Environment

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We are an independent fact-checking team affiliated with the Sri Lanka Press Institute(SLPI). The objective and long-term goal of the FactSeeker is to provide the public with reliable and verified content in the attempt of debunking mis/disinformation. The unit, with the SLPI, is committed to contributing to improved media literacy in Sri Lanka.

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Can the police be contacted by entering the ATM pin backwards during an emergency?

Fake warning about an ISIS WhatsApp group chat

A misleading photo of Kenyans stating that they are setting fire to their Parliament.

Was a mermaid washed ashore at the Negombo beach?

Fake message in circulation as an announcement by the Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka

A photograph circulates on Facebook with a large number of dead fish washed ashore as was captured in coastal areas in Sri Lanka

Fake news that Bhagya Abeyratne has won the SLIM Nielsen Award

Did Sajith Premadasa hold a placard reading “Losers could emerge as environmentalists”?

Fake news about deforestation

Fake news regarding Harini Amarasuriya

False news about environmental destruction

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