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The viral video shows police beating protesters demonstrating against the new UGC regulations.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY says the video is unrelated to protests against the UGC regulations. It identifies the footage as a police lathi-charge during a Kolkata rally condemning attacks on minorities in Bangladesh and the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das.
An obscene website called "Buddy" has appeared in a Sri Lankan school textbook since 2015.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
بررسی اختلالات و قطع سراسری اینترنت در دی‌ماه ۱۴۰۴
Publisher’s rating: هم‌زمان با فراخوان‌های اعتراضی ۱۸ و ۱۹ دی ۱۴۰۴، اینترنت ایران از عصر ۱۸ دی به‌طور گسترده و سراسری قطع شد و ابتدا دسترسی بین‌المللی، ارتباطات داخلی و سپس موبایل و ثابت را نیز دربر گرفت.
They came trusting Tamil Nadu for a livelihood, but the DMK's crumbled Law & Order has brutally killed them! The body of a 24-year-old Bihar youth was found stuffed in a sack in Adyar. But the horror doesn't end there. Reports indicate his wife was subjected to sexual harassment and brutally murdered along with their child, their bodies dumped in a garbage yard. An entire family has been wiped out. Rape, serial murders, and violence against women have become the norm. From Coimbatore to Chennai, the hate narrative against North Indians fueled by the DMK has emboldened criminals to commit such atrocities. They came here to survive, but this government let them die. CM Thiru.@mkstalin, is there any safety left for women and children in your rule?
Publisher’s rating: false
The viral video shows the demolition of a 300-year-old temple in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, carried out following orders from the Uttar Pradesh government.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the video shows parts of the 300-year-old Gaurihar Temple in Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, being demolished during a road-widening drive—not a temple in Uttar Pradesh. It says the UP Police fact-check team also placed the incident under Nayagaon police station in Madhya Pradesh.
The visuals show protests against the new UGC Rules, 2026.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY reports that the first clip shows a Congress workers’ protest in Durg in May 2025 over MNREGA employment, while the second shows a Delhi candle march in December 2024 over normalisation in the BPSC examination. It concludes that neither clip depicts protests against the new UGC Rules.
The video shows people protesting against the new UGC rules by throwing black ink on posters of PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY reports that the video does not show a protest against the new UGC rules. It identifies the footage as a December 2025 Congress protest in Raipur over the National Herald case, where workers smeared black ink on posters of Modi and Shah.
«خانواده یک سپهر دیگر»؛ مروری بر ویدیوی اعتراف اجباری صداوسیما از خانواده کشته‌شدگان اعتراضات
Publisher’s rating: صداوسیما با سوءاستفاده از همین سردرگمی، گزارشی پخش کرد و مدعی شد ویدیو ساختگی است و با «پدر سپهر» مصاحبه کرده، در حالی که این مصاحبه اجباری با خانواده «سپهر ابراهیمی» بوده و ویدیو در واقع مربوط به «سپهر شکری»، جان‌باخته دیگری در اعتراض‌ها، است.
The video shows a real incident in which a man is seen bursting balloons sold by a young Muslim boy ahead of India’s 77th Republic Day in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the video was scripted and filmed on ICT Road in Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh—not in Lucknow. The review says the creator confirmed the staging and that the child knew about it beforehand.
The viral video showing a car slipping in heavy snow and causing another vehicle to flip was recorded in Manali.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the video was not recorded in Manali; it was filmed in Yeşilyurt district, Malatya, Turkey. It reports that Turkish news outlets featured the clip on 29 December 2025.
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya questioned the opposition for not coming forward on the Grade 6 English module before it was printed.
Publisher’s rating: False
இலங்கை அதிபர் என்று நினைக்கிறேன்... திராவிடியாக்களுக்கு இந்த போட்டோவை பார்த்தால் பிடிக்காது.
Publisher’s rating: fake
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