As the Russia-Ukraine war approaches 4 months, since Russia’s invasion into Ukraine in late February, a lot of updates and events related to the ongoing situation continue to be shared on international news as well as on social media streams. We noticed a video claiming to be Russian Kinzhal missile attack on a Ukrainian arms depot […]
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Sri Lanka has been amidst a severe political and economic crisis for a few months and public protests against the government were seen in many parts of the country. Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and it`s president Saliya Pieris has been emphasizing the rights of people to protest peacefully and on several occasions have […]
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Currently, Sri Lanka is going through one of the worst political and economic crises since gaining its independence in 1948. Within this context, many scam messages, especially related to social security have been widely circulating, inciting fear among the public. This is our investigation related to such a misleading message, which went viral on WhatsApp, over the threat of robberies by officers claiming to be from […]
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This video does not show robots performing at Disneyland in Shanghai. They are Bachata dancers from Russia. A video showing a sensual dance performance by two dancers is widely circulating on social media with the claim they are robots performing at Disneyland in Shanghai. It is also said that the audience stood in a line […]
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Social media users shared an article from a satirical website believing it to be True. An image targeting pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s Vice President Rady Johnson is going viral on social media. Users claimed that Rady Johnson was arrested after Pfizer released a new set of documents about the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Users claim that he was […]
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Update 18/05/22: Lanka IOC Managing Director Manoj Gupta confirmed that the social media posts claiming that Lanka IOC would increase fuel prices from midnight today (May 18) are untrue. This was confirmed by Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera as well. A news item circulated on social media saying that Lanka Indian […]
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As Sri Lanka continues to grapple with the ever-increasing inflation rates, the prices of goods and services have been constantly on the rise over the past few weeks. Posts of price increases of day-to-day items is a common sight on social media these days. In this backdrop claims of alleged price increase of safety wax […]
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With the current economic and political crisis of Sri Lanka, the country has become a main talking point among the international diplomatic community as well. India has offered some relief for Sri Lanka especially in the form of credit line and financial assistance to help resolve the fuel crisis in the country. In this backdrop, […]
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Researches related to dinosaurs have always drawn a lot of interest among the public. Within this background, we noticed viral social media posts claiming that scientists had recently found the most well-preserved dinosaur fossil and it can be even labelled “dinosaur mummy” also. However, our investigation proved this was part of an April fools’ joke. […]
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A plane Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 carrying more than a hundred passengers crashed in Guangxi province in southern China on 21 March. Soon after the news of the crash went viral, a clip of a plane bursting into flames surfaced on social media claiming to be of the plane crash in China. Again in August […]
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