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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?

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 misleading photo of a bus said to be set on fire by the JVP

Misleading news that Dr. Shihabdeen Shafi has been reinstated in service

A fake video of a gas cylinder explosion in Sri Lanka

A fake message stating that mobile phone companies are offering free 50GB internet access

Is this a photograph of a helicopter that caught fire during...

Did Dr. Padma Gunaratne state that the Omicron variant cannot be...

Is Uganda’s only international airport handed over to China?

Fake news circulating that the senior actress Irangani Serasinghe has passed...

Fake message stating that the Bank of Ceylon holds a competition...

Is this a photo of the ferry crash in Kinniya?

Posts that are recently published stating that Rowan Atkinson alias Mr....

A misleading video circulating about the ferry accident in Kinniya

Fake news about the people who attended the SJB rally

Fake news that the actor Sarath Chandrasiri has passed away

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