Category: Misleading

Were Uyghur Children Used for Biological Experiments? Unpacking a Disturbing Viral Claim

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<p class=”has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size” style=”background-color:#b6babf91″><strong><a href=”https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va5pj8o4IBh5WxNhlE0I”> Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel </a></strong></p> The treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region is one of the most charged human-rights disputes in the world today, pitting international media and rights groups against Beijing. Against that backdrop, a video spread across social media claiming […]

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The Truth Behind the Viral ‘Rajasthan Abuse’ Videos!

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The reported abduction and gang-rape of a 13-year-old girl in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, horrified India and spread quickly across Sri Lankan social media. In the outrage that followed, a stream of videos began circulating, some presented as footage of the crime itself, others as scenes of the men responsible being […]

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Europe’s Heatwave Is Breaking Records and Killing People. But the Viral “Melting Traffic Lights” Videos Tell the Wrong Story.

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Footage of traffic lights, shopping trolleys, and car parts appearing to melt has been spreading across social media recently, shared with captions claiming Europe’s heatwave has become so extreme that everyday objects are physically liquefying in the heat. The clips have reached Sri Lankan social media feeds as well, alongside […]

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Unmasking a Fabricated Health Ministry Statement on Dengue’s Alarming Spread

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel With dengue cases past 50,000 and several districts nearing epidemic levels, Sri Lanka spent early July 2026 on edge over the outbreak. Into that anxious moment dropped a card carrying the News 1st logo and dated July 5, which quoted Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa as saying the government bears […]

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Cabinet Approval for Making Sri Lanka the Richest Country? No, NPP MP’s Quote Taken Out of Context!

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A claim attributed to NPP MP Ravindra Bandara has been getting lot of attention on social media circles recently: that Cabinet had approved a plan to make Sri Lanka the richest country in the world. Mainstream outlets picked it up alongside social media pages, and it quickly spread as proof […]

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Multiple Viral Videos Falsely Linked to the Venezuela Earthquakes

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Following the powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, social media platforms have been flooded with dramatic videos allegedly showing the destruction caused by the disaster. As live coverages tracked a rapidly rising death toll, with officials warning the count could climb into the thousands, viral clips claiming to show the disaster […]

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This Video Does Not Show Paralysis from a Salon Neck Massage! However, Staged or Not, the Underlying Risk Is Real

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A video showing a barber giving a customer a neck massage, twisting their neck, and the customer then appearing to shake and become paralyzed, has been circulating on social media as if it were a real incident. The footage is dramatic enough to alarm anyone who has had a neck […]

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No, USD 808 Million Did Not Go Missing in 2025 — Here Is What the IMF Figure Actually Means

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A number can travel a long way once it leaves its original context. This week, posts began circulating claiming the IMF had confirmed that USD 808 million simply went missing from Sri Lanka in 2025, under the NPP government. The figure itself is real and appears in an official IMF […]

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Expired Rabies Vaccines Administered Instead of the COVID19 Vaccine? Find out the truth…

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A claim built around real courtroom testimony, a real corruption case, and a real public health controversy is the hardest kind to fact-check, because it sounds far too specific to be made up. That is exactly what happened when social media posts began alleging that a top Sri Lankan medical […]

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Viral Posts Exaggerate Capabilities of UK ‘Plastic-Eating’ Robot Fish

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Social media posts circulating on platforms claim that researchers in the United Kingdom have developed a bio-inspired robotic fish capable of swimming through the ocean and “eating” microplastics that are difficult to remove using conventional cleanup methods. However, available evidence shows that it is an experimental prototype rather than a proven ocean-cleanup solution, and it […]

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