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Politics & government fact checks

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

12,732 published reviews in this topic

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහා මණ්ඩල සැසිවාරයේදී අමාත්‍ය විජිත හේරත් සඳහන් කළ ප්‍රකාශ ලෙස “News 1st” පුවත් කාඩ්පත් සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ සංසරණය විය.

Publisher’s rating: False

The review says the cards falsely attributed statements to Vijitha Herath at the UN General Assembly. It reports that his official speech contained none of those statements and that News 1st had not published cards containing them.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

பத்தரமுல்லையில் நடைபெற்ற ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தியின் (SJB) போராட்டத்தின் ட்ரோன் புகைப்படம் எனக் குறிப்பிட்டு, நாடாளுமன்ற நுழைவாயிலுக்கு அருகில் பெருந்திரளான மக்கள் கூடியிருப்பதைக் காட்டும் புகைப்படம் சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பகிரப்பட்டது.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානයේ සාමාජිකත්වයෙන් ඉවත් කර ඇත.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo says Sri Lanka remains a UN member, citing the UN’s listing of its membership since 14 December 1955 and its continued participation in UN affairs. It also says no official action to end, suspend, or remove Sri Lanka’s membership was announced.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

බත්තරමුල්ල ප්‍රදේශයේ පැවති සමගි ජන බලවේග විරෝධතාවය ලෙස දක්වමින් පාර්ලිමේන්තු පිවිසුම අසල විශාල ජනතාවක් රැස්ව සිටින ආකාරය දැක්වෙන ඩ්‍රෝන ඡායාරූපයක් සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ හුවමාරු විය.

Publisher’s rating: False

The review says the SJB held its protest at Polduwa Junction on September 24, 2026, and concludes that images circulated as drone views of the event were AI-generated. It notes that the image’s setting and visual details did not match the real location and that the party’s media unit said it had not used the images.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

அமைச்சர் இராமலிங்கம் சந்திரசேகர் தியாகி திலீபன் நினைவேந்தல் நிகழ்வில் கலந்துகொண்டதாக சமூக ஊடகங்களில் கூற்று பகிரப்பட்டது.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo reports that Chandrasekar’s media secretary said the minister had not attended a Thileepan commemoration and that the circulating photo was edited. The review says reverse-image searches traced the underlying photo to a commemoration at Jaffna Municipal Council, where the minister’s face had been added.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

SLPP organizer Harini Wijetunga said NPP leaders fill party coffers with donations from the wealthy while Namal Rajapaksa, like Robin Hood, took from the rich to share with the poor.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo reports that Wijetunga did not make the attributed remark, and that her media division confirmed the posts were false. The review says she instead criticized the government for imposing heavy taxes after making Robin Hood-style promises to help the poor.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaPolitics & government

நாமலுக்கு ஆதரவாக 'Anura Go Home' எனக் கோஷமிட்டு கொழும்பில் ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் இடம்பெற்றதாகக் கூறி ஒரு காணொளி சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பகிரப்பட்டது.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

Fact Crescendo found that the video did not show a protest supporting Namal: its review says the footage was from the previous year, when supporters gathered during the former president’s arrest. It also reports that footage of Namal being taken from court to prison did not contain the claimed chant. [S1]