“Video of journalist Ravish Kumar promoting an online gambling mobile application”
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post shows an edited video created by altering the audio of Ravish Kumar’s video on BJP leaders’ statements targeting former US President Obama in June 2023. Ravish Kumar through a Facebook post clarified that the viral video is fake and warned people not to fall prey to fraudulent online apps that use his photo or name in their advertisements. Also, there are no reports about a widow from Mumbai winning 90 million rupees through a mobile gaming app
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 August 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 August 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid04mWdQhx6wM95EdQZ7y3JTkqbVUxbEWN3A…
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