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Fact Check: Did Ambanis serve money in place of tissues?

A picture showed a dessert item decorated with Rs. 500 notes, instead of tissues emerged… Read More

Did a lady doctor actually drink human blood in Rawalpindi?

RAWALPINDI: A report circulated on social media a few days ago that a lady doctor… Read More

‘Birdwatch: Twitter expands crowdsourced fact check experiment

Twitter is expanding Birdwatch- its crowd-sourced fact-checking program- by making notes on potentially misleading tweets… Read More

Astronaut floating above Earth: Do you know truth behind this viral photo?

A photo of an astronaut's untethered spacewalk has gone viral on social media which surprised… Read More

Fact check: Video showing Afghan man riding plane engine is fake

After the Taliban moved into Kabul's US-controlled airport and strengthened its grip on Afghanistan, thousands of civilians… Read More

FACT CHECK: Busting popular myths about Covid-19 vaccines

Regardless of their race, region and religion, people have been divided upon what may be… Read More

Does this viral video show supernatural car crashes?

A video has been viewed thousands of times in Facebook, Weibo, Twitter and YouTube posts… Read More

Video clip showing gigantic Moon eclipsing the Sun in ‘Arctic’ is Fake

Various fact-checking websites and reports have declared the viral video clip showing the Moon eclipsing… Read More

Twitter fact-checks Trump tweet for the first time

Trump lashed out at the company in response, accusing it - in a tweet -… Read More

Is this the photo of oldest tortoise in Africa?

A picture that has racked up thousands of shares on Facebook and Twitter claims to… Read More

Did this man actually die while sleeping at work?

The Montreal man pictured is alive. He did fall asleep at work in 2016, and… Read More

Did this magazine term Greta Thunberg world’s ‘highest-paid activist’?

A spokesperson for Thunberg told AFP by email on September 25 that the claims about… Read More

Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking

Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced… Read More

Is this a video of Hurricane Dorian hitting Bahamas?

A video which appears to show large swirling clouds over a city has been viewed… Read More

Was Australian prime minister standing alone during G7 Summit

A photo of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison purports to show him standing alone during… Read More

Did Trump actually slap a UK politician?

Footage of Donald Trump slapping a man has been shared thousands of times in Chinese-language… Read More

No, these cars did not melt due to hot weather

This Facebook post, published on June 12, 2019, contains a photo of two dark-coloured parked… Read More

Facebook expands fact-check effort to photos, videos

Facebook would launch fact-checking of photos and videos as it expands the effort to curb… Read More

Google adds ‘fact check’ to global search results

WASHINGTON: Google is adding a fact-checking tag to search results globally, its latest initiative to… Read More

Google adds fact-checking to news articles

WASHINGTON: Google is adding "fact check" tags to its news articles, introducing the feature amid a… Read More