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False: The Rockefeller family created a "secret covenant" detailing how an elite class controls the public through tactics such as poison and debt. A video shared to Facebook claims that the Rockefeller family wrote a "secret covenant" that proves the public is being controlled by an elite class through secretive methods such as poison. The speaker in the video, which has 1.7 million views on TikTok , says: "This is their [t (Source: Full Fact)
False: Photographs show the aftermath of an Asda staff member throwing a bucket of water over a homeless person. A Facebook post falsely claims to show photographs of the aftermath of an Asda staff member throwing a bucket of water over a homeless person. The post, which appeared on 12 April and has over 3,600 shares, says: "Homeless man has a large bucket of water thrown over him at Asda B (Source: Full Fact)
False: Cervical smear test sterilisation process is safe, no evidence for cancerous claims There is no evidence that tools used for cervical cancer screenings are cancerous, despite a video circulating online warning about the sterilisation process of test utensils. A controlled amount of the gas ethylene oxide (EO), a carcinogen, is used to sterilise medical instrumen (Source: Reuters)
Altered: Bud Light did not erect a ‘lol CRYBABIES’ billboard Bud Light did not erect a billboard that reads: “lol CRYBABIES.” The clip appears to stem from a TikTok video account that creates digitally edited video clips. The marketing company that currently operates the billboard at that location also told Reuters that the present adverti (Source: Reuters)
False: JonBenét Ramsey’s killer was announced Fact check: JonBenét Ramsey murder still unsolved more than 26 years after 6-year-old's deathShow Caption Hide Caption After 25 years, JonBenet Ramsey death still open Twenty-five years after JonBenet Ramsey was killed, police say DNA hasn't been ruled out to help solve the case. Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunksOur rating: FalseNo killer has been announced in the 1996 murder of 6-year-old Ramsey. The local district attorney exonerated Ramsey’s immediate family members in 2008, and investigators have dismissed false confessions in the case. Ramsey's parents, brother exonerated in case that remains unsolvedThere have been no announcements or reputable media reports of Ramsey's murder being solved. It went on to say that investigators' efforts are complicated by the "extremely small" amount of DNA evidence available for analysis, which could “in whole or in part, be consumed by DNA testing." (Source: USA Today)
False: Video shows people of Karnataka protesting against BJP ahead of assembly elections. An old video from Telangana showing a group of people attacking a BJP procession with sticks and vandalising it is being shared on Twitter as an incident from Karnataka.BOOM found that the video is from November 2022, when clashes erupted between workers of the BJP and Bharat Ras (Source: BOOM Live)
False: BBC election survey shows BJP winning between 130 to 142 seats in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election A fake pre-poll survey predicting a huge victory for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections is viral on social media. The fake poll has been falsely attributed to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and estimates that the BJP c (Source: BOOM Live)
False: Video shows worldwide campaign against BJP ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections in 2023. An old video featuring several people holding placards urging others not to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is circulating online with a misleading claim that it shows a worldwide protest against the BJP ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections this year.BOOM found tha (Source: BOOM Live)
False: Centerville, OH: Woman charged after slowly “eating husband alive” over three years STORY UPDATED: check for updates below.Was a woman in Centerville, Ohio (or anywhere else) charged after slowly eating her wheelchair-bound husband alive? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website that is part of a larger network of sites all publishing made up tale (Source: Lead Stories)
False: Author and journalist Tarek Fatah has passed away. Authors Shubham Singh An enthusiastic journalist, researcher and fact-checker, Shubham believes in maintaining the sanctity of facts and wants to create awareness about misinformation and its perils. Shubham has studied Mathematics at the Banaras Hindu University and holds a dipl (Source: Newschecker)
False: French President Macron was attacked with an egg during a public appearance after the approval of the pension reforms. 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: A root canal is the leading cause of heart attack. Hyderabad: A viral video claiming root canal treatment as the leading cause of heart attacks is doing the rounds on social media.In the video, Dr. Thomas E. Levy, says, "Data we've just recently gotten, shows now that the No. 1 cause of heart attack is a root canal-treated tooth. (Source: Newsmeter)
False: This video shows a Hindu woman disrupting Eid prayers at a US mosque. Hyderabad: A video showing a woman causing a ruckus in a mosque during prayers is going viral on social media. Those sharing the video are claiming that the video shows a Hindu woman disrupting Eid prayers in a Mosque in Virginia, USA.Click here and here to see the posts. (For ar (Source: Newsmeter)
False: Travel company Ixigo has launched an AI-powered earbud named 'bhAI'. (More archives to similar claims can be found here, here, and here.)But...: The product was fictional, and the commercial was a prank video. The company took to their social media handles to clarify that the viral video was part of its April Fool's campaign. (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)