Politics and government

“Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.”

PolitiFact says: A task force recommended undoing many of Trump’s policies, but not an immediate enrollment for welfare. Plan also did not say immigrants illegally in the country should have more benefits than U.S. citizens.

“Photo of Congress rebel leader Sachin Pilot joining BJP”

FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post is an edited one. It is true that Rajasthan Congress Leader Sachin Pilot rebelled against his own party. But he told media that he is not going to join the BJP.

“NDMA has written a letter to the central government to re impose national wide lockdown for 46 days starting from September 25.”

Vishvas News says: The viral claim is fake. NDMA has not written a letter to the central government to re impose national wide lockdown for 46 days starting from September 25.

“Paredes shared a "Rappler" quote card that shows Sen. Bong Go saying media giant ABS-CBN should not have “hurt President Rodrigo Duterte’s feelings” if it did not want to get shut down.”

Vera Files says: Rappler published no such graphic. Similarly, no other news sources or official records show Go saying the statement attributed to him in the circulating quote card.

“The government will not do a house-to-house search for COVID-19-positive individuals. This is a ruse created by critics of the administration.”

Vera Files says: It was Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año, not “critics” of the administration, who said government authorities will go “house-to-house” to check compliance with home quarantine regulations.

“Government of India is distributing ₹ 2000 to every girl in the country under the scheme ‘PM Kalyan Aashirvad Yojana’”

FACTLY says: There is no such scheme by the name ‘PM Kalyan Aashirvad Yojana’, introduced by the Government of India. Press Information Bureau (PIB) also clarified the same when posts on such a scheme went viral on social media

“Photo shows “Wayfair president of operations Bill Hutcherson with Ghislaine Maxwell.”

“Florida state Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen “turned her back on President Trump, refusing to ban sanctuary cities.”

PolitiFact says: Florida state Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen, R-Fort Myers, actually supports banning sanctuary cities. She was absent for a 2018 vote banning sanctuary cities but voted for a sanctuary cities ban in 2019.

“The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”

“Photo is proof of Boracay's neglect when Aquino was president”

FactRakers says: Photo was taken in December 2017. Rodrigo Duterte was president, not Benigno Aquino III.

“Video of a Chinese Engineer in Karachi beating a Pakistani driver for submitting a fake petrol bill.”

FACTLY says: The tweet with the above claim was made recently from a satirical account. The video was found to be on the internet at least since 2016. News reports indicated that the video is related to an incident in Malaysia.

“Columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote that former President Barack Obama was running a "shadow government organization aimed at resisting and tearing down the Constitutional Republic we know as AMERICA.”

FactCheck.org says: The claim was written by a Christian blogger for The Daily Jot in 2017, not by Charles Krauthammer.

“Sonia Gandhi seated in the prominent seat in a bilateral meeting when Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister”

FACTLY says: The tweet shared in the post is a morphed one. No such tweet related to snapping internet services in these conflict regions was not made by Home Minister Amit Shah.

“The federal government will be providing ₹ 2,000 relief fund to each citizen of the country”

FACTLY says: The link seen in the message is of a dubious website. The government is not providing ₹ 2,000 relief fund to each citizen

“Government to compensate Gikomba traders”

“Vice President Leni Robredo said "most of those who experience teen pregnancies are the youth.”

“Says a bill he sponsored would have made “it easier to get rid of bad cops”

“The MV Karagatan incident is what caused Ferdinand Marcos to declare martial law in 1972.”

“Photo of former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi addressing the army jawans at Galwan valley”

FACTLY says: The photo of former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi addressing the Indian soldiers was taken at Leh in 1971, not at Galwan valley

“President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”

PolitiFact says: After the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson and related racial justice protests, Obama established a task force to examine better policing practices.