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Politics & government fact checks

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

12,737 published reviews in this topic

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක JVP සහ NPP දෙකටම නායකත්වය දීම නීති විරෝධීද?

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says the cited constitutional provision concerns the Election Commission’s duty to conduct free and fair elections, not limits on who may lead political parties. It reports that the reviewed laws contain no restriction on one person leading more than one party and concludes that the claim of illegality is false.

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

மாலத்தீவின் 28 தீவுகளை இந்தியா வாங்கியது என்றும் இதற்கான ஒப்பந்தத்தில் மாலத்தீவு அதிபர் கையொப்பமிட்டார் என்றும் ஒரு தகவல் சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பகிரப்பட்டு வருகிறது.

Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: MISLEADING

日本ファクトチェックセンターPolitics & government

岸田首相が海外に脱出

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The claim that Kishida escaped overseas after the earthquake is false. He had planned to visit Central Asia from August 9 to 12, but canceled the trip after the earthquake and the issuance of a Nankai Trough advisory.

dpaPolitics & government

Ces images montrent le président français Emmanuel Macron embrasser un autre homme.

Publisher’s rating: La vidéo n'est pas réelle. Elle a été générée à l'aide d'un logiciel utilisant l'intelligence artificielle (IA). D'autres photos d'Emmanuel Macron, le montrant avec des hommes sur un bateau, sont authentiques et ont été publiées par le magazine Voici. Le président français n'embrasse toutefois aucun d'entre eux.

The review finds that the viral video purporting to show Emmanuel Macron kissing a man was generated using AI. It says authentic photos showed Macron with men on a boat, but none showed him kissing anyone.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

සමගි ජන සන්ධානයේ ආරම්භක රැළියේ දී “රට බංකොලොත් කිරීමේ ගමනේ පළමු පියවර මෙයයි” යනුවෙන් සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස කීවාද?

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says the viral video was edited to combine two separate parts of Sajith Premadasa’s speech, making it appear that he said the alliance was the first step toward making the country more bankrupt. It reports that he actually described the launch as the first step in a journey to rebuild the country and later promised to change the political system that had led to bankruptcy.