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Fact Check: Did Ambanis serve money in place of tissues?

A picture showed a dessert item decorated with Rs. 500 notes, instead of tissues emerged on social media claiming to be from a party...

Did a lady doctor actually drink human blood in Rawalpindi?

RAWALPINDI: A report circulated on social media a few days ago that a lady doctor has been caught drinking human blood which turned out...

‘Birdwatch: Twitter expands crowdsourced fact check experiment

Twitter is expanding Birdwatch- its crowd-sourced fact-checking program- by making notes on potentially misleading tweets visible to more people on Twitter, the company said...

Astronaut floating above Earth: Do you know truth behind this viral photo?

A photo of an astronaut's untethered spacewalk has gone viral on social media which surprised many people who have now started questioning its authenticity. The...

Fact check: Video showing Afghan man riding plane engine is fake

After the Taliban moved into Kabul's US-controlled airport and strengthened its grip on Afghanistan, thousands of civilians were left desperately seeking evacuation on Aug. 16. Horrifying videos of...
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FACT CHECK: Busting popular myths about Covid-19 vaccines

Regardless of their race, region and religion, people have been divided upon what may be the right approach to the Covid vaccine

Does this viral video show supernatural car crashes?

A video has been viewed thousands of times in Facebook, Weibo, Twitter and YouTube posts that claim it shows 'supernatural car crashes' in China

Video clip showing gigantic Moon eclipsing the Sun in ‘Arctic’ is Fake

Various fact-checking websites and reports have declared the viral video clip showing the Moon eclipsing the Sun in Artic 'fake' due to many reasons.

Twitter fact-checks Trump tweet for the first time

Trump lashed out at the company in response, accusing it - in a tweet - of interfering in the 2020 presidential election

Is this the photo of oldest tortoise in Africa?

A picture that has racked up thousands of shares on Facebook and Twitter claims to show the oldest tortoise in Africa who -- supposedly -- recently died aged 344

Did this man actually die while sleeping at work?

The Montreal man pictured is alive. He did fall asleep at work in 2016, and the image of him sleeping has subsequently become a part of internet meme culture.

Did this magazine term Greta Thunberg world’s ‘highest-paid activist’?

A spokesperson for Thunberg told AFP by email on September 25 that the claims about the activist’s earnings were untrue.

Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking

Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced Tuesday ahead of the US 2020 elections

Is this a video of Hurricane Dorian hitting Bahamas?

A video which appears to show large swirling clouds over a city has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times alongside a claim that it shows Hurricane Dorian off the coast of the Bahamas

Was Australian prime minister standing alone during G7 Summit

A photo of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison purports to show him standing alone during the 2019 G7 Leaders’ Summit in France.

Did Trump actually slap a UK politician?

Footage of Donald Trump slapping a man has been shared thousands of times in Chinese-language social media posts which claim it shows the US President attacking a British MP

No, these cars did not melt due to hot weather

This Facebook post, published on June 12, 2019, contains a photo of two dark-coloured parked cars with melted rear bumpers and tail lights

Facebook expands fact-check effort to photos, videos

Facebook would launch fact-checking of photos and videos as it expands the effort to curb misinformation to more countries.

Google adds ‘fact check’ to global search results

WASHINGTON: Google is adding a fact-checking tag to search results globally, its latest initiative to help curb the spread of misinformation and "fake news,"...

Google adds fact-checking to news articles

WASHINGTON: Google is adding "fact check" tags to its news articles, introducing the feature amid a US presidential race roiled by heated disputes over the...
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