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Fact Check: Viral Post Claiming That 13-Yr-Old Chinese Hacker Was Responsible For Global Facebook Outage Is FAKE

October 8, 2021
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On October 4, 2021, leading social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp faced global outage for at least six hours. Against this backdrop, a post is being widely shared on social...

Fact Check: Man Feeding Sweets to Mulayam’s Photo Is Not Akhilesh Yadav But a Party Worker

The viral picture of a man in a black jacket, white kurta pyjama, and a red cap, feeding sweets to a photo of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav is… [...]

Fact Check: 2021 Video of Karnataka Man Killing Leopard with Bare Hands Is Viral as HP Incident

A 29-second video showing an injured man sitting next to a dead leopard is doing the rounds on social media. Some people can be seen gathered around the man offering… [...]

Fact Check: Old Video from New Zealand Falsely Linked to Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral

At a historic royal funeral attended by global leaders on September 19, Britain bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II. She was then ceremoniously carried past tens of thousands of mourners… [...]

Fact Check: This Viral Video Does NOT Show Recent Flood in Nainital Lake

A video of an overflowing lake is widely shared on social media. In the video, people can be seen walking in knee-deep water. It is being claimed that the Nainital… [...]

Fact Check: 2013 Image from Kenya Falsely Linked to Namibian Cheetahs in Kuno National Park

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed eight cheetahs in the Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh on September 17, 2022. In the above context, a picture is being shared on social media, claiming… [...]