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Was the party membership of the UNP municipal councillor Harshani Sandaruwani suspended? 

Fact Crescendo Team

Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Forged letterheads of recognised political parties continue to be a method often used by fake news peddlers to discredit certain individuals. Here is a fact-check regarding such a social media post. Social Media Posts: A purported letter with the letterhead of the United National Party, dated September 18th, was widely […]

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A clarification regarding the social media posts purporting to be revelations made by Pillayan, who is in the custody of CID

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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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Army soldiers converted to Muslim planning an attack similar to Easter Attacks ?

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Several news websites reported a news article with a headline “45 army soldiers to convert for Islam religion and planning to launch an attack similar to Easter Sunday Attacks”. This news was later shared by several social media users both in Facebook and Twitter. According to the websites, a person called Risham Maroosh (President of […]

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