A viral claim circulating states that a “Kinder chocolate recall” is underway because 127 people, including 45 children, were infected with Salmonella. The claim is presented as an ongoing outbreak in 2025. However, we found that the claim is missing context and refers to a 2021-2022 outbreak that has already been resolved. Social Media Posts […]
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A chain message telling Facebook users to post a declaration to block Meta from using their photos and data is false. No such policy exists, and privacy is managed through official settings. Image Credit: Brand Hopper A viral message is spreading across Facebook, urging users to copy and paste a statement on their profile to […]
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A social media post wrongly suggests Meta AI can access entire group chats and contacts unless Advanced Chat Privacy is enabled, but WhatsApp confirms AI only sees messages directly shared with it and all chats remain end-to-end encrypted. Image Credits:UC Today A viral post circulating on social media has raised alarm among WhatsApp users, particularly […]
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A number of posts and forwarded messages across social media platforms are going viral with claims that climate change is taking place and weather will get colder now due to a certain natural phenomenon. The message says that the phenomenon of aphelion will begin ‘tomorrow’ so the weather will get colder and one should be […]
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Social Media continues to reel under misleading and false content related to the ongoing Hijab Controversy. Another such post going viral consists of a video in which a policeman asks a burqa clad person to show their face and the person follows the orders. Three other people are also seen. The person then takes off […]
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DSP Faridabad confirmed to Fact Crescendo that both the victim and accused are Hindus. This video does not show atrocities against the minority in India. A horrifying video showing two men mercilessly attacking another man with a sledgehammer on a road in Faridabad, Haryana in broad daylight is widely circulating on social media. Some users […]
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Falakata Police and the Principal of Falakata College confirmed to Fact Crescendo that both the accused and victim belong to the Muslim community. The love jihad angle to the story is False An image showing an injured girl is circulating on social media claiming that a Muslim boy named Fayez Ahmad attacked the Hindu girl […]
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An image of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in what looks like the Pope’s outfit, complete with the headgear worn by the head of Vatican on special occasions is getting shared a lot across social media platforms in multiple languages. The image shows the Prime Minister amidst many people and holding a cross in his […]
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फोटो क्रेडिट- starunfolded.com On 18th November 2019, a Facebook user named “Sunny Upadhyay” posted a video, which reads, “You did not come to the meeting called for increasing pollution in Delhi? Gautam Gambhir – My job is more important than attending this meeting. Then why did you become an MP? Just to accuse Kejriwal!” In […]
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