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Crime & justice fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about crime & justice. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

6,833 published reviews in this topic

dpaCrime & justice

De Ierse regering heeft wetten aangenomen waardoor iemand al tot een gevangenisstraf kan worden veroordeeld wanneer die een meme op diens telefoon heeft die als aanstootgevend wordt beschouwd.

Publisher’s rating: Nee, er komt een herziening van de huidige wetten tegen het aanzetten tot haat en geweld, maar het wetsvoorstel is nog niet aangenomen door de Ierse senaat. Het bezitten van bepaald materiaal kan strafbaar worden, mits de bezitter aantoonbaar van plan is het te gebruiken om daarmee aan te zetten tot haat en geweld.

Fact CrescendoCrime & justice

এই ভিডিঅ'টোত মীৰা ৰোডৰ সংঘৰ্ষত জড়িতসকলক আৰক্ষীয়ে ঘৰৰ পৰা আটক কৰা দেখা গৈছে।

Publisher’s rating: মিছা

The review identifies the video as footage from Hyderabad, not Mira Road, and says it dates to 2022. It reports that police detained youths suspected of involvement in protests there, rather than people involved in the Mira Road clashes.

Model PeepsCrime & justice

Michael Corleone Blanco is the only one of four sons of the late Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco, who is still alive. His three older brothers, who were in the drug business, were assassinated while their mother was in prison.

Publisher’s rating: Michael Corleone Blanco is the only one of four sons of the late Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco, who is still alive. His three older brothers, who were in the drug business, were assassinated while their mother was in prison.

FACTLYCrime & justice

A Muslim man brutally attacked a doctor in Nashik, Maharashtra

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY reports that the attacker was Rajendra More, whom news reports and the police FIR identified as Hindu, and that the attack stemmed from a financial dispute rather than a communal motive. It concludes that the claim of a Muslim man attacking the doctor is false.