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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Fake news claiming that the People’s Bank of China has issued a Rs. 10,000 note on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka

A fake news claiming that the UNP is establishing a new alliance with the JVP

Is this a video of people protesting against Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa?

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

Photographs of elephants portrayed as the twins born in the Minneriya...

Fake photograph with a hotel in Deniyaya owned by Yoshitha Rajapaksa

A fake news circulates as a statement made by State minister...

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