Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Following the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, the entire world, was eagerly awaiting the election of a new pope. Fulfilling the hope of Catholics all around the world, a new Pope was elected from the United States for the first time. This is a fact check we conducted regarding […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A series of posts had been exchanged since the night before the election, indicating that Paffrel, Sri Lanka’s leading election monitoring group, had states that it had not received any complaints regarding the misuse of state property in the 2025 local government elections. Here is how we investigated on that […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Below is our investigation into a misleading post circulated on social media stating that schools will be given holidays for the local government elections. Social Media Posts : Social media posts were circulated stating that all schools would be closed for 3 days from May 5th to May 7th, due […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Sometimes, the information shared on social media is misleading and can even cause unnecessary fear and panic among the public. Accordingly, as information was being shared that a severe warning had been issued regarding hot weather conditions these days, we conducted an investigation regarding that. Social Media : Here is […]
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Following the passing of Pope Francis on April 21, Catholics around the world, as well as the rest of the world, are eagerly waiting to see his successor. Meanwhile, social media posts circulated indicating that the Vatican had officially released the list of 12 candidates for the papacy, which included Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The exhibition of the Tooth Relic, titled as ‘Sri Dalada Vandanawa’, which is held after 16 years, began on April 18th and is scheduled to be held for 10 days at the Sri Dalada Maligawa Premises (Temple of Tooth, Kandy). Accordingly, today (22) marks the fifth day of ‘Sri Dalada […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Unverified false information is often spread on social media to gain political advantage, and due to such posts, many social media users believe such posts to be true, without further considerations. Here is an investigation we did to check whether the social media posts that were circulated, claiming a statement […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The Sinhala- Tamil New Year is celebrated splendidly each year by Sri Lankans all over the island. As the Sinhala- Tamil New Year days of 13th and 14th April fell within the ‘Holy Week’ in which Christians commemorate the Lord Jesus, misleading posts were spread on social media, fueling religious […]
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Recently, a video claiming to show “The Bee Gees’ grandsons” performing a song garnered significant attention, with replies ranging from admiration to skepticism. Social Media Posts Multiple social media users have shared a video claiming that the performers are the Bee Gees’ grandsons. The video went viral on Facebook, TikTok, and X platforms. Source […]
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දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp චැනලයටමෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. A video of a VIP security convoy was widely circulated on social media, indicating that even though the current government has rejected VIP vehicles, they are now receiving VIP security. Below is an investigation we conducted to determine the accuracy of this. Social Media Posts : […]
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