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Checked by Vera Files30 Jun 2025PhilippinesCrime and security
Social media posts

“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Philippines' return to the International Criminal Court as a member, and that the ICC has arraigned Vice President Sara Duterte and Harry Roque.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: What Malacañang said was that the president was willing to discuss the possibility of the country rejoining the ICC. No charges are filed in the ICC against Duterte and Roque, nor is an arraignment underway.

Checked by FACTLY24 Jun 2025IndiaCrime and security
Social media posts

“The current Chief Justice of India, B. R. Gavai, has restored the original logo of the Supreme Court, featuring the motto ‘Satyameva Jayate’, which was changed to ‘Yato Dharmastato Jayah’ during the tenure of Chief Justice Chandrachud.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The claim that the current Chief Justice of India, B. R. Gavai, has restored the original logo of the Supreme Court featuring the motto ‘Satyameva Jayate’ is false. The motto of the Supreme Court has never been ‘Satyame…

Checked by FactCheck.org18 Jun 2025United StatesCrime and security
Donald Trump, President of the United States

“On federalizing the National Guard in Los Angeles: “The head of the police in Los Angeles ... he was actually saying we really did need this help. It had gotten away from them. It had long gotten away, and we gave it to him.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: That's not what Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said. On the third day of protests, McDonnell did say his city police officers were “overwhelmed as far as the number of people out there engaged in this type of ac…

Checked by FACTLY10 Jun 2025IndiaCrime and security
Social media posts

“Video of the Calcutta High Court Judge, Raja Basu Chowdhury, who granted interim bail for Influencer Sharmistha Panoli, reprimanding Kolkata police for their actions.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The viral video is from a Patna High Court hearing held on 30 November 2022, unrelated to the Sharmistha Panoli case. The judge in the video is Justice Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, who had reprimanded the Bihar Police for the w…