Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A deeply disturbing report has been circulating on social media claiming that a brother hacked his younger sibling to death in the Dikwella area of Matara district, Sri Lanka. The post attracted wide sharing and significant alarm among especially among Tamil online communities. Fact Crescendo investigated to determine whether any […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel On June 9, 2026, the Colombo High Court delivered its verdict in four cases filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption against former Minister Sarana Gunawardena. Within hours, social media circles read two quite different stories. Some mainstream outlets and social media users reported that the […]
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As the third phase of excavations at the Chemmani mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s north continues to yield harrowing finds, a wave of viral photographs has been circulating on social media claiming to document the discoveries firsthand. Some of those images, however, have nothing to do with Chemmani at all. Fact Crescendo investigated. Social […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When a prominent and controversial religious figure is at the center of a legal dispute involving a luxury apartment, social media rarely waits for the full story. Posts circulated widely claiming that Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero and his associates had forcibly seized and refused to vacate a high-value property […]
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As excitement builds around the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, social media users have been sharing claims that FIFA has banned face paint from stadiums. The claim appears to have gained traction after FIFA released updated stadium regulations and a list of prohibited items for spectators. However, our review […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Distorting figures and presenting them out of context is a well-established tactic in online misinformation. A post circulated on Sri Lankan social media comparing the construction costs of the Southern Expressway and the Rambukkana-Galagedara section of the Central Expressway, presenting figures that appeared to show the current government spending almost […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel False and misleading posts about Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero appear on Sri Lankan social media with regularity, alongside some of the controversial statements made by the Thero. One such post has resurfaced repeatedly since 2016: a photograph of a man in civilian clothes, accompanied by claims that it shows […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A video claiming to be a “banned programme from 2009” has been circulating on Sri Lankan social media, featuring a woman introduced as a doctor alleging that the World Health Organization (WHO) has been secretly developing sterilizing vaccines since 1974, with the goal of reducing the global population by 90%. […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Former Director of the State Intelligence Service, retired Major General Suresh Sallay, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. He is currently receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital under tight security due to his deteriorating health condition. In […]
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A viral claim circulating on social media platforms alleges that Spanish football star Lamine Yamal could miss Spain’s opening match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup because of U.S. visa problems. According to the posts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally requested that Yamal be denied entry to the United States after the player was […]
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