There are many occasions where readers get misled due to misleading newspaper headlines and reports. This is our investigation related to such a misleading story published by the Daily Mirror about Opposition Leader , Sajith Premadasa. Media Reports On the 24th January 2022, Daily Mirror newspaper carried a front-page story related to Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader of Sri Lanka. The […]
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Sri Lanka and China have shared strong bilateral ties over the years and with a number of ongoing Chinese projects, aids and loans, there have been mixed reactions among the Sri Lankan public on the future outcome of these increased interactions. With the ongoing developments involving Colombo Port City Project, we noticed more noise on […]
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Tamil communities are spread across the world in significant numbers in many continents from Europe to Americas and Australia, apart from the bulk of the native speakers in India and Asia. As a result, at times we come across social media posts related to instances in which Tamil language and culture got recognized in some […]
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Some images that are being circulated on social media have misleading captions and narratives. This is one of our investigations related to such a viral image that has a misleading caption and story. The social media posts claim that the image depicts an abandoned village in Scotland. However, our investigation proves that the image is […]
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Caption – Source: Susana Vera/Reuters The Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading fast with massive spikes in daily cases in various nations. World Health Organization has even warned that half of Europe to be infected with Omicron within the next six to eight weeks. In India alone, 268,833 new Covid-19 cases and 402 deaths in […]
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Anyone who has been following the latest developments in managing Covid-19, has surely come across the term self-testing kits or Rapid at-home Antigen testing kits recently. If someone has been experiencing symptoms or has just been to a Covid-19 hotspot, rapid at-home antigen testing kits are very good way to check if they should be […]
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With technological development humans have been invading the forests and making roads and other infrastructure, paving the way to more human- animal interactions. In areas with forest cover, there are often reports of vehicles colliding with animals causing damages to vehicles while paving the way to loss of animal lives. This is our investigation over such social media claims related […]
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Rajapaksa brothers who hold the top most positions of the country as the President and Prime Minister often become the subject of social media campaigns. This is our investigation regarding such an altered image targeting Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his Mahinda Rajapaksa. Social Media Claims A Facebook user uploaded a photo, implying that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]
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Port City Colombo project had been a much talked topic during 2021. Alongside the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Li’s visit to Sri Lanka we noticed a number of posts related to Port City once again. Among them was a peculiar post claiming that a new 10,000 rupee note was officially introduced by the visiting Chinese Foreign […]
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A video of a spectacular light and sound show, apparently from when the clock struck midnight on December 31, 2021 is going viral across social media platforms with some captions stating that it is from Shanghai and some claiming that it is from Beijing, in China. The video shows a tall tower on a hillock […]
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