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Miscaptioned: Image of migrant caravan crossing bridge captured in October 2018 A photograph that shows migrants walking across a bridge in a caravan heading toward the U.S. was captured in southern Mexico in October 2018. The photograph does not show people along the U.S.-Mexico border in May 2023, despite claims shared online. The image was shared widely o (Source: Reuters)

Synthetic Media: Images of purported ‘satanic teachings’ in public libraries are AI-generated Images circulating online apparently capturing devil-like subjects sitting with children at public libraries were created with artificial intelligence (AI) and do not depict real events, as claimed in social media posts. “Protect your children, now they are infiltrating children  (Source: Reuters)

Miscaptioned: A photograph authentically showed a crowd of migrants "invading" the U.S. border in May 2023. About this rating On May 7, 2023, Bernard Kerik, former police commissioner of the New York City Police Department, tweeted an image of migrants on a bridge and claimed that it was an invasion of the U.S. authorized by U.S. President Joe Biden and supported by Democratic Party le (Source: Snopes)

False: Video shows cash stuffed inside spare tyre recovered ahead in Kanataka Assembly polls A four-year-old video showing stacks of cash recovered from a spare tyre in Bengaluru is circulating on social media with claims falsely linking it to the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections.BOOM found that the video shows cash recovery from a vehicle en route to Shivamogga fro (Source: BOOM Live)

False: Photograph shows a group of local Muslim men wearing identical ISIS t-shirts in Kerala. 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)

False: Wrestlers' protest has been called off. (More archives to such posts can be found here, here, and here.)What is the truth?: We found no credible news reports about the wrestlers' protest being called off. (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)