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Vice President Kamala Harris with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on a beach
Publisher’s rating: Fake
Mulher é roubada ao participar de evento com Lula
Publisher’s rating: ENGANOSO
The review says the video was recorded at a September 15, 2022, event in Montes Claros and was later taken out of context. It identifies the person holding the phone as a man, who said a member of Lula’s team took the phone to take photos and returned it; the review says no crime occurred.
Lovepreet is seen smiling after killing his sister’s rapist Onkar who was released on bail.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the viral video does not show Lovepreet Singh smiling after killing Onkar Singh. It reports that the video was posted on Instagram on 10 April 2024, before Onkar’s murder on 28 August 2024.
A video shows a group of Muslim men vandalizing a toll plaza’s barricade in India.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video shows vandalism at Kurli toll plaza on Dhaka’s elevated expressway in Bangladesh, not India. The incident followed security personnel denying entry to people in a truck for safety reasons, according to the review.
अमेरिका महिला के साथ भारत में गैंगरेप
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
The review says the viral news clip was not recent: it found the video on CBS’s YouTube channel, where it had been posted on June 4, 2013. It also reports that a California woman who came to Manali was gang-raped by a truck driver and two associates.
“Bruna, ex-jornalista da Band acusa Datena de abuso sexual”
Publisher’s rating: Falso
आरजी कर केस के विरोध में महिला डॉक्टर ने किया डांस
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
Ryan Wesley Routh, who is suspected of plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump, “looks like a MAGA republican but is a registered democrat."
Publisher’s rating: Spins the Facts
"Ryan Wesley Routh (today’s shooter) is a Republican and voted for Trump in 2016."
Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts
This video of an altercation shows an immigrant gang attacking a man in Southend.
Publisher’s rating: False
मूर्ति तोड़ने के आरोप में बांग्लादेश पुलिस ने एक भारतीय किया गिरफ्तार
Publisher’s rating: झूठ
Young men were caught by locals for waving the Pakistani flag and handed over to the Baghpat police in Uttar Pradesh.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the incident occurred on 16 September 2024, when two young men carrying green cloth were accused of displaying a Pakistani flag. Baghpat Police clarified that the cloth was related to Eid-e-Milad, not the Pakistani flag.
ancaman ninja yang mengetuk pintu rumah pada malam hari di Kabupaten Tasikmalaya
Publisher’s rating: salah