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Logically→ An Aam Aadmi Party billboard written in Gujarati asks Gujarat to offer Namaz and quit unnecessary practices like reading Bhagwat Saptah and Satyanarayan Katha.
The viral photo of the billboard has been altered to give it a communal spin. The original poster by the AAP states, "Gujarat will change now."
Logically→ A U.K. billboard in the Ukrainian flag colors suggests people will be cold in winter because the government chose to help Ukraine.
A digitally altered image of a billboard contains this message. There is no evidence that such a billboard was put up in the U.K.
Logically→ A video shows Union Minister Nitin Gadkari making a dig at the Modi government, which led to his removal from the party’s parliamentary board.
BJP didn't reveal why Nitin Gadkari had been removed from the party's parliamentary board. An old video of Gadkari was falsely linked to his removal.
Snopes→ Uvalde School Board Fires Police Chief After Mass Shooting
In a unanimous vote, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s board of trustees fired Arredondo in an auditorium of parents and survivors of the May 24 massacre.
Snopes→ Wis. School Board: Pride Flags, Pronouns Included in ‘Political Messaging’ Ban
The policy applies to teachers and other school employees.
Snopes→ Starbucks Asks Labor Board to Halt Union Votes Temporarily
The company cited allegations from a board employee that regional NLRB officials improperly coordinated with union organizers.
Full Fact→ Would Liz Truss’s plans for regional pay boards have saved £8.8 billion?
We look at the detail of the Conservative leadership candidate’s proposals for public sector pay, which she has now dropped after criticism.
Poynter→ Meta Oversight Board to rule on COVID-19 misinformation policy
Meta has asked its Oversight Board whether its existing policy on the removal of COVID-19 misinformation — “introduced in extraordinary circumstances at the onset of the pandemic” — should be […] The post Meta Oversight Board to rule on C
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Astronaut Mark Kelly Once Smuggled a Full Gorilla Suit Aboard the International Space Station …’
On July 9 2022, Twitter account @latestinspace shared a video and a popular claim that “Astronaut Mark Kelly once smuggled a full gorilla suit aboard the International Space Station”: Astronaut Mark Kelly once smuggled a full gorilla sui
Snopes→ Is the Video of ‘Marines Perform Boarding Exercises with Jetpacks’ Real?
A video of a man using a jetpack out at sea near a military ship was posted on Facebook, which led readers to ask us about it.
PolitiFact→ Rob Astorino – GOP challenger overstates parole board’s record under Hochul
“We’ve got a parole board right now that has released 20 cop killers in the last two years under Hochul.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Students Did NOT ‘Serve Lawsuit’ At Virginia School Board Meeting On February 8, 2022
Does a video show students serving a lawsuit at a Virginia school board meeting? No, that's not true: Although students did present a so-called "affidavit" disputing the Loudoun County Public Schools mask mandate to the Loudoun County Sch
Snopes→ Depeche Mode Founding Keyboardist Andy Fletcher Dies at 60
Depeche Mode announced the death of founding member Fletcher on its official social media pages.
PolitiFact→ Winsome Earle-Sears – Did Merrick Garland 'sic' police on parents at school board meetings?
Merrick Garland “sicced the police on parents when they were at the school boards simply trying to be heard for the safety of their children.”
Snopes→ Baron Cohen Drops Lawsuit over Cannabis Dispensary Billboard
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen has dropped his lawsuit against a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary that used an image of his character Borat on a billboard without his permission.
Snopes→ Mississippi School Board Upholds Firing over ‘New Butt’ Book
A Mississippi educator who was fired for reading a children’s book called “I Need a New Butt!” to second graders says he will go to court to try to get his job back.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this is not footage of Ukraine shooting down a Russian plane with troops on board
Says video shows "Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds (of) troops on Kyiv airport."
PolitiFact→ What exactly will new DHS ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ do?
A seemingly unplanned announcement about the creation of the Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security led to an array of speculation and backlash. Some questions remain unanswered, but here’s what we know about the board
AllSides→ 20 GOP Attorneys General Threaten Legal Action Over ‘Un-American’ Disinformation Board
https://www.dailywire.com/news/20-gop-attorneys-general-threaten-lawsuit-over-un-american-disinformation-board
Poynter→ What we know about the DHS’ Disinformation Governance Board
Revelations that the Department of Homeland Security is assembling a Disinformation Governance Board ignited a firestorm on Twitter in late April. Conservatives and other critics denounced the board as an […] The post What we know about the DHS
Poynter→ No, Elon Musk hasn’t fired the Twitter board
On April 25, Twitter announced that it had agreed to sell the company to entrepreneur Elon Musk for approximately $44 billion. The news was cheered by some of the social […] The post No, Elon Musk hasn’t fired the Twitter board appeared fir
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Elon Musk didn’t just fire the Twitter board
“Elon Musk just fired the entire Twitter board of directors.”
Snopes→ Delta to Begin Paying Flight Attendants During Boarding
It is a notable change for U.S. airlines, where pay for flight attendants starts when all the passengers are seated and the plane’s doors close.
Logically→ The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to reduce the weighting of Term 1 and Term 2 examinations for 2021-2022.
A fake CBSE notice has circulated on social media, claiming that the CBSE weighting on board exams is 30 percent for Term 1 and 70 percent for Term 2.
Snopes→ Tesla CEO Elon Musk Won’t Join Twitter’s Board After All
Twitter's largest investor, billionaire Elon Musk, is reversing course and will no longer join the company's board of directors less than a week after being awarded a seat.
PolitiFact→ Kevin Nicholson – No, Evers didn’t refuse to remove vets board chair who was charged with possession of child porn
“Over the course of two months, Tony Evers refused to remove (Curtis Schmitt Jr.) from the (state’s veterans) Board despite having the authority to do (so).”
Snopes→ Chinese Airliner Crashes with 132 Aboard in Country’s Southern Province
China Eastern online made its website have a black-and-white homepage after the crash.
Logically→ Vladimir Putin met Indian students aboard the Air India flight evacuating from Ukraine to wish them a safe journey.
A video of Indian ambassador Rahul Shrivastava with the Indian students in the aircraft was falsely shared as Putin addressing them.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Digital Billboards in Ukraine’
On March 1 2022, a popular Imgur post titled “Digital billboard in Kyiv: ‘Russia soldier, stop! Putin has lost. The whole world is with Ukraine. Leave without blood on your hands'” purportedly showed messages on Ukraine billboards vis
Snopes→ Peter Thiel Leaving Board of Facebook Parent Meta
The company said that Thiel will stay on until Meta’s shareholder meeting later in 2022 where he will not stand for reelection.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Real Video Does NOT Prove Race Against China to Recover F-35C That Crashed Onboard USS Carl Vinson
Does this Facebook post prove China is racing the U.S. Navy to recover an F-35C that crashed on landing and fell off the USS Carl Vinson into the South China Sea? No, that's not true: The video is authentic, showing a January 24, 2022, cr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Quarantine Camps For Unvaccinated Were NOT Proposed By Washington Health Board
Did the Washington State Board of Health adopt a rule that would involuntarily place unvaccinated residents, including children, into COVID-19 quarantine camps? No, that's not true: The board made an administrative rule change to the law
Snopes→ Hey ‘Crytpo Bro’s,’ That McDonald’s Billboard is Fake
So is that tweet about McDonald's not hiring anyone who has traded in cryptocurrencies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sailors Aboard USS Constitution Did NOT Consume Volumes of Alcohol Reported In Old Story
Do the ship's logs of the USS Constitution reveal that the sailors on board had consumed a tremendous amount of alcohol in about seven months' time from July 27, 1798, to February 20, 1799? No, that's not true: Although this story sounds
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Prime Minister of New Zealand Did NOT Appear On A Billboard Promoting A ‘Christmas Booster’
Did Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, appear on a billboard that includes the phrase, "No Jab, No Job, no refunds"? No, that's not true: Ardern's media staff told us that the billboard was fake. We also found the original
PolitiFact→ Viral image – A seaworthy myth about alcohol aboard the U.S.S. Constitution
The crew of the U.S.S. Constitution consumed more than 252,000 gallons of alcohol and only 10,000 gallons of water on a seven-month trip.
Snopes→ Oh! Christmas Tree? Cardboard Display is the Talk of a Town
It has been called beautiful, awesome and brilliant, a transcendent work of art that reimagines the holiday experience with local touches of the Jersey Shore.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – FBI search didn’t target woman because of her role in school board politics
The FBI targeted a woman and searched her home because she “protested local school board, elections.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the FBI isn’t adding ‘threat tags’ for parents who protest school boards
“The FBI is using its counterterrorism division to investigate and add ‘threat tags’ to parents who are protesting school boards.”