Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Following the International Workers’ Day, the National People’s Power held May Day rallies at 21 locations. Among these was the Nuwara Eliya district event, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. This fact-check verifies a series of false social media posts circulating about the commemoration. Social Media Posts : Claim 1 […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The ownership of the Kachchativu Island has long remained a topic of debate throughout history, often resurfacing as a heated issue on India’s election stage. The matter has once again gained attention following the election victory of Indian Tamil superstar Vijay. This is an investigation we conducted into a claim […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The May Day rallies were a major political feature of the International Workers’ Day celebrations. Our fact-finding analysis, set out below, assesses the accuracy of several misleading claims concerning the events organized by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). Social Media Posts: Claim 1: A video circulating on Facebook alleged that […]
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දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp චැනලයට මෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. All parties are currently preparing to commemorate World Workers’ Day tomorrow (May 1st). In the context of heightened competition among political parties to attract the largest gatherings, misinformation is being circulated regarding their respective May Day rallies. This document constitutes a fact-check of one such […]
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දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp චැනලයට මෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. Social media posts have been circulating claiming that the current Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, will step down from his position by the end of this year. The following is a fact-check conducted in response to these claims. Social Media Posts: Several social media […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel In the context of a reported $2.5 million fraud involving the computer system of the Department of External Resources of the Ministry of Finance, social media posts have circulated alleging that the Road Development Authority erroneously repaid Rs. 380 million to contractors. An inquiry has been initiated to verify the […]
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A video ridiculing former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has once again been making the rounds on social media circles, which we found to be an instance of an altered clip. Let’s look at the claim in detail. Social media posts: The video purportedly depicts a series of scenes in which it is claimed that the former […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Today (April 21), on the 7th anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks, there was speculation in mainstream media outlets and on social media that a person who was planning to carry out further bombings in Colombo and its suburbs had been arrested. Our Factcrescendo team worked to investigate the truth […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel It is common on social media to misrepresent statements made by politicians, as well as to attribute statements that were not made by them. Here, we looked at one such instance targeting an SLPP member. Social Media Posts: A post was shared, citing a statement made by a member of […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Scammers often pretend to be household brands, in the form of websites or apps, in their vicious acts of deceiving the unsuspecting consumer. In this regard, we recently came across a fraud targeting a well-known bank in Sri Lanka. Social Media Posts: A post was published saying, “CID is investigating […]
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