INTRO : A letter circulating on social media, purportedly signed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, claims that he has announced there are no longer any restrictions preventing the Tamil community in Sri Lanka from commemorating Maveerar Day. What is the Claim: Facebook Link | Archived Link In that viral social media posts says that “ […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The cabinet of the NPP government has been appointed recently. A lot of misleading posts being spread on social media about it. This is our search for some such misleading image comparisons. Social Media Posts An image comparison circulating on social media claims to show the difference between the 2024 […]
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දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp චැනලයටමෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. Social media influencer Ashen Seneviratne has spurred many interactions on social media circles related to the recently concluded 2024 General Elections. Despite failing to run for the general election this year, Ashen expressed his support for an independent group contesting from the Colombo district under the […]
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Galleface was the centre of Aragalaya protests in 2022 which paved the way for the resignation of former president Gothabaya Rajapaksa.After that there have been lot of rumours about the Galleface and how governments manage this area. Media Reports A news report of Daily Mirror implicates that the recent Cabinet decision restricts Galle Face Green […]
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When the National People’s Power government came to power, there were many social media posts that misled the society about their decision and certain actions. Recently, the circulation of such false notes has intensified due to various incidents. Sometimes it appears that those posts have a negative effect on individuals as well. This is an […]
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Posts circulating widely on social media circles questioned whether the new government had resumed printing money, which had been suspended. Some people argued that inflation could occur in the country as a result of this, while some stated that these are new policies followed by the new government. We did a fact-check on this claim. […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel After Anura Kumara Dissanayake became the President of Sri Lanka and Dr. Harini Amarasuriya assumed the role of Prime Minister, a surge of misleading and false information about their decisions and policies spread across social media. Many of these claims distort or misrepresent their official statements and actions, creating confusion […]
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Parliamentary election is less than a month away. The attention of many pro/opposition people were drawn regarding a text stating that there is no ‘battle of preference’ in the compass (National People’s Power), at a time of intensifying competition between parties as well as between various candidates. Social Media Posts: A post was circulated in […]
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Claim : A special merchandise tax of 400 rupees has been imposed on imported Dhal and Salmon Fact : A gazette notice issued by extending its effective period sue to the expiry of a gazetted track imposed under the Special Commodity Act No. 48 of 2007 a year ago. Rating : Misleading Subscribe to […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A short video clip claiming that former Jaffna MP Angajan Ramanathan slapped a government servant has been circulating widely on social media and WhatsApp, causing a stir online. However, our investigations reveal that the claim is false and that the unrelated video clip depicts an incident from India. Social Media […]
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