“The Supreme Court junked a case against the Marcoses accusing them of amassing ill-gotten wealth”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
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.
“Video of UP police arresting a person who threatened to remove a Durga Puja Pandal in Azamgarh”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video is from an incident in Noida when police arrested a group of four miscreants. The group was infamously called as ‘screwdriver’ gang as they would attack the victims with screwdrivers and later rob them. The gr…
“The Swiss federal judge asked the Philippines to determine if Marcos’ wealth was stolen money.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Recent photo of Shahrukh Khan waving at his fans gathered to celebrate his son Aryan Khan’s release from Jail”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post is an old one. This photo was taken when Shahrukh Khan thanked his fans gathered outside his house on his 49th birthday in 2014
“Screenshot of an old newspaper clip reporting Rahul Gandhi’s arrest in Boston Airport”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The newspaper clip shared in the post was created using the newspaper clipping generator website ‘fodey.com’. It is not a real clipping. In September 2001, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained for “about an hour” i…
“Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The data is cherry-picked. After an initial decline in 2017 and 2018, violent crime in West Virginia rose again in 2019 and 2020 and is now back around its level prior to the law being passed.
“Afghan Volleyball player Mahjabeen Hakimi was killed by taliban after they assumed power”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Video of Puneeth Raj Kumar collapsing due to cardiac arrest”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The man in the viral video is not Puneeth Rajkumar. It is related to an incident which happened in August 2021 in Bengaluru. Multiple news agencies reported the same video back then. The same viral video was also attrib…
“Alec Baldwin arrested for first-degree murder and possession of child pornography.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Navy SEALs arrested Hillary Clinton.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Whatever I said related to the 2G issue is false – Former CAG Vinod Rai apologised in Delhi High Court.”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“Indiana State Police offers to hire Chicago officers who REFUSE TO COMPLY with vax mandate.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Donald Trump said, “Alec Baldwin, a total loser, has taken his impression of me to a new low by testing out this theory” by shooting someone.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Halyna Hutchins tweeted, “I have information that will lead to Hillary Clinton’s arrest.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Is Sivakumar getting arrested? He enjoys in Tirupati with a young woman… Andhra police rush to Chennai!”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“Look, when we had community policing initially in the late ’90s, violent crimes dropped significantly, significantly. And the reason it did is because we had significant number of police.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Many Reasons for Drop
FactCheck.org says: Experts have said more police did help, but there were many potential reasons.
“Slander about Thanthai Periyar – A Youtuber was arrested! Dhakshinamoorthy alias Seethayin Maindhan who runs a Youtube channel named Zhagaram Voice was arrested for speaking slanderously about Thanthai Periyar on social media.”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“My opponent’s plan for people who commit sexual assault, sexual predators, is no jail time.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Walton favors restorative justice, but has not said that her plan is no jail time for sexual predators.
“H.Raja absconded after the Srivilliputhur Court issues an arrest warrant in the case of defaming Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment officials.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“USA: Surprisingly, U.S. police beat protestors like animals, and no rights group condemned it. If it was in Cambodia, it would be criticized at 1,000 times each day.”
Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated this: False
Fact Crescendo Cambodia says: People seen in the video clip were not protesters. Factually, the U.S. police officers brutally beat African-American who involved in a street brawl in Jersey City, leading to widely condemned from civil rights groups a…