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18Nov

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Fact Check: Did London Mayor Sadiq Khan Ask Brits To Learn Arabic? No, Viral Claim Is False

The Verdict [False]London Mayor Sadiq Khan never urged his constituents to learn Arabic, and the claim circulating online is false. The Claim On November 6, Kelvin Mackenzie, former editor of The Sun, a well-known British tabloid, published a post on X (formerly Twitter), claiming that London Mayor Sadiq Khan urged his constituents to learn Arabic to maintain harmony with immigrants in England. The claim has been widely shared on Facebook, and one of these posts amassed over 3,300 views. A similar claim was also circulated in 2020. An archive version of the post can be viewed here. In most iterations, the claim was accompanied by expletives directed toward Khan, written in faux-Arabic style font. However, we found that Khan never made such a claim. In Fact Logically Facts found no e...

17Nov

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Politics

Fact Check: Experts Debunk Claims Elon Musk’s Starlink Impacted Voting Machines In US Election

The Verdict: False There is no evidence that Starlink compromised the 2024 election, as most voting machines are not connected to the internet. Context Following the 2024 US presidential election, social media posts have circulated false claims that Starlink, a satellite internet service operated by SpaceX and led by Elon Musk, was linked to voting tabulation machines. The claims suggested that Starlink’s involvement might have compromised vote counts and jeopardised election security. The assertion quickly gained traction online, with many users implying that this connection presented a possible avenue for election manipulation. One example includes a TikTok video (archived here) that received over 40,000 likes and more than 3,100 shares. The video asserts that Starlink was used to upload...

17Nov

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Business

Fact Check: No, Bangladesh Leader Mohd Yunus Didn’t Call Trump ‘Messiah’, Viral Letter Is Fake

The Verdict [Fake]In his original statement, Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus did not refer to Trump as a 'messiah' in his official congratulatory message. What is the claim? Following Donald Trump's victory against Democrat Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election on November 5, 2024, a letter purportedly from Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, has circulated on social media. The letter allegedly refers to President-elect Trump as a "messiah" in a congratulatory message. An account called 'Voice of Bangladeshi Hindus' shared the letter (archived here) on X (formerly Twitter) with a post reading, "Hitler md Yunus Wrote Trump is the messiah ?? #Bangladesh Then What About black days of America? Solar eclipses in USA, Inhuman trump that you ...