Author: Sagarika
False social media posts claim the President and other ministers stole $2.5 million!
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The alleged cyberattack involving unauthorized access to the computer system of the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Foreign Resources and the reported misappropriation of USD 2.5 million has emerged as a prominent national concern in recent days. Alongside this, a significant volume of related content, much of it unverified and […]
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Is Sri Lanka Police STF Getting 50 bikes from Nissanka Senadhipathi?
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel It is normal for society to occasionally engage in discussions about certain personalities based on various statements and events. Social media is a platform that further fuels that social discourse. Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi has also become a hot topic of discussion in recent days due to an alleged […]
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Did Sri Lanka buy crude oil at $286 per barrel?
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Due to the current tensions involving the US, Iran, and Israel, many countries around the world have had to face an energy crisis to some extent. Despite the crisis, Sri Lanka maintained fuel supplies, but the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation raised fuel prices on several occasions. In this context, claims that […]
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Was it an occasion when Ranil met former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran in Singapore?
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel This is a fact-check we conducted on a post circulating on social media that claimed former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, while in Singapore for surgery, had met former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, who is facing charges in connection with the Central Bank bond scam and cannot be extradited to Sri […]
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Did Minister Sunil Handunnetti say sellers of low-priced imported goods will face penalties?
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When only parts of the statement are taken and published under different headlines, the meaning is sometimes distorted. This is a fact-check we conducted on a post that was published this way. Social Media Posts: “Severe penalties for selling imported goods at a lower price than Sri Lankan-made goods” This […]
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Fact Check: Sajith Premadasa Did Attend Udaya Gammanpila’s Book Launch
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel On social media, it is common to see content created using artificial intelligence (AI) to spread false information. Meanwhile, it is also possible to see cases where real events are used to hide the truth by claiming that they have been created through artificial intelligence. This is a fact-check we […]
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Fake social media posts falsely attributed to Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala and Minister Sunil Handunnetti
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel There is a trend of sharing posts on social media claiming that politicians have made various statements regarding events that are causing controversy in society. This is a fact check we conducted on a post that was created and released on social media in this way. Social Media Posts: Claim […]
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False Claim: Colombo Central Bus Station renovation deviated from the original design
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Among the current government development projects, the modernization of the Colombo Central Bus Stand, which facilitates the transportation of a huge number of passengers daily, is one of the prominent projects. This is a fact-check of the posts circulating on social media regarding the Colombo Central Bus Stand, which is […]
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Were a series of photos and videos of American soldiers recently captured by the Iranian military?
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The ever-escalating Middle East war and its related events have become the main topics of discussion in mainstream media and on almost all social media networks worldwide. Among the information presented in this way, there is a lot of misleading content as well. This is a fact-check of some of […]
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