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Video shows Samay Raina and Ranveer Allahbadia being arrested from their home by the police.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the video shows two people detained in Noida over a parking dispute, not Raina and Allahbadia. It says no reports confirmed their arrest from home at the time of the review.
TikTok post purporting that Uganda Prisons Service spokesperson Frank Baine died in an accident in February 2025
Publisher’s rating: False
Teleamazonas reporta que la Bananera Noboa está exportando droga a Europa
Publisher’s rating: Falso - Teleamazonas no ha reportado que la Bananera Noboa exporta droga a Europa. Se trata de una manipulación.
Judges “want to try and stop us from looking for corruption” and “hold us back from finding all of this fraud.”
Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts
राजस्थान में मुस्लिम लड़की को अगवा करके ले गए लड़के हिन्दू
Publisher’s rating: झूठ
गिरफ्तार हुए आम आदमी पार्टी विधायक अमानतुल्लाह खान
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
India's biggest fraud. In 1 second the guy was taken under control and robbed
Publisher’s rating: fake
Video shows Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan being dragged by policemen during his recent questioning on 13 February 2025.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The video shows Amanatullah Khan during an April 16, 2023 protest against the CBI summons to Arvind Kejriwal, not during Khan’s questioning on February 13, 2025. FACTLY says the video has no connection to that questioning.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is “being charged with the attempted assassination of Trump.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire!
"Null Toleranz gegenüber Gewalttätern, die im sexuellen Bereich unterwegs sind. Das hat in letzter Zeit ja massiv zugenommen, Übergriffe auf Frauen, Übergriffe auf Mädchen auch im öffentlichen Raum."
Publisher’s rating: Teils, teils: Es ist wahr, dass die Zahl der weiblichen Opfer von sexualisierter Gewalt, die sich an die Polizei gewandt haben, von 2022 auf 2023 um sechs Prozent gestiegen ist. Die Daten unterliegen allerdings einigen Einschränkungen. Ob es sich dabei um Übergriffe im öffentlichen Raum handelt, ist nicht klar, da es keine einheitliche Definition gibt.
Video of a man performing a robbery by hypnotizing a biker.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the video was scripted by Bangladeshi digital creator Jim Ahmed and does not depict a real robbery in India. Ahmed posted the video on his Facebook page, Fakibaz Comedy, and later said he had made it as a cautionary video that should not be taken seriously.
A scripted video is shared as visuals of a man performing a hypnosis robbery in India
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY found that the video was scripted by Bangladeshi digital creator Jim Ahmed, who posted it on his “Fakibaz Comedy” Facebook page. Ahmed said he made the video and that it was a cautionary video not to be taken seriously, so it does not depict a real robbery in India.
Беларусь в пятерке самых безопасных стран мира
Publisher’s rating: Беларусь на 112 месте в мировом рейтинге безопасности
Арслан Б.Орхонбаяр хоолны газарт согтуу орж, хүн зодож танхайрсан
Publisher’s rating: Худал
Wife Eligible for Family Pension Even if She Murders Husband, Says Punjab and Haryana Court
Publisher’s rating: misleading
A video shows a Muslim man molesting a girl in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, who was later arrested and punished by the police.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Video of three Hindu boys kidnapping a Muslim girl in Rajasthan.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the video was scripted in Bangladesh and did not depict a real incident in Rajasthan. The review says the original uploader confirmed it was scripted and that the page described its videos as entertainment.