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dpaEconomy & business

Dies ist ein Gewinnspiel von Lidl.

Publisher’s rating: Das angebliche Gewinnspiel ist unseriös, dahinter steckt auch nicht das Unternehmen Lidl.

The claim concerns a Facebook post offering a chance to win a €1,000 shopping voucher by counting three-legged horses. The review investigated whether that specific promotion came from Lidl. It reports that the Facebook page hosting the post did not identify who operated it and had no legal notice with a postal address or contact details. The review says the Lidl logo was being used without authorization. The review also compared the page’s history with Lidl Deutschland’s official Facebook page. The supposed giveaway page had been created on 11 November 2021, and the giveaway and its other posts were published that same day. By contrast, the official page’s transparency information showed it had been created on 28 January 2010. The official page also had a legal notice and Facebook’s verification badge, which the review describes as confirmation that Facebook had checked and recognized the page as authentic. Taken together, the missing operator information and the contrast with Lidl’s verified official page support the conclusion that the post was not an authentic Lidl promotion. The review warns readers not to provide personal information, such as an email address, to dubious giveaway offers; it notes that consumer-protection groups and police issue such warnings because the data may be sold.

Fact CrescendoEconomy & business

Claim: misleading being shared that Kerala govt reduced tax for petrol

Publisher’s rating: PARTLY FALSE

The post under review claimed that Kerala’s state government had cut petrol prices by ₹6.67 and diesel prices by ₹12.33. The review traced the claim to a Facebook post published on November 4, 2021, which paired the Kerala claim with a claim that Puducherry had reduced tax by ₹7. It found that the two parts had different outcomes: Kerala had not announced the claimed tax cut, while the Puducherry reduction was reported as true. To check Kerala’s part, the review says it looked for news that the state had reduced VAT on petrol and diesel and found none. It instead cited reports of Kerala Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal saying that the state could not reduce its VAT. The review also referred to a central government release stating that Kerala and 13 other states had not reduced their state taxes. That release appeared on November 5, the day after the post was shared, so it is evidence the review used to assess the claim, not a source available when the post first appeared. The review’s conclusion is therefore narrower than saying every element of the post was false: it found the Kerala claim false and the Puducherry tax reduction true. It describes the post as combining accurate information about Puducherry with inaccurate information about Kerala.

המשרוקית של גלובסEconomy & business

מס הגודש יפגע רק בתושבי הפריפריה ולא בתושבי גוש דן

Publisher’s rating: לא נכון ברובו

The review examined a claim by Knesset member Moshe Gafni that the congestion charge would be imposed only on peripheral residents, not people in central Israel. It assessed the charge described in the 2021 arrangements bill, which was scheduled to take effect in 2024, by explaining the proposed three-ring system around Tel Aviv and who would pay when crossing between rings. The review notes that the charge was intended to address congestion in the Dan region, and that the proposed system applied to vehicle movements, not simply to where a driver lived. [S1] Under the proposal, the inner ring included most of Tel Aviv, while the middle ring included nearby cities such as Givatayim, Ramat Gan, Holon, Bat Yam and Bnei Brak. The outer ring included more distant places such as Rishon LeZion, Yehud and Petah Tikva. Morning charges applied to travel toward Tel Aviv; in the afternoon, charges applied in both directions at half the morning rates. The review gives the example of a Givatayim or Ramat Gan resident entering Tel Aviv in the morning and returning in the evening: that driver would pay, despite living in central Israel. [S1] The review also found an important qualification: residents farther from Tel Aviv could face higher charges because they might cross more rings, and the morning charge applied to travel toward the center. Its conclusion was therefore that Gafni’s absolute claim was mostly incorrect—some central-Israel residents, and in some circumstances Tel Aviv residents, would pay—but that the proposal would affect residents of more distant cities more heavily. [S1]

Vishvas NewsEconomy & business

ஜியோ, ஏர்டெல் அல்லது விஐ சிம் இருந்தால், நீங்கள் இந்த நல் வாய்ப்பை உபயோகப்படுத்திக் கொள்ளலாம். குறிப்பு: உங்கள் இலவச ரீசார்ஜ்-ஐ பெறுவதற்கு கீழே கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ள இணைப்பை கிளிக் செய்யவும். தயவு செய்து கவனிக்கவும்: இந்த சலுகை அக்டோபர் 15, 2021 அன்று மட்டுமே உள்ளது! விரையுங்கள்..!

Publisher’s rating: FALSE