“graphic on Facebook with Kenyans.co.ke branding supposedly quoting African Union leaders proposing President William Ruto’s resignation”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
Politics and government
4,511 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 on TikTok claiming Citizen TV reported that Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga died in a plane crash”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“Video shows Bolivia's Parliament building collapsing during an official session following an earthquake.”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: False
“A Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who stand to lose insurance from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law said “about 5 million … have other insurance,” so “if they lose one (type of coverage), they're still insured.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that 2.9 million people who stand to lose Medicaid from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law are already covered by Medicare or by Medicaid in another state.…
“ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“The Commission on Audit's unmodified opinion clears Vice President Sara Duterte ahead of the impeachment trial.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: An unmodified opinion does not necessarily mean that there were no irregularities found in the agency. The OVP received the same audit opinion last year but was flagged for two of its projects.
“Police who beat and torture in the name of investigation...Brainless without conscience. Instead of police, “Savagery Department Tamil Nadu Government” can be called, or can be renamed”
Youturn rated this: false
“Video shows the sanitary pads distributed by the Congress party in Bihar with Rahul Gandhi’s photo printed on the pad”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This is a satirical video made by a comedian named Ratan Ranjan. The Congress party distributed pads in branded boxes featuring images of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, but no such images were printed on the pads themselves.
“Renkarajan Narasimhan, who filed a case against the DMK government for alleged irregularities in Hindu temples, was attacked by DMK rowdies in the Trichy court premises today. At least share this as widely as possible and ensure that his life is protected. Otherwise, we are committing a great sin against this honest Hindu who is standing up for us.”
Youturn rated this: false
“video on Facebook in which Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen states that he is “excited about power and money,”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Some of the law’s provisions benefitting taxpayers of ordinary means — including tax cuts for tipped and overtime income — are set to expire in 2028. But several of the bill’s other key elements are permanent and affect…
“The video shows journalist Sudhir Chaudhary reporting that from 01 July, all ration card holders will get ₹5,000 under a new scheme launched by the Government of India.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The Government of India has not announced any scheme offering ₹5,000 to all ration card holders. The viral video of Sudhir Chaudhary reporting this claim is digitally altered. The original video is from his DECODE episo…
“Finally, Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar accepted that Pakistan shot down three Rafale fighter jets, also describing the scale of the massive attack in India.”
Youturn rated this: fake
“Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV was charged with kidnapping and illegal detention”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: The news clip used in the Facebook reel claiming the PNP-CIDG has charged former senator Antonio Trillanes with kidnapping and serious illegal detention against extracted from a 2019 ABS-CBN news report.
“Look what Baba's Police have done with the blue hooligans who went on a rampage after being incited to take Law & Order into their own hands in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. Where is the Kingpin?”
Youturn rated this: misleading
“President Bongbong Marcos said OFW execution was “deserved.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. did not say the execution of an OFW was “deserved.” In the clip taken from an Oct. 29, 2024 interview, the president noted the Saudi government's efforts to make sure that the execution w…
“an image purportedly of the Ford Kenya Party’s Bungoma office on fire”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“digital card on Facebook, featuring Nation Africa’s branding and purportedly quoting Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“The video shows External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar saying that India lost three Rafale jets to Pakistan.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The viral clip is edited. In the original interview with Newsweek on 01 July 2024, Jaishankar said, “Pakistan did attack us massively that night… Mr. Rubio (United States Secretary of State) called me up and said that P…
“The viral video shows a monkey jumping on Union Home Minister Amit Shah as he exits a building surrounded by officials.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This is a AI-generated video. It was digitally altered using visuals from 2019 when Amit Shah visited the Home Ministry. No such incident of a monkey attacking Amit Shah occurred.