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Linda Burney and Zoe...: Linda Burney and Zoe Daniel were pictured with ‘no’ voice to parliament posters. The claim that Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and Independent MP Zoe Daniel were pictured campaigning against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait voice to parliament is false. The photo is a fake and has been digitally altered. The original photograph was taken on February 25 at a Goldstein electorate event in support of the voice to parliament ‘yes’ campaign. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

The Antarctic ice sh...: The Antarctic ice sheet is not melting, it’s growing. The claim that the Antarctic ice sheet is not melting and is actually growing is false. Multiple global studies reveal the ice sheet has been in decline over several decades. NASA puts the loss of ice mass at an average of around 150 billion tons per year. Experts confirmed the findings, stating the claim has no basis in fact. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

False: Image of an elderly Muslim man married to a young girl A social media post accompanying a photo of an elderly Muslim man alongside a young girl dressed as the bride is being shared widely across social media platforms. This photo is being shared with a sarcastic quote, suggesting that the elderly man in the viral photo married the yo (Source: Factly)

False: Sky bag commercial promoting Love Jihad A social media post accompanying a video claims that Sky Bags is promoting Love Jihad. The video which appears to be a commercial of Sky Bags, features a Muslim man and a Hindu woman exchanging glances and falling in love with each other. The man gifts the woman a salwar, and by  (Source: Factly)

False: A video of China-made robots performing a classical dance at Disneyland in Shanghai A video shared on social media allegedly shows Chinese-made robots dancing at Disneyland in Shanghai. The post claims that a ticket to watch this five-minute-long dance performance costs 499 yuan, which is 5,600 rupees in Indian currency. Let's verify the claim made in this post. (Source: Factly)