Research from related reporting says the viral image was edited and that no footwear was thrown at MK Stalin during the Virudhunagar DMK Youth Wing conference. It identifies the event as taking place on February 7 and says video shows the moment pictured was Stalin receiving a red shawl. [S1]

FACTLYFeb 23, 2026

The image shows an old photo of Sonia Gandhi dancing in a bar.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY reports that the image shows go-go dancers performing at the Rawson Hotel in Auburn, Sydney, rather than Sonia Gandhi. It identifies the event as taking place on 21 November 1967, during celebrations marking the end of the beer drought.

youturnFeb 23, 2026

ஸ்டாலின் முதல்வராக இருக்கும் வரை உடன்பிறப்புகள் யாரும் காவல் துறையை கண்டு கடுகு அளவு அஞ்ச மாட்டார்கள்.

Publisher’s rating: false

Factcrescendo Sri LankaFeb 23, 2026Culture & entertainment

The girl in the video is Trump’s granddaughter speaking Mandarin to celebrate Lunar New Year

Publisher’s rating: False

The review identifies the girl in the video as Bee Rogers, daughter of investor Jim Rogers, not a member of the Trump family. It says she posted the video on her personal TikTok channel and that it later went viral.

youturnFeb 23, 2026Elections & voting

கேப்டனின் ஆன்மாவிற்கே திமுகவோடு கூட்டணி வைத்தது பிடிக்கவில்லை. ஏற்றும் போதே அறுந்து விழுந்த தேமுதிக கொடி. தேர்தலுக்கு முன்பே திமுக கூட்டணியின் ரிசல்ட் தெரியுதே.

Publisher’s rating: oldvde

FACTLYFeb 23, 2026War & conflict

The viral video shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi admitting that Pakistan destroyed Indian Rafale jets during the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

المشاهد نتFeb 22, 2026War & conflict

قوات درع الوطن تتسلّم النقاط الأمنية الرئيسية في مداخل العاصمة المؤقتة عدن

Publisher’s rating: غير صحيح

The review says the National Security Forces denied that Homeland Shield forces had taken over any main security checkpoints at Aden’s entrances, and said the National Security Forces remained responsible for securing the city’s access points. It also reports that some checkpoints were reinforced with vehicles from the Military Police of the Giants Forces and Homeland Shield forces.

FACTLYFeb 22, 2026

తనను పసివాడిగా ఉన్న సమయంలో పెంచిన హిందూ తల్లిని, తన ప్రత్యేక విమానంలో వెతుక్కొంటూ కేరళకు వచ్చిన సౌదీ అరేబియా యువకుడును చూపిస్తున్న ఫోటో.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

Deutsche WelleFeb 22, 2026Technology & AI

A dozen humanoid robots stand in front of a snow-covered mountain range. They hold machine guns and run across a shooting range, kneeling down to shoot at targets and change magazines, then maneuvering through an obstacle course. The setting for these scenes in a 48-second video currently circulating on social media is supposedly China, with the national flag flying in the background. But is it real?

Publisher’s rating: DW Fact Check: Fake The robots in the video are based on the G1 model by Chinese company Unitree Robotics. But the scenes were clearly created using artificial intelligence. While some users have at least suggested that the video could be AI-generated, they have continued to post it with false claims. Using a reverse image search of a still image from the video, DW Fact Check found a higher-resolution, slightly shorter version on YouTube that reveals more details. Frame-by-frame analysis revealed several AI-typical inconsistencies that could not have been created in the editing process. In the middle of the video, a robot reloads a magazine. Two seconds later, the magazine has disappeared without a trace under the rifle barrel. A person can be seen giving a shooting order while holding a radio in one hand. When he raises his hand, it merges with the device to form a single mass. Two cars in the background are deformed and appear to be fused together. A robot moves through a stack of sandbags like a ghost, without stepping over them. The lettering on the robot's chest disappears repeatedly and only partially resembles the company name "Unitree" where it typically appears on the real G1 model. Philipp Cachee, an expert in forensic ballistics, also points out logical errors in the video. "There is no shell ejection in at least two places, and at 0:23, an empty magazine is loaded into the weapon," he said, concluding that it is "almost certainly" an AI-generated video. The video is in fact labeled as such on on Bilibili, a video platform popular in China where it has also been uploaded.

youturnFeb 21, 2026Politics & government