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ఆందోళనలు చేస్తున్న రైతులపైకి ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్ ప్రభుత్వం వాటర్ టాంకర్ ఎక్కించిన వీడియో
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Twee video's van een betoging waarbij politie voorop een processie van manifestanten loopt wordt volop gedeeld op sociale media in Nederland. "De politie in Wenen kiest de kant van het volk!", zegt de ene. "In Oostenrijk sluit de politie zich aan bij het volk dat opkomt voor vrijheid tegen de maatregelen!", zegt de ander. Nog anderen menen dan weer dat Duitse politie samen marcheert met demonstranten
Publisher’s rating: De video's tonen een coronaprotest in de Oostenrijkse hoofdstad Wenen op 31 januari 2021. De Weense politie heeft zich niet aan de kant van de manifestanten geschaard, maar was enkel aanwezig om het protest veilig te laten verlopen.
The review examines two videos circulated with claims that police in Vienna had joined protesters, as well as posts suggesting the march took place in Germany. It identifies the footage as showing demonstrations against coronavirus measures in Vienna on 31 January 2021. The review reports that the police were accompanying the march to manage safety, not expressing support for the protesters or their cause. To locate the footage, the review points to Austrian flags visible in both videos. In the first, it identifies the Wein & Co shop at the Naschmarkt; in the second, it identifies the intersection of Auersbergstraße and Landesgerichtsstraße. These landmarks place the scenes in Vienna, countering the claim that the footage shows German police marching with demonstrators. The review also cites statements from Vienna police explaining their role: when demonstrators move, officers accompany them at the front, sides and rear. The police explicitly said this arrangement had nothing to do with sympathy for the demonstrators or the subject of the protest. The videos show police at the front of the procession, but that position alone does not establish that officers had joined or endorsed it.
China's new coast guard policy is "none of our business;" it is China's business what law it passes.
Publisher’s rating: Flip-flop
Kerala government has built Nadayar Gram Panchayat of Munnar at the cost of four lakh forty thousand rupees.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review examined a viral video of brushwood check-dam construction at Nadayar Gram Panchayat in Munnar, Kerala. The accompanying allegation was that the government had built the dam shown in the video for Rs 4,40,000. The investigation’s central finding was that this amount was an estimate for a group of dams, not the cost of building the single structure depicted: it says the sum was “for approximately 80 brushwood check dams to be constructed under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).” To check the claim, Vishvas News reports searching online for verification and using Google reverse image search to look for the video’s source. It found regional reporting that described a project to construct 12 check dams in different areas and said the allegation that Rs 4.5 lakh was spent on one dam was false. The review also says it contacted Dr Divya S Iyer, MGNREGS Mission Director, who refuted the allegation and clarified that Rs 4,40,000 was the total estimated cost for around 80 check dams at Munnar Gram Panchayat. The review further reports that, at the time of the clarification, Rs 1.75 lakh had been spent on the project, including Rs 1.73 lakh in labour wages for 596 days. These figures distinguish the project-wide estimate and reported expenditure from the viral post’s claim about the cost of the single dam shown. The evidence presented therefore does not support treating Rs 4,40,000 as the amount spent to build that one structure.
‘The New York Times’ Editor-in-Chief Joseph Hope’s message about India’s PM Narendra Modi
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a message circulated on social media as observations by “The New York Times” Editor-in-Chief Joseph Hope. The message reportedly praised Narendra Modi’s patriotism, leadership and foreign policy, calling him one of the world’s best leaders and a threat to superpower nations. FACTLY investigated whether the named person worked at the newspaper and whether the message was written or published by its editor or newsroom. FACTLY says it searched The New York Times’ website and found no journalist named Joseph Hope in its editorial-board list. It also reports that the newspaper had not published an article praising Modi as one of the world’s best leaders. To check the message’s attribution, FACTLY contacted the newspaper by email. Spokesperson Ari Isaacman Bevacqua said there was no editor named Joseph Hope at the organization and that editor Dean Baquet had not said or written the circulating message. The review also distinguishes the attributed message from actual newspaper coverage: it describes a 3 October 2020 article on India’s foreign relations amid India-China tensions, which discussed ties with the US, Japan and Australia and characterized Modi as a Hindu nationalist criticized globally over actions affecting Muslims in India. FACTLY additionally found a Joseph Hope author page at Asia Times, but reports that he had not commented there on Modi or his foreign policies. These checks support its conclusion that the social-media message was falsely attributed to The New York Times and its editor.
“Wala tayong pakialam” sa bagong coast guard policy ng China; bahala ang China sa kung anong batas ang ipinapasa nito.
Publisher’s rating: Flip-flop
शिवराज द्वारा गणतंत्र दिवस के अवसर पर भाजपा का ध्वज फ़हराया गया
Publisher’s rating: False
Trump family hosted a riot watch party to view the storming of the U.S. Capitol from a private tent
Publisher’s rating: Not Legit
The review examined a real Facebook video recorded by Donald Trump Jr. that circulated with the claim that the Trump family was celebrating as it watched the Capitol riot from a private tent. Its central finding was that the video did not show the riot: the timeline described in the review places its recording and posting before the Capitol barriers were breached.
"U kunt ons niet meer wegsturen als kabinet", zo begint een video op Facebook waarin Nederland premier Mark Rutte (VVD) te zien is tijdens een toespraak in het parlement (hier gearchiveerd). "Dus strikt genomen hebben we nu meer macht dan voor vorige week vrijdag, zou je gek genoeg kunnen zeggen", valt verder nog te horen. Het valt niet te ontkennen dat de Nederlandse premier die uitspraak écht heeft gedaan, maar in welke context gebeurde dat?
Publisher’s rating: De video is selectief geknipt om het humoristische kader van de uitspraak te verwijderen. Premier Rutte zegt meteen na het citaat dat hij "even flauw is aan het doen". De volledige uitspraak veroorzaakte (beperkte) ophef in de media en bij andere politieke partijen. Door het weglaten van de humoristische duiding ontbreekt er echter context en is ze dus misleidend.
De grondwet zou volgens berichten op sociale media een geldigheidsdatum hebben tot en met 6 juni 2020. De bewering wordt op Facebook in een afbeelding gedeeld.
Publisher’s rating: De bewering is onjuist. De huidige grondwet is gewoon tot op heden, en nog voor onbepaalde tijd, geldig.
The Facebook image claimed that the Dutch constitution had a validity date ending on 6 June 2020. The review traces that date to a screenshot of the Maxius website reproduced on vrijheidsrechten.nl, rather than to an official government record. It reports that the official laws database, wetten.overheid.nl, listed the constitution as in force from 21 December 2018 through the present; that date marked its most recent amendment, not an expiration date. The review also compared the dates shown on Maxius itself. By the time of its investigation, that site showed 6 August 2020 for the constitution, not the 6 June date in the circulated screenshot. Its displayed dates varied even within the constitution: the first chapter showed 22 January 2021 and the second 27 January 2021. The review therefore found that those changing, inconsistent website dates did not establish that the constitution had expired.
వై.యెస్.జగన్ ఫోటో తగిలించిన బైక్ని నారా లోకేష్ నడుపుతున్న దృశ్యం
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
No Tik Tok, vídeos atribuem ao governo Bolsonaro gastos de R$ 1,8 bi para consumo próprio
Publisher’s rating: ENGANOSO: Vídeos publicados no TikTok atribuíam, erradamente, os gastos ao "consumo próprio" do presidente da República canaltonydevito
சமூக ஆர்வலர் டாக்டர் கஃபீல் கான் டிராக்டரில் அமர்ந்திருக்கும் ஒரு வைரல் புகைப்படம், குடியரசு தினத்தன்று நடந்த விவசாயிகளின் டிராக்டர் பேரணியில் பங்கேற்றபோது அவர் தடுத்து நிறுத்தப்பட்டார் என்ற கூற்றுடன் பகிரப்பட்டு வருகிறது.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerned a photograph of activist Dr. Kafeel Khan on a tractor, said to show him participating in the farmers’ Republic Day tractor rally in Delhi and being stopped there. Vishvas News investigated that specific image and reported that the claim was false: it traced the image to a video Khan had posted in support of farmers, not to the Delhi rally. The report says the video was posted on 26 January 2021 and that the viral photograph was taken from it. (The review’s account of Khan’s statement dates the recording itself to 25 January.) To check the image’s origin, the investigators searched for news about Khan and then examined his social-media account, where they found the tractor video. They describe its content as Khan sharing basic information about driving a tractor. The report says Khan told them he had not been to Delhi for more than a month and identified the location as Langarwas village in Rajasthan, where he had met women working under the MNREGA employment scheme. Those details place the tractor footage in Rajasthan rather than at the Delhi rally. The review also reports two corroborating checks: Khan shared photographs from a Republic Day flag-hoisting event at Shaheen Academy in Jhotwara, Jaipur, and Langarwas deputy sarpanch Rohit confirmed that the tractor video was filmed in the village. Arif Khan of Shaheen Academy confirmed Khan attended its Republic Day event. Together, the video’s reported provenance and these accounts contradict the claim that the image showed Khan at the Delhi rally.
अरविंद केजरीवाल कृषि कानूनों के समर्थन में है व उनके फायदे बता रहे है
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
Video of Delhi residents rally in support of Police and government amidst farmers’ protest
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a video circulated as showing Delhi residents rallying in support of Delhi Police and the Narendra Modi government amid the farmers’ protests. FACTLY’s review says the footage instead showed a rally in Haryana during December 2019, organized in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). The protesters did chant in support of Delhi Police and the Modi government, but the review says the video had no connection to the farmers’ protest against the new farm laws. To trace the footage, the review describes reverse image searches of screenshots from the video. It reports finding similar videos posted on social media in December 2019, including a YouTube video whose description identified a Haryana rally supporting the CAA and NRC. The review also points to a 26 December 2019 tweet by Haryana BJP leader Jawahar Yadav, who described the same video as footage of a rally in Haryana. The review says a Lokmat article, based on Yadav’s tweet, also described the footage as a Haryana rally supporting the CAA and NRC. It qualifies its conclusion: the available evidence did not establish the rally’s exact location. Its central finding was that the video was old and concerned the CAA and NRC, not the ongoing farmers’ protests in Delhi.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hoisted BJP flag on Republic day
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a video presented as showing Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hoisting a BJP flag instead of the national flag at the 2021 Republic Day event. FACTLY’s review identifies the footage as belonging to a different event: the Panchayat Chalo campaign programme in Chhattarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, on 14 May 2018. Thus, the video does not establish that Chouhan hoisted a BJP flag at the 2021 Republic Day event. (S1: “A video is being shared on social media claiming that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hoisted the BJP flag instead of the National flag during the 2021 Republic day event.”; “This incident took place on 14 May 2018.”) The review describes how it traced the footage. A reverse image search of screenshots from the circulating video led to similar visuals in a YouTube video posted on 17 May 2018. Its description identified Chouhan as reciting the national anthem after hoisting the BJP flag at the Panchayat Chalo programme in Chhattarpur district. The review also reports finding a journalist’s post about the same footage and news coverage placing the programme in the district on 14 May 2018. (S1: “On reverse image search of the screenshots shared in the video, similar visuals are found in a YouTube video posted on 17 May 2018.”; “In the description of the video, it is mentioned that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan recited National anthem after hoisting the BJP flag at the Panchayat Chalo campaign program in Chhattarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.”; “In the article, it is reported that this incident took place at Panchayat Chalo campaign program held at Raj Nagar in Chhattarpur district on 14 May 2018.”) The review further distinguishes the video from Chouhan’s Republic Day appearance: it reports that he hoisted the national flag in Rewa city. The footage therefore shows a BJP-flag hoisting at a 2018 campaign programme, not the claimed conduct at the 2021 Republic Day event. (S1: “When we searched for the Republic Day event attended by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, we found that he hoisted the national flag at Rewa city in Madhya Pradesh.”)
రైతులకి వ్యతిరేకంగా ఢిల్లీ ప్రజలు రోడ్ల పై నిరసన చేస్తున్న వీడియో
Publisher’s rating: FALSE