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Bihar Assembly Elections, Youth Dangling from Helicopter, Pilot Flies Off
Publisher’s rating: false
ادعای نجاتیافتن دنیا از خشکسالی به دست یک دانشمند ایرانی
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Now even BJP leaders have taken to the streets of Delhi against the Modi government.
Publisher’s rating: old video
The video showing a man hanging from a helicopter during takeoff is from Bihar.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY says the video shows Stephen Odhiambo Ouma clinging to a helicopter after being denied a ride at a wedding in Rapogi village, Kenya. It cites the helicopter’s Kenyan registration and says the pilot made an emergency landing; the video is not from Bihar.
NYC Fire Chief resigns over mayoral election
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: True. Posts on Xand TikTokclaiming that thousands of New York Police Department (NYPD) officers had resigned following Mamdani's victory, or that trucking companies were suspending operations in the city, were falseor satire, but this one is true. NYFD Commissioner Robert Tuckerhanded in his resignationone day after Mamdani's election. The timing was unusual as the commissioner typically waitsfor a successor to be named before resigning. Tucker himself stated in an interview with the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Postthat he holds different opinions than the newly elected mayor, citing ideological misalignment. "I also think I could have functioned well under him but, ideologically, our feelings are different. Therefore, I think he deserves the respect of appointing his own commissioner, someone who may be more aligned with him ideologically than I am."
A heart-stopping incident in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, The ambulance door swung open and the patient fell onto the road along with the stretcher But the driver didn't notice a thing, he kept driving ahead The very vehicle meant to save lives became an example of negligence.
Publisher’s rating: fake
ادعای انتشار گزارش پیدا شدن ۷۴ جسد در دریاچه سد کرج در روزنامه پیام سپیدار
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
New York Jets get new cheerleader outfits after Mamdani won
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Fake. A reverse image search led us to dozens of similar posts across various social media platforms, including Facebook, Reddit and Instagram, all shared since November 7. The posts – and the discussions below them – seem to treat the image as a joke about the possible consequences of Mamdani's win, but the image is clearly fabricated. The blurriness around the heads and rigid stances point to an AI-generated image. The Jets logo is an older logothe team stopped using in 2023. The mentioned reverse image search also yielded multiple videos labelled with AI watermarks. The New York Jets, an NFL franchise, do not incorporate religious symbols into their team identity. While hijabs are sometimes worn by female athletes in other countries, the niqab is very rare in sports contexts. A study by the Center for the Study of Organized Hate, a non-profit think tank based in Washington DC, found an "overarching emphasis on Islamophobia, constructing Mamdani as a terrorist, jihadist, or radical Muslim" in social media discourse surrounding the recent election. On October 24, Mamdani held a press conferenceaddressing the Islamophobia targeting him and Muslim New Yorkers. "While my opponents in this race have brought hatred to the forefront, this is just a glimpse of what so many have to endure every day across the city," he said. Mamdani has often been targeted with claims that he holds extremist religious beliefs. As we discussed in a previous article, the often repeated claimsthat he wants to impose Sharia law are complete fabrications. In the context of claims that Mamdani is a proponent of Islamic radicalism, the above image can be seen as a fictional elaboration on that fear.
„Dogodilo se ono o čemu smo govorili: Plenković potpisao sporazum sa ZSO. Sva. Vlast i suverenitet prelazi u ruke WHO.“
Publisher’s rating: Netočno, Dezinformacija
The video shows Union Minister Chirag Paswan being arrested for tampering with EVMs during the 2025 Bihar elections.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the video shows Paswan being detained in Patna on 15 February 2022 during a protest march, not arrested for EVM tampering in the 2025 elections. The review says it found no credible media reports of his arrest in connection with election-related misconduct in 2025.
This video of Elon Musk explains "what is going on in America right now, why @ZohranKMamdani won in NYC, and what the risks are for our country and the world."
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Fake. The user states: "If you want a glimpse of the future where we do not know what is real and what is fake, this is worth watching for that reason alone." While the user notes that he is "pretty sure but not totally sure that it is AI," he still treats the content seriously, saying: "What Elon says here is one of the most important things you will watch this year." It is a slippery slope to engage with AI-generated content as if it were genuinely spoken by the person depicted. Often, when such videos are reposted, the labels or descriptions of it being AI-generated disappear. The YouTube channel that uploaded the video on November 6 included a clear disclaimer, stating that it used "a synthesized voice that does not belong to Elon Musk" and explaining: "We use visual lip-syncing and dubbed narration to match the spoken words with on-screen footage, purely to enhance clarity, create a cinematic experience, and make the content more engaging for viewers." This serves as an example of how advanced AI‑generated content has become: the imitation of Musk's voice is indeed very convincing, although the image occasionally jumps or falls out of sync. AI‑generated videos represent a new way of putting words into the mouths of public figures. A more traditional approach is the fabrication of news articles, such as this oneclaiming how high-profile US lawyer Alan Dershowitz would react to Mamdani's win, which Dershowitz himself later deniedever making. It remains essential to verify the sources and ensure that statements are accurately attributed to the real person behind them.
The visuals show the Delhi Red Fort blast that occurred on 10 November 2025.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY found that neither viral visual was related to the Delhi Red Fort blast on 10 November 2025. It traced one image to a 2014 car bombing in Beirut and the other to a 2024 Israeli air raid in southern Beirut.
13 men who beheaded Melavalavu Murugesan a Dalit Panchayat leader for winning a reserve seat are being released by the DMK government. Murugesan was killed along with five more Dalit Panchayat members while travelling in a bus and their heads were rolled down for two km by the Thevar caste perpetrators. Murugesan belonged to DMK. In its desperate attempt to appease the Thevar caste group DMK had already released three main convicts a few years back and the rest this time ,on "Good conduct" basis. What a fucking mockery of social justice!
Publisher’s rating: false
۸۱ میلیون نفر در ایران یارانه میگیرند، دولت ۱۷۰ هزار نفر را حذف کرده، اما ۲ میلیون تقاضای جدید اضافه شده است.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Ein ukrainischer Soldat sei angeblich mit 23 Jahren zur Armee eingezogen und an die Front geschickt worden.
Publisher’s rating: KI-Fake. Eine forensische Bildanalyse, mehrere Bildfehler sowie inhaltliche Ungereimtheiten legen mit an Sicherheit grenzender Wahrscheinlichkeit nahe, dass das Video mit KI-Tools erstellt oder bearbeitet wurde.
ایران در ۲۰۱۰ از نظر تولید ناخالص داخلی رتبه اول منطقه بوده اما حالا پنجم است.
Publisher’s rating: نیمهدرست
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