IN SHORT: A message circulating on Facebook claims that the former chief justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, has been arrested in the United States. The claim is false. Several Facebook posts c...

IN SHORT: A newspaper front page circulating on social media in Kenya, mimicking Kenya’s Standard newspaper, was intended as satire. But it is being shared without this context and this makes it mi...

IN SHORT: A viral TikTok video claims a man who clung to a helicopter carrying entertainer Oga Obinna in Migori died after falling off. But this is false. The man has since been arrested, and the v...

Tesla has insisted that boss Elon Musk is going nowhere, following media reports of an alleged plan to oust the world’s richest man. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that the EV f...

DHAKA, May 1, 2025 (BSS) - Rumor Scanner, a fact-checking organisation in Bangladesh, identified 296 instances of misinformation circulating on the internet in April this year. In addition to regu...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has dismissed rumours about the class 10 and 12 board exam results release date. The board’s clarification came after it was widely circulated on so...

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DoJ's Civil-Cyber Fraud Initiative put another feather in its cap with a new $8.5 million False Claims Act settlement with Raytheon. Justin Doubleday@jdoubledayWFED May 1, 2025 7:09 pm 4 min read W...

WASHINGTON >> U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reprised various misleading claims about vaccines this week, including that the measles vaccine contains cells from aborted fetuses ...