Photos of newborn kids of celebrities and prominent families attract a lot of attention on social media. Sometimes unrelated photos get viral as photos of newborn children get viral as kids of celebrities. Recently we did a couple of fact checks in Sinhala on photos wrongly claimed to be of newborns of Rajapaksa family. You […]
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Many online hoaxes and scams spreading through social media platforms, especially through WhatsApp are always at Fact Crescendo’s watch. We have debunked several spam messages circulating on WhatsApp. Few days back, we came across a WhatsApp message, which claimed that World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to provide 500-dollar benefit. However, our investigations revealed that […]
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During the initial months of COVID-19 pandemic, a number of false claims were circulated alleging how people from different parts of the world reacted to the deadly virus. Now as some countries are trying out the new vaccines, similar claims on how people are reacting to the vaccines have emerged. A photo is being shared […]
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There are plenty of online hoaxes spreading through social media platforms and often these fake news peddlers identify themselves to be part of Facebook or WhatsApp. In the past we have debunked a few such posts which can be read here and here. Recently we noticed a number of posts, which had tagged mostly verified […]
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The recent Cyclone Burevi which hit the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka on the night of 2nd December, gradually moved west towards the on the following day, without causing extensive damage. The Department of Meteorology and Disaster Management Center both had issued warnings about heavy rains and strong winds especially in the identified risk zones […]
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There are plenty of online hoaxes spread through social media platforms, especially through WhatsApp. At Fact Crescendo, we are always alert for such online frauds. Due to which we came across this WhatsApp message claiming that government was providing free laptop for the youth and requested users to get register to avail this offer. We […]
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Cyclone Burevi hit the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka on the night of 2nd December and gradually moved west towards the Bay of Bengal on the following day, without causing extensive damage. Earlier Department of Meteorology along with Disaster Management Center had issued several warnings for heavy rains accompanied with strong winds especially to the […]
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A using a mobile phone during the second World War, when mobile phones were unheard of, seems too good to be true. But, a black and white image showing a soldier using mobile phone has surfaced on social media claiming that the image is of an ally soldier using a mobile during the second World […]
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Since November 24th, a video showing a female officer in Udugampola being assaulted by a man is being shared widely on social media. Many of the users who shared this video raised concerns over such an act and sought details of the incident and inquired whether there was some political plot behind it. Some of […]
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A video showing massive flooding, purported to be from Karachi in Pakistan is being shared widely among social media users in Sri Lanka and abroad. However, our investigations reveal that the flooding was associated with the Tsunami that hit the shores of Japan in 2011. Social Media Posts: A 3 minute video was posted on […]
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