Claim: Karsaz accident driver Natasha Danish Ali held up the victory sign outside court. Images of her holding up the sign insinuate that she has been acquitted of the case. Fact: The images are fake and have been generated using artificial intelligence. Natasha Danish has not been acquitted of murder charges, and remains under investigation. […]
Claim: A video shows Hamas supporters in Brussels protesting over Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination. Fact: The video is from October 2022 when pro-Palestinian groups protested in Brussels to show support for Palestinians’ right to freedom. On 2 August, X user @visegrad24 posted (archive) a video which showed protests in Brussels after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh […]
Claim: A viral photo shows protesters sleeping in the bed of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. Fact: The viral photo shows Sri Lankan demonstrators sleeping on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s bed at the President’s house in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10 July 2022. Following news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, several photos from the […]
Claim: An interim statement by the Commonwealth Observers Group, published on 10 February 2024, characterised the Pakistani general election held on 8 February 2024 as “generally managed efficiently” in “a largely peaceful environment”.
Claim: Elon Musk alleged that Google has banned searches for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, preventing users from finding relevant results when searching for Trump’s name. Fact: Musk’s assertion is false. Donald J Trump can be searched on Google in the United States of America; his name has not been banned. On 29 July 2024, […]
Claim: A video and photograph show Southport stabbing suspect. Fact: The video and photo actually depict an attacker who knifed toddlers in the French mountain town of Annecy in June 2023. Content Warning: Some posts linked in this article include graphic images of children which some readers may find distressing. In the […]
Claim: A 17-year-old asylum seeker who came to the UK by boat in 2023 was responsible for the mass stabbing that left 3 young girls dead in Southport. Fact: The prime suspect is not an asylum seeker and was born in Cardiff, Wales. On 29 July 2024, social media was abuzz with widespread misinformation about […]
Claim: Yemen dropped leaflets in Tel Aviv, asking citizens to evacuate before the drone strike on 19 July. Additionally, Yemen shared digital posters of the same, as a warning for the residents of Tel Aviv. Fact: The leaflets, likely made by Palestinians, mock the ones dropped by Israeli forces in Gaza. The leaflets were not […]
Claim: An image shows Kamala Harris and Andy Beshear standing next to each other, as the Democratic party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees in the upcoming 2024 US elections. Fact: An old image of Kamala Harris has been doctored to include Andy Beshear to show that he is standing next to her at the podium. On […]
Claim: An image shows the recent protest organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) in Gwadar. Fact: The claim is misleading as the image is from 2021, when Maulana Hidayatur Rehman led a protest in Gwadar and hundreds came out to support him. On 28 July, X user @RaziTahirPak posted (archive) a picture apparently showing […]
Claim: A video making lewd allegations claims to show PTI member Sanam Javed being embraced by her lawyer. Fact: The claim is false because the man in the video is Sanam’s father, and not her lawyer Mian Ashfaq Ali. On 17 July 2024, a pro-PML-N account shared a video (archive) on X with the caption, […]
Claim: Video shows people in France celebrating after Marine Le Pen’s far-right party National Rally lost the legislative assembly elections in 2024. The caption of the video says, “France will now descend further into an Islamic Caliphate”. Fact: The video shows demonstrators in Paris, France, protesting against the re-election of the former Algerian president Abdelaziz […]