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Barely-True: Minority Leader Robert Reives “sent out a statement … encouraging us to resign and/or (face) a primary challenge.” (Source: PolitiFact)

False: A photograph authentically shows DeSantis standing behind a podium with a sign that reads "LOWER AGE OF CONSENT." About this rating On May 3, 2023, a Twitter user tweeted a photograph that purportedly showed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis standing behind a podium with a sign that read "LOWER AGE OF CONSENT." "man he is really getting desperate to halt his slide in the polls," the tweeter wrote. ( (Source: Snopes)

False: RESTRICT Act gives the government authority over every form of communication Fact check: No, RESTRICT Act doesn't allow government access to all communicationShow Caption Hide Caption TikTok creators react to possible US ban, financial impact U.S. officials. Cody Godwin, USA TODAYThe claim: RESTRICT Act gives the government authority over every form of communicationA March 27 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows images of the RESTRICT Act bill. Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunksOur rating: FalseThe RESTRICT Act doesn’t give the government authority to monitor an individual’s communications, according to legal experts. “The RESTRICT Act only has the power to mitigate extremely high-risk actions – like sabotaging U.S. tech, catastrophically impacting infrastructure, or interfering in our federal elections,” Warner wrote. Federal law specifies what form of legal process federal investigators must use to obtain different types of data, Pfefferkorn said. (Source: USA Today)

False: Video shows Kuki tribes opening fire on the Meitei community in Manipur. An old video showing two persons firing tracer rounds from their high-tech weapons into the darkness of the night is being peddled falsely linking it to the ongoing clashes in the North Eastern state of Manipur.BOOM found that the same video has been online since at least 2020 an (Source: BOOM Live)

Missing Context: A “fully drunk” DK Shivakumar on a door-to-door campaign ahead of the Karnataka Assembly Elections. Authors Vasudha Beri Vasudha noticed the growing problem of mis/disinformation online after studying New Media at ACJ in Chennai and became interested in separating facts from fiction. She is interested in learning how global issues affect individuals on a micro level. Before joi (Source: Newschecker)