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YouturnPolitics & government

காங்கிரஸ் அரசு மக்களைப் பற்றிக் கவலைப்படவில்லை. ஒன்றிய அரசாங்கம் கொண்டு வந்த ஜல் ஜீவன் திட்டத்தில் ஒவ்வொரு வீட்டிற்கும் குழாய்கள் மூலம் தண்ணீர் வழங்குவதில் பாஜக ஆளும் மாநிலங்கள் 100% இலக்கை முடித்துள்ளது. ஆனால் காங்கிரஸ் ஆளும் ராஜஸ்தான் மாநிலம் கடைசி இடத்தில் உள்ளது. ராஜஸ்தான் முதலமைச்சர் தனது மக்களுக்கு அநீதி இழைக்கிறார்- ராஜ்யவர்தன் சிங் ரத்தோர்

Publisher’s rating: Fake

FACTLYPolitics & government

Mulayam Singh, Lalu prasad Yadav, Mayawati and Sonia Gandhi own 8470 Crores, 6250 Crores, 4730 Crores and 40,000 Crores worth of property respectively

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim assigns property worth ₹8,470 crore to Mulayam Singh, ₹6,250 crore to Lalu Prasad Yadav, ₹4,730 crore to Mayawati and ₹40,000 crore to Sonia Gandhi. FACTLY checked the figures against election affidavits and reported net asset values—after accounting for liabilities—of ₹18.35 crore for Mulayam Singh, ₹3.04 crore for Lalu Prasad Yadav, ₹110.76 crore for Mayawati and ₹11.82 crore for Sonia Gandhi. Those affidavit-based figures are far below the amounts in the post. [S1: “A post disclosing the property details of Mulayam Singh, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mayawati and Sonia Gandhi is being widely shared claiming each of them owns 8470 Crores, 6250 Crores, 4730 Crores and 40,000 Crores worth of property respectively.”; “the net worth of the assets owned by Mulayam Singh (2019), Lalu Prasad Yadav (2009), Mayawati (2012) and Sonia Gandhi (2019) is ₹18.35 Crores, ₹3.04 Crores, ₹110.76 Crores, and ₹11.82 Crores respectively.”] The review gives the underlying declaration details, which do not all refer to the same year. It says Mulayam Singh’s 2019 affidavit listed ₹20,56,04,593 in assets for him and his wife and ₹2,20,55,657 in liabilities. Lalu Prasad Yadav’s 2009 affidavit listed ₹3,20,94,746 in assets for him and his wife and ₹16,26,689 in liabilities. Mayawati’s 2012 affidavit listed ₹111.64 crore in assets and ₹87.68 lakh in liabilities; Sonia Gandhi’s 2019 affidavit listed ₹11.82 crore in assets and no liabilities. [S1: “Mulayam Singh and his wife had assets (movable & immovable) worth ₹20,56,04,593 and liabilities of ₹2,20,55,657.”; “he and his wife owned assets worth ₹3,20,94,746 and liabilities of ₹16,26,689.”; “she has assets worth ₹111.64 crores and liabilities worth ₹87.68 lakhs.”; “Sonia Gandhi declared that she has assets worth ₹11.82 crores without any liabilities.”] FACTLY also cautions that election affidavits may not capture a candidate’s actual assets, noting allegations that politicians hold assets in benami names. But the review says it found no credible report from a reputed organisation establishing the alleged hidden wealth, and says none of the four appeared on Forbes or Fortune India’s richest-Indians lists. Thus, the cited affidavits contradict the post’s specific figures, while the review reports no credible evidence substantiating those figures through undisclosed property. [S1: “Even though the property details of the candidate disclosed in election affidavits may not reveal the person’s actual assets as politicians are often accused of holding assets in benami names, we couldn’t find any such report by a credible organisation or agency revealing the hidden wealth of Indian Politicians and businessmen.”; “Also, none of the people mentioned in the post were featured in the list of Richest Indians by Forbes and Fortune India.”]

Folha de S.PauloPolitics & government

Vídeo publicado no YouTube com um trecho de uma coletiva de imprensa. Na gravação, o senador Alessandro Vieira (PSDB-SE), acompanhado do também senador Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP), fala sobre a apresentação de um pedido de impeachment contra dois ministros do STF, Alexandre de Moraes e Dias Toffoli. A motivação seria o inquérito sobre ataques ao STF, do início de 2019, por meio do qual ministros chegaram a retirar do ar reportagens com citações sobre o então presidente da Corte, que era Toffoli.

Publisher’s rating: Enganoso

The video described in the claim shows a press conference with Senator Alessandro Vieira and Senator Randolfe Rodrigues, in which Vieira discusses sending an impeachment request concerning Supreme Court ministers Alexandre de Moraes and Dias Toffoli to the Senate. The key issue is the timing: the review says the request was made in 2019, not recently, and that the Senate had already archived it. It identifies the footage as a press conference held on April 16, 2019. [S1: “O pedido de impeachment realmente ocorreu, mas em 2019. O documento já foi arquivado pelo Senado. Como verificado pelo Projeto Comprova, o vídeo enganoso é de uma entrevista coletiva dada por Vieira e pelo também senador Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP) em 16 de abril de 2019.”] The review describes how it checked the video’s provenance: its reporters searched online for Vieira’s spoken phrases and found footage of the same press conference on the Senate’s YouTube channel. That Senate video supplied the original date. The review then searched contemporaneous reporting and the Senate database for impeachment requests; it says it found the request under investigation and confirmed it dated to 2019. [S1: “Depois de assistir ao vídeo, a reportagem procurou por trechos das falas de Alessandro Vieira na internet e encontrou outro recorte da mesma coletiva, publicado no YouTube do Senado Federal.”] [S1: “Com o vídeo publicado no canal do Senado, foi possível ver a data original: 16 de abril de 2019.”] [S1: “Por fim, foram pesquisados na base do Senado Federal pedidos de impeachment protocolados contra os ministros do STF entre 2019 e 2021. Encontramos o pedido investigado, que é de 2019.”] The claim’s reference to the inquiry and the reporting controversy describes the surrounding 2019 context, but does not make the footage recent. The review says the request arose amid the STF inquiry into fraudulent news and related conduct, and that Vieira considered the ministers’ actions abusive. The clip therefore concerns a real request and real public remarks, but presenting them as a recent filing changes their timing and context. [S1: “Na época, o STF abriu um inquérito para investigar \"notícias fraudulentas\", como definiu o então presidente da Corte, Dias Toffoli.”] [S1: “Conforme o site Congresso em Foco, o senador Alessandro Vieira via abuso de poder por parte dos ministros e tentativa de intimidar e perseguir críticos do Supremo com o inquérito.”]

YouturnPolitics & government

நாடு முழுவதும் உள்ள ஹிந்துப் பெண்களுக்கு எச்சரிக்கை .!! கேரளாவில் மதம் மாறிய ஷாலினி உன்னி கிருஷ்ணன் பகிர்ந்தது! 32,000 இளம் பெண்கள் இஸ்லாமுக்கு லவ் ஜிகாத்தால் மதம் மாறி ஐஎஸ்ஐஎஸ் தீவிரவாதிகளுக்கு உடற்பசிக்கு இரையான பரிதாபம்! தயவுசெய்து பகிர்ந்து விழிப்புணர்வு ஏற்படுத்துங்கள்!!

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

Fact Crescendo CambodiaPolitics & government

អ្នក​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​ហ្វេសប៊ុក​ម្នាក់​ បង្ហោះ​រូប​មួយសន្លឹក​ បង្ហាញ​ទិដ្ឋភាព​អតីត​មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​លោក​ ឡេ​ ឌឹក​ថូ​ បាន​ឈរ​ថត​រូប​ជាមួយ​នឹង​កូន​ប្រុស​ច្បង​របស់​លោក​នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ គឺ​លោក​ ហ៊ុន​ ម៉ាណែត​។​ ​រូប​ថត​បង្ហោះ​ខាង​លើ​នេះ ត្រូវបាន​អ្នក​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​បណ្ដាញ​សង្គម​ចែក​រំលែក​ជាច្រើន​ដង រួម​ជាមួយ​ការ​បញ្ចេញ​មតិ និង​ប្រតិកម្ម​ចម្រុះ​បែប​ផងដែរ។

Publisher’s rating: Altered

The claim concerns a Facebook photo said to show Hun Sen’s eldest son, Hun Manet, standing with former Vietnamese leader Le Duc Tho. The review says the image was posted on October 31, 2022, and circulated with varied comments and reactions. It concludes that the image was digitally altered, rather than a genuine photograph of the two men together. To investigate, Fact Crescendo Cambodia reports using Google Reverse Image Search. That search led the publisher to photographs on Getty Images that it describes as having the same format and shape as the circulated image. The Getty caption identifies the scene as Le Duc Tho with US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, not Hun Manet. The source caption places the scene on January 23, 1973, in Gif-sur-Yvette, France, after a peace treaty. The publisher’s conclusion is that the circulated image substitutes the identity of the person standing with Le Duc Tho: the original scene shows Kissinger. The review describes a comparison between the altered image and the original image, but the supplied excerpt does not provide further details about how the alteration was made.

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

मुख्यमंत्री जी खुद कह रहे हैं कि जनता त्रस्त है राजस्थान के अंदर। तो इस्तिफा क्यो नही दे देते जनता जिसके राज्य में सुखी रह सकें उन्हें कमान सौंपे ताकि हम सरकार वापस रिपीट कर सकें।“

Publisher’s rating: Missing Context