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False: Photos show children being taught Satanism in libraries in the U.S. during an event called SatanCon. Images supposedly showing a satanic event for children at libraries in the U.S. have spread widely across social media platforms in both English and Spanish in recent days. Some users claimed that the events were part of SatanCon, an annual event organized by The Satanic Temple thattook placein Bostonlast month. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

False: Radar technology wouldn’t work if the Earth was a globe Plane Earth claim falls flat: Radar technology accounts for Earth’s curve | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Earth Day: Satellites and climate change Ahead of Earth day, the Director of NASA's Earth science division reflects on what she sees as one of the most useful instruments used to better understand our planet - satellites. Furthermore, the curvature of the Earth plays into some of the limitations of radar technology. Scientists say radar technology accounts for Earth’s curvatureRadar technology utilizes radio waves to detect and track objects in the atmosphere. “The earth isn’t flat, and radar beams don’t travel straight,” Doerry wrote. USA TODAY previously debunked an array of flat Earth posts, including those that claim a laser test proves the Earth is flat and that Antarctica is really an ice wall, not a continent. (Source: USA Today)

False: Scenes of protesters firing machine guns during recent clashes in Manipur Amid the recent violent clashes in Manipur, a video showing people firing bullets from machine guns is being circulated on social media with the claim that it depicts the ongoing conflict. Let's verify the claim made in the post.Claim: Scenes of protesters firing machine guns dur (Source: Factly)

False: he photo shows the plane wreckage of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane MH370 A social media post with a photo of an aircraft submerged underwater is being shared with a claim that it belongs to the plane wreckage of the Malaysian Airlines plane MH370 which disappeared on 8 March 2014 with 239 people onboard. Let's verify the claim made in this post.Claim: (Source: Factly)

False: Visuals of a Muslim man confessing to killing his Hindu wife A video of a man confessing to the murder of his wife is widely circulated on social media. The video is being shared with a love-jihad narrative claiming that the man in the video is a Muslim and his murdered wife is Hindu. Further in the video, the man claims that he killed his (Source: Factly)

False: Dance video of Saurabh Kirpal, an LGBTQI advocate and the son of the Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court BN Kirpal A post is being shared on social media claiming it as the dance video of Saurabh Kirpal, an openly gay senior advocate and the son of the Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court BN Kirpal. Emphasizing same-sex marriage as an important case, the post says that if Narendra Modi was n (Source: Factly)

Misleading: Video message of Prakash Raj asking not to waste vote on Congress in the 2023 Karnataka elections In the wake of the upcoming general elections to the Karnataka state assembly, a video of actor Prakash Raj criticizing the Congress party is being widely shared. This 13-second clip of Prakash Raj, wherein he can be heard saying 'Don't waste your on Congress' is being shared as  (Source: Factly)