A claim circulating widely on social media platforms alleges that China and Japan have “officially banned all Israeli tourists” from entering their countries. The posts often use urgent language such as “BREAKING” or “officially closes its doors,” implying the existence of formal government decisions or legal measures. However, after reviewing, we found this claim to […]
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Soon after the death of the prominent politician Nandana Gunathilaka, misleading discussions motivated by political interests began to spread on social media circles. Here is a fact-check investigation we conducted in one such post. Social Media Posts: “The reason Nandana Gunathilaka was unable to pay his hospital bill is not that he has no money. […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Misleading statements allegedly made by government ministers are common on social media. We fact-checked a viral claim about a statement attributed to Minister Professor Chandana Abeyratne. Social Media Posts : A Facebook post circulated on social media claiming that Professor Chandana Abeyratne, Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local […]
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දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp චැනලයට මෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. Misusing photographs to gain a political advantage, assigning them alternative meanings, and circulating edited or fabricated content are common occurrences on social media. This fact-check examines one such post shared online. Social Media Posts: Social media users suggested that Charith Abeysinghe had posted the caption […]
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දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp චැනලයට මෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. Misleading social media posts have been circulated in connection with the death of senior journalist Darshana Handungoda. This report examines one such misleading post. Social Media Posts A photograph, purportedly from a newspaper, was shared on multiple social media platforms. It appeared to show a […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Most of the time, current political events become a major topic on social media platforms. This is a fact-check we conducted on a post currently circulating on social media regarding the proposal to repeal the pensions of members of parliament, which was one of the main election promises of […]
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Information has been circulating on social media claiming that the United National Party (UNP) media unit issued a statement regarding news that Ranil Wickremesinghe had left Sri Lanka to take over the Presidency of Venezuela. The circulating post suggested that the UNP media unit had declared this news to be false. Social Media Posts: On […]
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දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp චැනලයටමෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. Misleading content related to government decisions and remarks by cabinet ministers continues to circulate on social media. Amid ongoing public discussion regarding a possible revision of electricity tariffs, several viral posts claimed that the Minister of Energy had made a statement distancing the government from the […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Recently, much attention was drawn towards the annual budgets presented to several municipal councils and their results. Here is a fact-check we did on viral posts related to a fake statement linked to SJB (Samagi Jana Balawegaya) parliamentarian Rohini Kavirathna, linked to an incident at the Galle Municipality Council. […]
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දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp චැනලයටමෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. A video of people protesting against the president and the government, chanting the slogan “Go Home Anura”, is circulating rapidly on social media. However, our analysis revealed that the viral clip had been altered. Let’s look at the viral claims first. Social Media Posts: A short […]
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