A weekly recap debunked trending fake news regarding Prime Minister Modi and historic police encounter cases.
Tag: misinformation
Fact Check: Don’t fall for story about beluga whale escaping captivity in Alaska to reunite with its calf
A viral story about a beluga whale escaping captivity to reunite with its calf was debunked as fake news.
Fact-check debunks viral claim on Starmer’s £115k ‘pension’
Independent fact-checkers disproved claims that UK politician Keir Starmer stands to receive a £115,000 annual pension.
Fact Check: AI-Enhanced ‘Reflecting Pool Dipper’ Images Do NOT Reliably Identify Suspect
Experts confirmed that AI-upscaled images of a suspect in the Reflecting Pool vandalism are highly unreliable.
Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Two Towers Crashing Into Each Other During Venezuela Earthquakes
A viral video purporting to show high-rise buildings colliding during Venezuela’s earthquakes was debunked as CGI.
PAHO: Vaccine Misinformation Superspreaders Use Emotion Fear and Simple Narratives to Go Viral
The guidance notes that false health content is deliberately designed to exploit emotions and pre-existing beliefs making it harder to correct.
Brasileirao Estadão Investigation Exposes Vaccine Misinformation Network
Estadão Verifica won a GlobalFact 2026 award for exposing a Brazilian network profiting from vaccine misinformation, prompting legal and health authority action.
PIB debunks claim that UPSC 2026 prelims paper was leaked
India’s Press Information Bureau labeled as fake viral posts alleging the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary exam paper had leaked
Snopes examines viral claims on paraquat and Parkinson’s risk
Fact-checkers reviewed circulating health claims linking the herbicide paraquat to Parkinson’s disease
Snopes debunks Islamophobic ‘invasion’ image shared online
Accounts shared an image with false Islamophobic messaging about an immigrant ‘invasion’