Recently, a viral social media claim about a gruesome discovery in the Chesapeake Bay has been circulating, suggesting connections to the Beckham family. Social Media Posts Last week, a Threads user posted a message stating that “30 minutes ago, fishermen in the Chesapeake Bay discovered a suitcase in the water containing human body parts,” accompanied […]
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The Himalayas are home to many natural beauties, and according to some research, several rare medicinal plants and flowers can only be found in the Himalayas. Many of you have probably seen an image claiming to be a flower that only blooms in the Himalayas once every 400 years! However, we found these claims to […]
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It’s getting easier and easier for manipulated images to become viral and spread extensively across several platforms in the age of social media. In recent times, there have been many examples of modified photographs getting millions of views and shares, frequently with deceptive captions or erroneous claims. Social Media Claim On April 16th, a social […]
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Facebook, the flagship product of Meta, continues to be the most popular social media platform across the world, connecting millions of people. As with any social media network, privacy is a main concern among Facebook users as well. Within that context, we noticed viral claims stating that all the content Facebook users had ever published […]
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Currently, Sri Lanka is going through one of the worst political and economic crises since gaining its independence in 1948. Within this context, many scam messages, especially related to social security have been widely circulating, inciting fear among the public. This is our investigation related to such a misleading message, which went viral on WhatsApp, over the threat of robberies by officers claiming to be from […]
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There are plenty of online hoaxes spreading through social media platforms and often these fake news peddlers identify themselves to be part of Facebook or WhatsApp. In the past we have debunked a few such posts which can be read here and here. Recently we noticed a number of posts, which had tagged mostly verified […]
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The 1800s in Europe was considered an age of wonder. With the advent of the industrial revolution and phenomena like trade fairs and human zoos, cleverly disguised as ethnographic expositions, the European public were introduced to the concept of the ‘the other’; humans of different races and those considered particularly different to the norm. This […]
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