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Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

ට්විටර් තුළ, අමාත්‍ය අලි සබ්‍රි වෙනුවෙන් අළු පැහැ හරි සලකුණ පවත්වා ගැනීමට විදේශ අමාත්‍යංශය මාසිකව අමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් 1000ක ගෙවීමක් සිදු කරන්නේ නැහැ!

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review investigates whether Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry paid Twitter US$1,000 a month for the grey check on Foreign Minister Ali Sabry’s account. It reports that social-media users alleged that the ministry was spending that amount to maintain the badge, and that the fact-checkers contacted Sabry directly about the allegation. He rejected it, saying the government had made no payment for his grey check and that the facility was provided to him free of charge. The review also says it contacted Twitter for further clarification, but had not received an explanation to add when the article was written. «අමාත්‍යවරයා සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ ඉදිරිපත් කරන මෙම ප්‍රකාශ තරයේ ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළ අතර, ට්විටර්වලදී ඔහුගේ අළු හරි සලකුණ සඳහා රජයෙන් කිසිදු මුදල් ගෙවීමක් සිදුවී නැති බවත්, එය තමාට සම්පූර්ණයෙන් නොමිලයේ ලැබුණ පහසුකමක් නිසා එයට කිසිම ගෙවීමක් සිදුකිරීමට අවශ්‍ය නොවෙන බවත් සඳහන් කළා.» «වැඩිදුර විස්තර තහවුරු කිරීම සඳහා අපි සෘජුවම Twitter Inc සමඟ සම්බන්ධ වී තිබෙනවා. මේ පිළිබඳව ඔවුන්ගේ පැහැදිලි කිරීම් ලබාගැනීමෙන් අනතුරුව, ඒ පිළිබඳව මෙම ලිපිය යාවත්කාලීන කිරීමට අපි බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා.» The article distinguishes grey government-official badges from other verification products. It says Twitter charged US$1,000 monthly for blue or gold badges, but that the review found no Twitter website requirement for eligible officials and organizations to pay for grey badges. This distinction is central: the reported US$1,000 charge applied to different badge categories, not the grey badge at issue. «ට්විටර් ආයතනය පවසන්නේ නිල් හෝ රන් පැහැති හරි සලකුණු ලාංඡන සඳහා මාසිකව ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් 1000 බැගින් ගෙවිය යුතු බවත්» «සුදුසුකම් ලත් සංවිධාන සහ නිලධාරීන් විසින් අළු පැහැති හරි සලකුණ සහිත ලාංඡනය සඳහා ගෙවීමක් සිදු කිරීමේ අවශ්‍යතාවය පිළිබඳව ට්විටර් වෙබ් අඩවිය තුල කිසිදු සඳහනක් සොයා ගැනීමට ලැබෙන්නේ නැහැ.»

dpa Deutsche Presse-AgenturPolitics & government

Minderjährige können ohne Einverständnis der Eltern ihren Geschlechtseintrag ändern. Wehren sich die Eltern dagegen, kann ihnen das Sorgerecht entzogen werden. Wer eine Person mit dem falschen Geschlecht anspricht, muss 10 000 Euro Strafe zahlen.

Publisher’s rating: Die Änderung des Geschlechtseintrags bei Minderjährigen geschieht nur mit Zustimmung der Eltern. Ausnahmen kann es nur geben, wenn Eltern mit ihrer Haltung das Kindeswohl gefährden. Eine Ansprache mit der falschen Namens- oder Geschlechtsnennung soll nur dann zu einem Bußgeld führen, wenn dies wiederholt und vorsätzlich passiert.

The claim concerns Germany’s proposed Self-Determination Act, and makes three assertions about minors, parental custody and a €10,000 penalty for addressing someone by a former name. The review says the draft required parental involvement: for children under 14, parents would submit the change; young people aged 14 and older could make the declaration themselves, but needed their guardians’ consent. If guardians refused after adequate counselling, a family court could potentially substitute its consent. The article describes loss of custody as one possible measure where a court found a child’s welfare endangered—not an automatic consequence of parental opposition. (S1) The review distinguishes that scenario from the proposed fine. It says the draft’s fine of up to €10,000 concerned violating the disclosure prohibition: revealing or seeking out someone’s former gender entry without that person’s consent. It does not say that simply using a former name triggered that fine. Separately, the article says repeated, intentional and particularly intense conduct might constitute bullying and could, for example, fall under the criminal offence of insult. (S1) The article describes the measure as a draft that still had to be approved by the federal cabinet and pass through the Bundestag before it could take effect. Its account therefore concerns what the proposal provided, rather than an already operative law. (S1)