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

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FACTLYPolitics & government

Hoarding of Arvind Kejriwal congratulating Delhi for installing 10 dustbins in Kirti Nagar Industrial area

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns an image said to show Arvind Kejriwal congratulating Delhi for installing 10 dustbins in Kirti Nagar Industrial Area. FACTLY examined the hoarding image and concluded that it was altered, not a genuine display. The review also reported finding no recent news articles or other credible information that Kejriwal had congratulated people through such a hoarding. The review describes several visual irregularities: part of the Hindi heading appeared pasted over a light reflection; the image’s upper-left area showed different shades of blue and remnants of earlier text; and the heading, government logo and lower text differed in sharpness. It also noted that the lower text was not aligned with the hoarding’s border. These observations led the review to conclude that text had been digitally added. For comparison, FACTLY used reverse image search on the cropped picture of Kejriwal and found the same image in a July 2021 article about Delhi government newspaper advertisements. The review said the image in that advertisement matched the one on the alleged hoarding, whose design looked identical apart from the altered text. This supports the review’s conclusion that the viral image repurposed an existing image rather than documenting the claimed dustbin announcement.

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

​រូប​ថត​មួយ​សន្លឹក​បង្ហាញ​អំពី​ទិដ្ឋ​ភាព​ការិយាល័យ​របស់​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ និង​រូបតាំង​របស់​​មេដឹក​នាំ​​វៀត​ណាមនោះ​ ត្រូវ​បាន​បង្ហោះ​ និង​ចែក​ចាយ​នៅ​លើ​បណ្តាញ​សង្គម​ហ្វេស​ប៊ុក​កម្ពុជា​។​

Publisher’s rating: Altered

FACTLYPolitics & government

India will take over the presidency of United Nations Security Council for the first time

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerned India’s turn to preside over the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in August 2021, presented as the country’s first time holding the presidency. FACTLY distinguishes the country’s rotating presidency from the separate question of whether an Indian prime minister had previously chaired a meeting. It reports that India’s current term as a non-permanent UNSC member began on 1 January 2021 and that India was due to hold the presidency in August, passing it to Ireland in September.

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

​​​ ​រូបថត​មួយ​សន្លឹក​​​បង្ហាញ​សភាព​របស់​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ ពុំ​មាន​សក់​ក្បាល​​ ខណៈ​ពេល​ដែល​សម្តេច​នរោត្តម​ សីហមុនី​ ទ្រង់​មាន​សក់​ជា​ធម្មតា​នោះ​​ត្រូវ​បាន​បង្ហោះ​ និង​ចែក​ចាយ​នៅ​លើ​បណ្តាញ​សង្គម​ហ្វេស​ប៊ុក​កម្ពុជា​។​

Publisher’s rating: Altered

המשרוקית של גלובסPolitics & government

יואב קיש טוען שהסכום שהוקצה לרע"ם גדול כמו תקציב הביטחון

Publisher’s rating: מטעה

The Globes investigation examined a tweet by Likud MK Yoav Kisch on August 1, 2021, claiming that Ra’am would receive 53 billion shekels, “almost like the defense budget.” It accepted that the two headline figures were close when compared as single numbers: the coalition agreement with Ra’am totaled 53 billion shekels, while the government’s announced defense budget for 2022 was 58 billion. The review’s central check was whether those amounts covered comparable periods. They did not. The review found that the 53 billion shekels in the Ra’am agreement were spread over five years, whereas the 58 billion defense budget was for one year. It said a fair comparison would use five years of defense spending or divide the Ra’am agreement’s amount across five years. For 2018–2022, it gave defense spending of 280.5 billion shekels under the lowest calculation it discussed—over five times the agreement’s total. This time-period mismatch is the main reason the comparison was misleading. The review also examined what the 53 billion represented. It described 30 billion shekels for a five-year plan addressing gaps in Arab society, 20 billion for an urban-transport plan in the Arab sector, 2.5 billion for a five-year program against violence and crime, and 500 million in coalition funds. It noted that some programs continued initiatives approved under previous governments, and that it was uncertain whether all the allocated sums would actually be spent. The review further reported that the transport plan was not yet fully formulated and that its final cost and actual use of the full allocation were uncertain. Thus, the headline figure was not simply a confirmed, one-year payment to Ra’am.

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

Claim: misinformation shared that DMK govt introduced mobile toilet facility for women police

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review examined social-media posts claiming that the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government had introduced mobile toilet facilities for women police officers—and, more specifically, that it had done so for the first time. The posts included a Kalaignar TV news card saying the government had provided a mobile toilet vehicle for women police, alongside a caption presenting the provision as a first. The review distinguished those two ideas: it said the claim that the facility existed under the DMK government did not appear wrong, but questioned the assertion that the DMK government was first to provide it. 【S1】 To check that historical “first” claim, the review says it searched using multiple Google keywords for earlier instances of mobile toilets for women police. It reports finding a 2016 news item about mobile toilet vehicles operating for police in Ooty, with the image identifying a women’s toilet. It also cites reporting on Salem police mobile toilet vehicles and a separate report about Chennai’s planned purchase of 15 vehicles for women police. These examples place the facility before the DMK government came to power in May 2021. 【S1】 On that evidence, the review concluded that mobile toilet facilities for women police existed before the DMK government took office, so the claim that the DMK government introduced them for the first time was false. Its conclusion addresses the priority claim; it does not dispute that such facilities were provided during the DMK government. 【S1】

Vera FilesPolitics & government

Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos' term was introduced because the oligarchs of the land controlled everything.

Publisher’s rating: Needs Context

Research from related reporting describes Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s September 23, 1972 declaration of martial law and reports that he presented his “Bagong Lipunan,” or “New Society,” program as a way to end poverty, suppress communism and “break the supremacy of the caciques.” This supports a connection between Marcos’s public justification and challenging the power of entrenched local elites, a description that overlaps with the claim’s reference to oligarchs. But the excerpt reports what Marcos said the program would accomplish; it does not establish that oligarchic control was the reason martial law was introduced. It also does not substantiate the broader assertion that land oligarchs “controlled everything.” The evidence therefore supports a narrower account of Marcos’s stated political aims, not the claim’s full causal and sweeping characterization.