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Bolsonaro é recebido por multidão no aeroporto de Confins em 2023
Publisher’s rating: Falso
ジョー・バイデン死去？史上最高齢の米大統領
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The review examines a claim that Biden died of a heart attack on July 1. It reports evidence of his activities after that date, including official social-media posts and news coverage, and concludes the death claim is false.
E os mais de 200 mil reais que ela já gastou com cota de gabinete?"
Publisher’s rating: Verdadeiro
“NÃO VÃO PRAS RUAS EM HIPÓTESE NENHUMA! LULA VAI DECRETAR LEI MARCIAL NO BRASIL”.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Foreign Ministry Pays 1000 USD Monthly To Keep Minister Sabry`S Grey Tick On Twitter!
Publisher’s rating: False
SPÖ-Chef Andreas Babler hat zum Annageln von Menschen auf Kreuzen aufgerufen.
Publisher’s rating: In dem Text rief Babler nicht zur Gewalt auf, sondern warf dies dem Kruzifix vor. Im Text ist keine direkte Aufforderung zum Verbrennen von Kreuzen zu finden, eine doppeldeutige Aussage kann aber derart interpretiert werden.
The allegation concerns a 1996 article by Andreas Babler, then a regional secretary of the Socialist Youth, and claims that he urged people to burn crosses and nail people to them. The review says the article, titled “Scharfer Krenn?”, was about the Church’s position on condoms and former Bishop Kurt Krenn. It reports that the disputed wording was presented as a call to violence, but the original text instead describes the crucifix as a “public call to violence” because it depicts a person nailed to wood. In context, Babler was criticizing the depiction of the crucifixion, not urging violence against people. The review says the allegation about nailing people rests on a misquotation. It also examines a separate passage advising readers that, if something bothered them, they could remove it, followed by warnings about gloves, smoke and potentially toxic gases. The reviewer says this passage might refer to burning a crucifix, but the preceding discussion of condoms leaves the object of “it” ambiguous. Thus the evidence does not support the specific claim that Babler called for people to be nailed to crosses, while the separate wording about removal and burning remains open to interpretation. To check the claims, dpa reports that it located Babler’s original article and the original newspaper criticisms in Austria’s National Library. The review also notes that the circulated screenshots of critical commentary lacked dates, and that one named the publication incorrectly. These checks helped establish the source and transmission of the disputed wording; the review’s conclusion about the nailing allegation rests on comparing the original text with the circulated claim.
ឧកញ៉ា ម៉ុង ឫទ្ធី ជូតទឹកភ្នែកស្ដាយទឹកដីខ្មែរ ពេលលឺលោក ហ៊ុនសែន និយាយថា ភូមិកំណើតលោក ហេង សំរិន ស្ថិតក្នុងប្រទេសវៀតណាម។ ឧកញ៉ា ម៉ុង ឫទ្ធី ធ្លាប់ហៅលោកបណ្ឌិត សុខ ទូច ថាជាបណ្ឌិតក្រៀវជ្រូកព្រោះលោកបណ្ឌិត សុខ ទូច គ្មានជំនាញខាងព្រំដែន ប៉ុន្តែ បែរជាបកស្រាយរឿងព្រំដែនការពាររដ្ឋាភិបាលទៅវិញ។
Publisher’s rating: False
The review examines a video shared with the claim that tycoon and CPP senator Mong Ritthy was crying over Cambodia losing territory after hearing Prime Minister Hun Sen discuss Heng Samrin’s hometown in connection with border demarcation with Vietnam. It places the footage at a private water-park opening ceremony in Phnom Penh in August 2020, where Hun Sen spoke about a village that could be exchanged with Vietnam. The review says the video circulated with a caption interpreting Ritthy’s expression as regret over territorial loss. To check that interpretation, Fact Crescendo Cambodia says it contacted Ritthy directly via Telegram on July 12, 2023, and reports that he later clarified the footage on his Facebook page. According to the review, Ritthy said the video had been falsely described and that sunlight, rather than the speech or a reaction to losing territory, caused him to wipe tears from his eyes. The review therefore rejects the claimed explanation for his expression; its account does not establish that the video itself was fabricated. The supplied review addresses the video and the explanation of Ritthy’s tears. It does not discuss the separate assertion in the submitted claim about Ritthy calling Sok Touch a “pig-sterilizing doctor” or about Touch’s expertise on borders.
जो महिला इस वीडियो में दिख रही है वह बरेली की एस.डी.एम ज्योति मौर्या है।
Publisher’s rating: False
"Kobolde" und "McDonalds-Filiale" - Video zeigt eine echte Aussage von Ricarda Lang (Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen).
Publisher’s rating: Das Video wurde manipuliert und die Tonspur verändert: Die Worte wurden Ricarda Lang in den Mund gelegt, sie hat sich nie so geäußert.
The claim concerns a circulating video said to show Green Party co-chair Ricarda Lang making insulting remarks about heat pumps, “Kobolde” and a McDonald’s restaurant at a party event. The investigation identifies the footage as showing Lang’s speech at the Bavarian Green Party state convention in Erlangen on May 21, 2023. It reports that the Bavarian party and broadcaster BR had published recordings of the speech, allowing the disputed clip to be compared with longer versions of the same appearance. In those recordings, Lang discusses heat pumps, but the investigation found no mention of “Kobolde” or a “verflixte McDonalds-Filiale”; it also says the corresponding statements do not appear in the recordings’ transcript. The review further describes mismatched lip movements and unnatural changes in the voice, including around the word “Kobolde.” These observations support the conclusion that the clip’s audio was altered rather than being a genuine recording of Lang saying the quoted words. The review also reports that the clip appeared on channels belonging to the user “Snicklink,” whose profile describes him as a “conspiracy comedian” and who had published other fake videos. A comparison of individual frames with the Bavarian Greens’ recording—including a frame showing the same cameraman in front of the stage—suggested that recording was used as the clip’s visual basis. The review therefore treats the video as manipulated and the statements as invented.
“LULA FOI OVACIONADO OUTRA VEZ PELO POVO [Ladrão! Ladrão!]”
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Boris Johnson ‘revealed’ the smart city agenda
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
WEF impose new mandates on future human offspring
Publisher’s rating: False
Brahmins hold a significant majority in high-level government positions
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY examined a viral post alleging that Brahmins dominate high-level government positions. The post listed officials in secretariats, ministries, the Prime Minister’s Office and the President’s Office, and assigned them caste categories to support its claim. The review found that the names and job titles of officials in prominent offices could be accessed publicly, but the cited disclosures did not identify their caste categories. The post’s list therefore could not be verified against the public information described in the review. The review also noted that there is no separate reservation system for recruitment to top-tier government positions. That fact does not establish what proportion of officials belong to any caste; rather, the review’s stated basis for rejecting the viral post is that its caste classifications and resulting claim lacked substantiation and a verified source. FACTLY concluded that the claim was false, while the evidence presented in the excerpt supports the narrower finding that the post did not verify its assertion.
Marine Le Pen a affirmé qu'elle sauvera la France du nouvel ordre mondial et que Macron sera arrêté.
Publisher’s rating: De tels propos ne figurent pas dans la vidéo du discours de Marine Le Pen mise en lien dans l’article diffusé sur les réseaux sociaux. Il n’existe aucune preuve que celle-ci se soit exprimée en ces termes.
The claim circulated alongside an article alleging that Marine Le Pen had promised to save France from a “new world order” and that President Emmanuel Macron would be arrested. The claim was tied to her remarks about the riots in France that followed the death of a 17-year-old during a police stop. The review says Le Pen published a three-minute video about the riots on 30 June 2023. The investigation compared the alleged words with the video linked in the online article. It reports that the sentence “I will save France from the new world order – Macron will be arrested” does not appear anywhere in Le Pen’s address. The article had shared a version of her video with English subtitles, which the review notes contained some translation errors. The review traces the allegation to The People’s Voice, an English-language site it describes as specializing in false information. It says that the site’s article reused Le Pen’s real video but added the unsupported claims. The review also reports that a search found no reliable trace of Le Pen having said the alleged words; the RN press office had not responded to the fact-checkers’ inquiries by the time the article was written.
Biden’ın sözde gaz çıkardığını gösteren videonun gerçek olduğu iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
Klaus Schwab said, "We have to prepare for more angrier world" amid France protests
Publisher’s rating: FALSE