Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Soon after the passing of the President’s Entitlement (Repeal) Act, which abolished special privileges provided to former presidents, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa left his official residence in Colombo for his Tangalle residence. However, within several days, social media streams were abuzz with claims that Mahinda Rajapaksa had returned to a […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Fake documents prepared using specific letterheads, names of officials and signatures of various recognized institutions, organization and union federations in the country are widely circulated through social media. This is an investigation into a letter circulating on social media that purports to be an official letter of the United National […]
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A viral claim circulating on multiple platforms alleges that CNN reported on a leaked Chinese geopolitical strategy document. According to these posts, the document predicts the collapse of the United States and Western Europe by 2050 due to cultural and demographic conflict. It also supposedly states that Chinese leaders regard multiculturalism as “cultural suicide.” However, […]
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A viral image circulating on social media allegedly shows Yazidi girls being paraded by ISIS. The image features young women dressed in white inside a cage on a vehicle and is accompanied by claims that it depicts “19 Yazidi girls in Mosul who refused to convert to Islam” before their execution. However, verification reveals this […]
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A social media post features what appears to be a Daily Mail headline stating that the UK Government is “considering banning the England flag from being displayed in public.” The widely-circulated image shows Prime Minister Keir Starmer alongside the St George’s Cross. This post has generated significant discussion online. Our investigation indicates that the headline […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel With the arrest of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, there have been social media posts claiming that certain government factions, displeased by this, have submitted resignation letters to the President. Let’s look at some of these social media claims. Social Media Posts: A user on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) claimed that […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was taken into custody by the Criminal Investigation Department, was later hospitalised, citing several complications. A viral video clip claiming to be scenes of the former President being hospitalised created a lot of stir on social media platforms. Let’s look at the video in […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Former President Ranil Wickremasinghe will go down in history as the first executive President in Sri Lanka who was arrested. However, as the court ruling on whether he would be granted bail or would remain under arrest until the next hearing dragged on, many mainstream news reports and social media […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A Group of supporters from the Anuradhapura region recently visited former president Mahinda Rajapaksa at his Wijerama residence. Most of them brought different food items, and a discussion arose on social media as to whether these were discarded for security concerns. Let’s look at some of the viral posts. Social […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Knowingly or unknowingly, the data presented by certain political figures to criticize the government is sometimes inaccurate. As a result, society is easily misled by it. This is a fact-check we conducted to verify a report published stating that the government has printed Rs. 1.22 trillion in currency. Social […]
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