“The Supreme Court voted unanimously to shut down ABS-CBN.”
Vera Files rated this: False
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.
“Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video of BJP MLA Anil Upadhyay shooting an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“A girl was “decapitated” in front of her parents by a Somali migrant. Media “covered up” the murder.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Kidero acquitted of corruption charges”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Kidero acquitted of corruption charges”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“When a POTUS is found guilty of #Treason, [it negates] every Executive Order, Judge Appointee, 'everything' they had ever done.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Posts claim that if a former president is convicted of treason, his title would be “stripped away” along with all his presidential actions. It’s false that a president’s actions would be undone after such a conviction.
“Under an 1866 Supreme Court ruling, stay-at-home orders are illegal and can be disregarded with impunity.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The post misattributed a quote from a 1935 Illinois Supreme Court decision about Chicago judicial salaries. The original quote refers to the Illinois Constitution.
“Image of a minor girl kidnapped and gang-raped by four Muslims in Tonk (Rajasthan)”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
“Police not allowed to enter area during Ramzan celebrations in Mumbai's Kurla West”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Tamil Nadu Police have come up with an innovative way to punish lockdown violators.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Muslim woman killed in Ballia area in UP”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“The flu killed 80,000 people in the U.S. last year”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The CDC’s estimate for seasonal flu deaths for the 2017-18 season was about 61,000. The CDC’s preliminary estimate for seasonal flu deaths for the 2018-19 season is about 34,200, but that’s not the final number.
“Video of women jumping from a building after being locked by the Police for shopping during the lockdown”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Jamshedpur residents have put up saffron flags on their rooftops after Police removed saffron flags at fruit shops of some sellers”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: On 25 April 2020, the Jamshedpur Police have removed ‘Hindu Fal Dukaan’ banners at some fruit stalls. But the posted video is on the internet at least since 02 April 2020. So, the video was not taken after the removal o…
“Police are looking for Nairobi Surgeon Misango”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Police are looking for Nairobi Surgeon Misango”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Video of Byculla (Maharashtra) MLA Waris Pathan threatening Police to open a mosque during the existing lockdown”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“The second wave of the Spanish flu reportedly killed 20 million to 50 million people after the first wave killed 3 million to 5 million people”
USA TODAY rated this: Partly False
“Videos of Muslims being beaten up and killed by RSS and BJP in India”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE