An image of a castle, which seems to rest on top of a rock, located amidst a mid of water body, has been circulating for many years among various social and digital media platforms. The claim also attributes the castle’s location to Dublin, Ireland. However, our investigation found that this image was, in fact, a […]
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As the impacts of global climate change are increasing significantly, threatening the existence of the Earth’s inhabitants, the attention of many people has been focused on the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions. These are areas often discussed related to climate change. In such a background, a photo is once again viral on social networks, showing […]
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The world braced for a new possible wave of Covid-19, and misinformation regarding it also revived with the deadly virus. An old video of a group of doctors falsely claiming coronavirus is nothing but the seasonal flu virus is doing rounds on social media. The viral video has now been attributed to World Health Organization […]
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Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee has announced a 20-member squad to participate in the upcoming T20I & ODI series tours in India. Social media posts claimed that Vijaykanth Viyaskanth, a cricketer who shone in the recently concluded IPL, was also named in these squads to tour India. However, Factcresendo Sri Lanka found these claims to […]
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Argentina is not issuing 1000 peso notes featuring Messi. Argentina Central Bank officials “jokingly proposed” the idea of Messi’s picture is included in the note, This meeting took place before the Argentina-France final match. With Argentina winning the FIFA World Cup title, social media is flooded with images and videos of star Footballer Lionel Messi. […]
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We often encounter reports of mysterious sightings in the skies above regarding UFOs, aliens, etc. Many of these are spooky stories to humans, as it’s hard to describe the reasoning behind each occurrence using prevailing science. Pilots and astronauts, who spend much time in the air, often experience these encounters. A sighting of a mysterious […]
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Digital photo manipulation has become quite an easy task with many advanced image editing software tools, and sometimes, a carefully edited image can take much work to decipher. Such image creations can not only mislead but individuals or organizations targeted by the photo edits could also be at the receiving end of public outrage. This […]
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Artificial Intelligence and robotic technology have undergone rapid technological development in the past decade. Within that background, there are a lot of social narrations and conspiracy theories targeting these fields of AI and robotic technology. Such conspiracy theories and social narrations spread rapidly throughout cyberspace, especially on social media. This is our investigation related to […]
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A statement attributed to Father Amila Jeevantha Peiris, who actively contributed to the Gotagogama (GGG) Protest, was viral among Facebook users. It was claimed that Fr. Jeewantha said that even though a black ‘Vesak’ was celebrated during the GGG protests in May 2022, such was not required for this Christmas. However, Factcrescendo Sri Lanka’s investigation […]
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Filling a gap of 22 years, His Holiness Don Albert Malcolm Ranjith was consecrated as the second Cardinal of Sri Lanka in 2010. He was appointed as the Archbishop of Colombo a year earlier in 2009. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has been a key figure in waging the battle, demanding justice for the victims of the […]
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