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Mel Gibson y Mark Wahlberg se asocian con Elon Musk para crear un estudio «no woke»: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
ABS-CBN will return to free-to-air television on Channel 3
Publisher’s rating: Fake
परिवार के साथ महाकुंभ पहुंचे कन्नड़ फिल्म स्टार यश
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
The review says the video showed Yash with his wife and children in Mumbai in November 2024, before the Maha Kumbh began on January 13, 2025. It therefore does not show the family attending the 2025 event.
Actor Yash and actress Sunny Leone visited the Kumbh Mela.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the viral videos do not show visits to the Kumbh Mela: Yash’s footage was from Mumbai, where he was filming, and Sunny Leone’s was from Varanasi. The review says no credible reports confirmed either celebrity’s presence at the Mela.
زاهي حواس يتسبب في كسر تمثال أثري في سقارة
Publisher’s rating: غير مثبت
NCP protested and went on a hunger strike demanding a ban on the Chhaava movie.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The viral photo shows a 2013 NCP Minority Division protest against the film Aurangzeb, not a protest against Chhaava. The review says it found no reports of NCP protests or a hunger strike against Chhaava.
Cette vidéo sur TikTok prétendant montrer un musicien chantant à la gloire d’Ousmane Sonko, Premier ministre du Sénégal
Publisher’s rating: Altered
২০২৩ চনত গীতৰ প্ৰচাৰৰ বাবে বাৰানসীত উপস্থিত হোৱা ছানী লিয়নীৰ ভিডিঅ’ শেহতীয়া মহাকুম্ভৰ গংগা স্নানৰ বুলি মিছাকৈ ভাইৰেল কৰা হৈছে।
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says the viral video was from Sunny Leone’s 2023 visit to Varanasi to promote a song album, when she participated in Ganga aarti. It concludes that the video is unrelated to the Mahakumbh. [S1]
image on X (formerly Twitter), purportedly of the front cover of The Star newspaper’s 20 February 2025 edition
Publisher’s rating: Altered
bollywood song dance video is not of delhi CM rekha gupta
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
महाकुभ पहुंचे शाहरुख खान
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
“Mel Gibson passes on $100 million Netflix deal to work with Robert De Niro, declares: ‘Keep that woke clown away from me.’”
Publisher’s rating: False
विदेशी महिला पत्रकार ने उड़ाया भारतीय पत्रकार का मजाक
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
Vaijayanti Mala, a Famous Hindi Actress, is now 98 years old. See the zeal and happiness of living even today in this dying/ fading age!
Publisher’s rating: false
Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff visited Maha Kumbh
Publisher’s rating: False
What happened to Diljit? Now he's praising CM Yogi ji for Mahakumbh arrangements
Publisher’s rating: misleading
विवादित टिप्पणी के बाद रोते हुए नजर आए रणवीर इलाहाबादिया
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
The viral video shows comedian Samay Raina apologising for the recent controversy on India’s Got Latent.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The video is from a November 2023 Karam song launch event, where Raina was roasting rappers and sarcastically told the audience to fill out a feedback form if they had issues with his jokes. The review says the clip is not an apology about the India’s Got Latent controversy; Raina’s apology was posted separately on X.
The video shows singer Diljit Dosanjh praising the U.P. government for the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela arrangements.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The video shows Dosanjh praising arrangements for his Lucknow concert, not the Maha Kumbh Mela. The review says the clip came from a discussion of his Lucknow show and that he did not mention the Mela.
The viral video is of Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff not at the Kumbh Mela but at a temple in Abu Dhabi
Publisher’s rating: FALSE