“a video purportedly showing Church of Uganda archbishop Kaziimba Mugalu being denied entry to church after his remarks at parliament in March 2025”
PesaCheck rated this: False
Politics and government
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“a video purportedly showing the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led government in Syria bombing civilian neighbourhoods in coastal cities in March 2025”
PesaCheck rated this: Partly False
“During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“image featured in a TikTok video claiming to show Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni wearing a red overall and beret with National Unity Platform (NUP) party branding”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“image on Facebook of a front page reporting on former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“Audio shows a BBC reporter making a vulgar comment about an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
“The viral video shows that Jana Sena Party chief and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan attended an Iftar party in 2025, wearing Muslim attire.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video is from March 2019, during Pawan Kalyan’s election campaign in Guntur, where he visited Jana Sena MLA candidate Sheikh Zia Ur Rehman’s house and had lunch with his family. Reports confirm that Ramzan in 2019 o…
“video on TikTok and YouTube, supposedly of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s message to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga after he lost in the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson’s election”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“Image depicts a sculpture of former President Duterte at a wood carving workshop”
FactRakers rated this: Altered
FactRakers says: Image likely AI-generated
“Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is pushing for the teaching of masturbation to four-year-olds.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: A clip of President Marcos supposedly pushing for the teaching of masturbation to four-year-olds was taken out of context. Last Jan. 20, he actually criticized a bill that he thought was pushing to include masturbation …
“video purportedly showing United States President Donald Trump praising and pledging support to Somali lawmaker Dahir Amiin Jeesow”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“President Donald Trump posted on X that “If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
“The Department of Government Efficiency has “found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: The most recent update on DOGE’s website from March 2 reports that the department has only created an estimated $105 billion in savings thus far. Although Trump ticked off several examples of what he called “appalling w…
“Hollywood actor Robert De Niro abused US President Donald Trump at the 2025 Oscar awards ceremony.”
ThePrint rated this: FALSE
“BIG NEWS! Sadhguru criticises the previous government in front of HM Amit Shah and DCM DK Shivkumar. He said "Earlier every month, there used to be a bomb blast. You have not heard of such things in the last 10 years. Thanks to our agencies, forces and our beloved Home Minister Amit Shah, "Kashmir has also been fully reintegrated into India by correcting historical mistakes." - he said”
Youturn rated this: false
“Facebook post with a poster claiming Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has “fronted” comedian Yokana Mbuuse, alias Kapere Lufotose, as Kawempe North by-elections National Unity Platform (NUP) party flag bearer”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“Facebook post with a video claiming to show Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro allegedly announcing plans to form a new political party away from the Kenya Kwanza coalition”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“image on Facebook, supposedly of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy kneeling behind the desk of United States counterpart Donald Trump”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“P4.1 trillion of the P6.3 trillion national government budget for 2025 was released to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: The P4.1 trillion released by the DBM from the P6.3 trillion national budget as of January 2025 went to government agencies and projects, not to the president.