Nowadays, people are more health-conscious and pay closer attention to ways to improve their well-being. But unfortunately, some misleading information sometimes gets shared, albeit in good faith. Recently, viral social media posts claimed that automobile components emit dangerous levels of cancer-causing benzene fumes while parked under the hot sun for a few hours, hence advising […]
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Rainfall is the primary method by which water in the atmosphere is sent down to Earth and is a crucial component of animals, plants, and humans to meet their water requirements. As thunderstorms continue to occur in several parts of Sri Lanka during this rainy season, strong wind and lightning incidents have been frequent over […]
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Facebook, the flagship product of Meta, continues to be the most popular social media platform across the world, connecting millions of people. As with any social media network, privacy is a main concern among Facebook users as well. Within that context, we noticed viral claims stating that all the content Facebook users had ever published […]
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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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A message is circulating among WhatsApp users which claimed that all WhatsApp calls would be recorded, devices will be monitored, and the government will check your content after you are devices are connected to the Ministry systems. However, our investigation revealed that this is yet another scam message. Social Media Posts: A viral WhatsApp message […]
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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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