Recently, photos and videos of Iran’s attacks on Israel have become viral on social media. In a post, a Facebook user uploaded three videos claiming that those visuals were from the recent attack of Iran on Israel. Facebook Link | Archived Link Let’s find the truth. Fact Check We started our investigation by taking a […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel There is a surge of discussions on social media regarding the current situation in Gaza and the possibility of an impending attack by Iran on Israel. However, many of these discussions seem exaggerated and are fueling fear worldwide. People from various countries, including Asian nations like Sri Lanka and India, […]
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Currently, posts on boycotting Israel products are trending on various social media platforms. People are expressing their support towards Palestine by encouraging others to boycott products of Israel. In one such post, the names of 19 companies are mentioned. Users are claiming that these 19 companies belong to Israel and people need to boycott it. […]
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The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine is once again dominating international headlines. As with previous flare-ups in violence, social media has been flooded with viral content related to the conflict, a considerable number of which is misleading or false. This is a complex and nuanced conflict with a long and troubled history. It is […]
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has now run into almost eight months. Despite Russia boasting of superior military power, Ukrainians have managed to stage an intense fight back and challenge the Russians, along with the military support of western countries. The war between Russia and Ukraine has been a prominent topic on international media and […]
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A video which looks like the clipping of a television news report is going viral across social media as the captions claim, it shows a “dead person waking up to adjust the body bag” during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The captions also suggest this is how Ukraine is faking the deaths of people […]
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As Russia continues its invasion into Ukraine for the second week, capturing Ukraine’s second largest city, scenes of bombardments and devastation are being reported more frequently. Misinformation related to destruction sites from Ukraine are also on the rise and our investigation revealed that one such video revealed that those were actually footage attributed to Beirut […]
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With the ongoing Russian invasion in Ukraine, we come across number of horrifying scenes in international media related to bomb blasts and missile attacks. However, some unrelated blasts which occurred a few years ago, at various locations around the world, have also been attributed to the current Ukraine situation by social media users. In this investigation […]
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An image of a female soldier with an assault rifle is doing rounds on social media with a claim that she is the wife of Ukraine’s Vice President on the battlefield resisting the Russian aggression. However, we found out that the image is old and is not of the wife of the vice-President of Ukraine. […]
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As Ukraine battles the Russian troops to defend its sovereignty and autonomy, a barrage of images and videos claiming to be from the warzone can be seen on mainstream and social media. Over the last few days, fact checkers across the world have debunked hundreds of fake claims made on videos and photos purported to […]
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