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Kanada’da polis memurunun ‘sözde Müslüman kadının’ başörtüsünü çıkarıp şiddet uyguladığı iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
بررسی نحوه شکل‌گیری شایعه ترور قاضی صلواتی
Publisher’s rating: ما در این مطلب به دنبال کشف انگیزه‌ها یا یافتن پشت‌پرده‌ها نیستیم اما تلاش کردیم نشان دهیم این الگوی تکرارشونده، چگونه می‌تواند از یک شایعه ساده به خبری تبدیل شود که خبرنگاران در بیرون از ایران نیز آن را تکرار کنند.
לפי סעיף 144 לחוק העונשין לקרוא למישהי 'כושית מסריחה' זה לא נחשב גזענות
Publisher’s rating: נכון ברובו
The claim arose in an interview in which MK Pnina Tamano-Shata argued that Israel’s legal tools for combating racism were limited. She said that calling someone “כושית מסריחה” was not treated as racism under section 144. The review distinguishes between what the law defines as racism and what it makes a criminal offense: section 144A defines racism to include humiliation, contempt, hostility or violence directed at a group because of color, race or national-ethnic origin. But section 144B criminalizes publishing material with the intent to incite racism. The review therefore finds a gap between conduct that fits the statutory definition and conduct prosecuted under that particular criminal provision. [S1]
ASI शंभू दयाल की हत्या का आरोपी मोहम्मद अनीस है
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Video of a mobile snatcher belonging to the Muslim community stabbing ASI Shambu Dayal with a knife in Delhi
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The post attached a communal identity and name to CCTV footage of ASI Shambhu Dayal being stabbed in Delhi, claiming the attacker was Anish Khan, a mobile snatcher belonging to the Muslim community. FACTLY’s review identifies the accused in the case as Anish Raj, not Anish Khan, and says the incident had no connection to the Muslim community. To check the footage, the review says it searched online using relevant keywords and found a video with similar visuals on The Economic Times’ YouTube channel. That report described it as CCTV footage of Dayal being stabbed by a man apprehended over an alleged mobile-phone theft in Mayapuri, West Delhi. The review also says news reports described the attack as occurring on 4 January 2023, while Dayal was trying to arrest the man in connection with a woman’s alleged mobile-theft complaint. The review cites the FIR registered in connection with Dayal’s murder: it identified the accused as 24-year-old Anish Raj, son of Prahlad Raj, and a resident of Mayapuri. It further reports that Dayal died on 8 January while receiving treatment at BLK hospital in Delhi. These details support the review’s conclusion that the footage relates to the claimed stabbing, but the post’s identification of the accused and communal attribution are false.
A photo depicting suspects arrested for killing a victim in Takeo province was posted recently, depicting all of them laughing. It was reacted to with mixed comments and shared by many Facebook users who are speaking Khmer. However, running a Google Reverse Image search proves that the photo posted above is digitally altered.
Publisher’s rating: Altered
“BRASIL: Gente e os Terrorista que roubaram o exemplar original da Constituição Federal de 1988”
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Helicópteros de la Marina Armada de México festejan en Culiacán la captura de Ovidio Guzmán, hjo de Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The claim concerns a video said to show Mexican Navy helicopters celebrating Ovidio Guzmán’s capture in Culiacán on January 5, 2023. The review identifies the footage as out of context: it says the helicopters were taking part in a ceremony marking the bicentennial of the Heroic Military College in Mexico City, not celebrating Guzmán’s detention. The review also says the video was not filmed in Culiacán. The event took place on the same day as the arrest, which helps explain why the footage could be misrepresented as connected to it. [S1]
Joe Biden toca inapropiadamente a un niño debajo de su camiseta.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Liquor mafia fighting, being intoxicated! Law and order has broken down, Nitish Kumar is insensitive!! Are the liquor mafia beating the police only? If the police is also not safe, then how will the general public be protected, Nitish Kumar? #फर्जी_शराबबंदी #JungleRajReturns
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Das Video zeigt einen Angriff auf einen Rettungswagen an Silvester in Berlin-Neukölln.
Publisher’s rating: Das Video stammt aus dem Jahr 2019 und ist bei Ausschreitungen am Rande von Protesten in Hongkong entstanden. Es hat keinerlei Bezug zu der Gewalt in Berlin.
The claim concerns a blurry video circulated as footage of an attack on an ambulance in Neukölln during Berlin’s New Year’s Eve violence. The investigation says the video was being shared with the caption “Berlin Neukölln in der Silvesternacht,” but reports that it is from a different event and location. The review identifies a higher-resolution version posted on the Twitter account of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on November 18, 2019; CCTV described it as showing a mob attacking police in Hong Kong. (S1: “Ein unscharfes Video zeigt mehrere dunkel gekleidete Personen, die unter lautem Rufen Gegenstände in einen offenen Rettungswagen schleudern. «Berlin Neukölln in der Silvesternacht» schreibt eine Nutzerin am 2. Januar 2023 darüber.”; “Eine höher aufgelöste Version wurde am 18. November 2019 auf einem Twitter-Account des staatlichen chinesischen Fernsehsenders CCTV veröffentlicht. Das Staatsmedium schrieb dazu, ein Mob habe an diesem Tag in Hongkong Polizisten angegriffen.”) The review places the footage amid clashes near Hong Kong Polytechnic University in mid-November 2019. It cites a Straits Times account saying a demonstrator had reportedly been taken to the ambulance by police before a crowd attacked officers and freed her; the review also notes that the newspaper reported a police officer had fired shots. This provides a distinct event context for the ambulance footage, rather than evidence of an attack in Berlin. (S1: “Mitte November 2019 kam es zu Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Demonstranten und Sicherheitskräften an der Polytechnischen Universität von Hongkong. An einer Straßenkreuzung in der Nähe entstand das Video mit dem Rettungswagen.”; “Der «Straits Times» aus Singapur zufolge soll zuvor eine Demonstrantin von der Polizei zum Rettungswagen gebracht worden sein. Dann hat nach Polizeiangaben ein «Mob von Randalierern» die Sicherheitskräfte attackiert und die Demonstrantin befreit, ehe es zu den Szenen im Video kam.”) The review distinguishes this miscaptioned video from documented Berlin incidents. It reports that Berlin authorities described attacks on responders during the 2022–2023 New Year period, including a separate incident in Neukölln in which a moving ambulance was struck with a fire extinguisher on Silbersteinstraße. The fact that Berlin experienced violence does not establish that the circulating Hong Kong footage recorded it. (S1: “In Berlin und weiteren deutschen Städten kam es in der Nacht des Jahreswechsels 2022/2023 zu Ausschreitungen.”; “Zudem wurde in dem Berliner Bezirk ein fahrender Rettungswagen mit einem Feuerlöscher beworfen. Von dieser Tat auf der Silbersteinstraße existiert ein Video.”)
Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal was arrested for possession of child pornography
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The allegation was that former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal had been arrested for possessing child pornography. The review says the social-media post linked to an article alleging that he was taken into FBI custody and charged with collecting child-abuse material from Twitter and other platforms. The review’s conclusion is that the arrest did not happen and that the linked article was satire. To check the allegation, the review reports searching for news coverage that would confirm an arrest and says it found none. It also examined the article shared in the post, which was published by a site named ‘Vancover Times.’ The review identifies a disclaimer at the article’s bottom describing it as satire. The site later added a note saying the article had been moved to its satire section and that a note had been added to prevent confusion. These points address both the claimed event and the source used to support it: the review found no confirming reports and found that the cited article itself disclosed its satirical nature. The excerpt does not identify independent records or provide further details about the search, so the explanation is limited to the checking and article evidence it describes.
Recent visuals of liquor mafia gang assaulting a police officer during Mahagatbandhan’s rule in Bihar
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review examined a video showing people assaulting a police officer near a railway track. It says the footage was being presented as a recent incident during the then-current Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar, against the backdrop of a spurious-liquor tragedy. The review identifies the assault as an earlier event: it states that a liquor gang attacked ASI Ashutosh Kumar on 5 September 2020 after he obstructed their illegal liquor business. According to the account, Jakkanpur police went to a site near R-block in Patna after receiving information about an illegal liquor dump. The gang attacked Kumar, and police arriving with additional force rescued him. The review says it searched online using relevant keywords and found the same video on ABP LIVE and Mirror Now YouTube channels, where it had been reported on 6 September 2020 as an attack on a police officer in Patna. It also points to an FIR lodged at Jakkanpur police station. The timing changes the political context of the footage. The review states that Nitish Kumar was Bihar’s chief minister with BJP support when the assault occurred, and that the RJD, JD(U) and other parties formed the Mahagathbandhan in August 2022. Thus, the footage documents an assault in 2020, not a recent incident under the later Mahagathbandhan government.
“शराब माफिया ने पुलिस वालों को ही धो डाला, ये कैसा बिहार महागठबंधन की सरकार ने बना डाला? देखिये नितीश बाबु के शासन की हकीकत।
Publisher’s rating: False
पुलिस को खदेड़ते शराब माफिया का ये वीडियो बिहार की महागठबंधन सरकार के वक्त का है
Publisher’s rating: FALSE