hanuman Temple in Haryana. The vide…

Checked by PesaCheck16 Dec 2024Crime and security

InsightLinkUSA -ES

“post on X (formerly Twitter), with a video purportedly of a robbery incident following the earthquake in California in December 2024”

PesaCheck rated this: False

Checked by Vera Files16 Dec 2024Philippines Crime and security

Social media posts

“The Supreme Court has ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines to arrest President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: There has been no such order from the SC to arrest Marcos. As president, no cases can be filed against Marcos as he enjoys immunity from lawsuits during his term.

Checked by FactRakers14 Dec 2024Philippines Crime and security

Social media posts

“New corruption evidence vs Marcos surfaces”

FactRakers rated this: FALSE

FactRakers says: No corruption evidence vs Marcos was uncovered; video doesn't support the thumbnail

Checked by PesaCheck14 Dec 2024Crime and security

Cheryl Reynolds

“post with an image purportedly showing police turnout for a farmers’ protest in 2024”

PesaCheck rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY12 Dec 2024India Crime and security

Social media posts

“Photo shows a prisoner from Sednaya Prison in Syria.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The viral photo is from the War Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and not a real photo of a prisoner from Sednaya Prison in Syria.

Checked by PesaCheck12 Dec 2024Crime and security

Abdu Mohammed

“post claiming to show a bus crash in Saudi Arabia in which 20 Ethiopians were killed in November 2024”

PesaCheck rated this: False

Checked by FactRakers10 Dec 2024Philippines Crime and security

Social media posts

“Lawmaker who slammed VP Duterte recently convicted by court”

FactRakers rated this: FALSE

FactRakers says: Court decision was handed down in July, not recently