Claim: A video shows a large group of people sleeping in an open ground after losing their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires. Fact: The claim is false because the video is from 2023 and shows people, who attended the “ World Youth Day” in Lisbon, Portugal, sleeping in Tejo Park. On 24 January 2025, […]
Claim: A series of images shows the wildfire in Los Angeles. Fact: The post is false as the footage is AI-generated and does not show real visuals from the incident. On 12 January 2025, a user on Threads posted a series of images with the caption: “Why isn’t this contained yet? It’s now coming up […]
Claim: A video shows a Pakistan Air Force helicopter shot down by the Afghan Taliban along the disputed Durand line. Fact: The claim is false as the video is from September 2023 and shows a Pakistan Navy helicopter crashing due to a mechanical fault. On 28 December 2024, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted […]
Claim 1: Canada has opened 60,000 new visa slots and applying for a two-year Canadian visa is free. Claim 2: The LMIA document is being offered for free to workers, and workers wishing to immigrate to Canada only need to have a medical examination done. Fact 1: Canada has not opened 60,000 new […]
Claim 1: TTP militants staged a video at an abandoned US checkpoint in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, falsely claiming they captured a checkpoint in Bajaur, Pakistan. Claim 2: In their capture of the checkpoint, TTP militants took over a significant area of Bajaur and 13 personnel from the Pakistan army were martyred. Fact 1: […]
Claim: A viral video on social media shows Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister fleeing after he was frightened by the firecrackers set off to welcome him at Riyadh’s Chinese Embassy. Fact: The claim is false as the video is not from Riyadh. It is actually from 2019 and shows a mock military drill in Kuwait. On […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump invited Elon Musk on stage and said that the ban on X will soon be lifted in all the countries where the platform is currently banned. Fact: The claim is false. Trump did not make any statements regarding lifting bans on X. On 20 January, X user @MShehzadSpeaks, shared a […]
Claim: A video shows the first stage of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, in which “fire [started] falling from the sky” when a celestial object was struck by unidentified objects and erupted into flames. Fact: The video is not only unrelated to the Los Angeles wildfires but was digitally created and originally posted back […]
Claim: A video shows lightning was behind the recent deadly wildfires in Los Angeles, California. Fact: The video is not related to the recent wildfires and is likely AI-generated. On 10 January, a TikTok user posted a video (archive) purportedly showing lightning falling to the ground and starting the fires in Los Angeles, California. The […]
Claim: Donald Trump defended the burqa after being “impressed” by Imran Khan’s remarks about Muslim women’s veils in the past, particularly when the latter said that “girls use hijab as a weapon”. The US president also stated, “Veiling is more appropriate than wearing make-up. If I were a woman, I would also wear the veil.” […]
Claim: A video shows Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque during Friday prayer. Fact: The video actually shows the holy day of Ashura at the shrine of Imam Hussain in Karbala, Iraq. On 10 January 2025, a post (archive) on Facebook shared a 30-second clip of a large number of people entering what appeared to be […]
Claim: A song by Naseebo Lal was played on a metro train in the UK. Fact: The song was actually played on a metro train in Barcelona, Spain. A reel on Facebook posted by Dialogue Pakistan on 11 January 2025 shows passengers on a metro train with a song by Pakistani singer Naseebo […]