“NPP Government Cancelled of 361 Bar Licenses Issued by the Previous Government !!”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: Misleading
Politics and government
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“Photo of Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma al-Assad in Moscow, Russia after rebels toppled his Government in Syria.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The photo shows Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma, visiting Syrian earthquake survivors in the city of Aleppo in February 2023. Although reports suggest that Assad and his family have been granted asylum in Russia, thi…
“photo on Facebook supposedly showing Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho with Nominated Member of Parliament Sabina Chege”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“post on X (formerly Twitter) with a video supposedly of an attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson said in a video that nancy pelosi was helping the company get government funding”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“A video shows a plane carrying Bashar al-Assad, the ousted president of Syria, crashing near Homs after departing Damascus.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“RSS member was apprehended with live weapons and ammunition, and transported to Sambhal to ignite communal violence. Will the UP government invoke the NSA against him? Or NSA is reserved for innocent Sikhs only?”
Youturn rated this: false
“The image shows the former Syrian President and his wife in Moscow after rebels took over Syria.”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“photo shared on X (formerly Twitter) claiming to show National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine and Secretary General David Rubogonya at an LGBTQ+ conference”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“post on TikTok with a video purportedly showing Ugandan journalist Isaac Katende, alias Kasuku Zabanga, being chased from a party”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“A video shows actor Pankaj Tripathi portraying a peanut seller who mocking the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The viral video is an edited version of an ad campaign by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), where actor Pankaj Tripathi was appointed as its “UPI Safety Ambassador.” In the original ad, when Tripathi sh…
“An image of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina standing with a group of people has been shared online to criticize her, with claims that it shows a Hindu priest in saffron attire applying a tilak on her forehead in India”
Logically Facts rated this: Fake
“posts on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook with a video supposedly of Kiharu Member of Parliament (MP) Ndindi Nyoro attacking the state in November 2024”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“Bill Gates has been indicted in the Netherlands.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Israel's prime minister Netanyahu was attacked and beaten up by Israel's parliament MPs. IBI GOOD NEWS MUBARAK TO ALL”
Youturn rated this: false
“Photo shows President Joe Biden used his son Hunter’s injuries from a car accident as a photo opportunity when taking the oath of office for Senate in 1973.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Jan. 5, 1973, photo shows President Joe Biden taking the oath of office for U.S. Senate at a Wilmington, Delaware, hospital. Also pictured is his son Beau Biden, not Hunter. Both sons were injured in a December 1972…
“A video shows Mulayam Singh Yadav calling the Samajwadi Party 'anti-Hindu' in his speech.”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“Amidst the introduction and subsequent revocation of martial law in South Korea on 3 December 2024, several posts have been widely shared on social media”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Mao Ning will replace Xi Jinping as president of China, and launch an armed attack on the Philippines if she becomes president.”
Vera Files rated this: No Basis
Vera Files says: Mao has never made any public pronouncement that she intends to become president of China nor did she say anything about obliterating the Philippines.
“The bank accounts of former president Rodrigo Duterte have been cleared of any suspicious activity.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: The investigation on this matter is ongoing. It is also unclear whether or not there are any anomalies in Duterte's bank accounts as he refuses to sign a bank secrecy waiver.