2024 Recap: Capitals-besiege, famous brands scam and Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the top spots in misinformation trends

As 2024 came to an end, Fact Crescendo Myanmar has reviewed the most popular misinformation campaigns among social media users over the past year, and political topics are repeated in misinformation trends. While scams and misinformation campaigns for financial gain continue to thrive on social media platforms, some have evolved into very subtle campaigns. On […]

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Fact Check: The video of weapons and ammunition captured from Myanmar military by MNDAA being shared out of context

Social media posts along with a video record showing a pile of weaponry and ammunition is claiming to be of those seized by Myanmar army from Kuki National Army(KNA), which base along India-Myanmar border, got viral in major social media platform like X(Formerly Twitter) and Facebook. The claim is misleading, and found to be false. […]

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This photo shows BMW car showroom in UK, not a car park in Japan 

Japanese are famous for disciplinary and systematic in theirs works. Japan car brands like Toyota, Suzuki and Nissan are renowned worldwide. On this background, a photo of colorful cars arranged in herringbone pattern got viral amongst Facebook users as Japanese are quite discipline in car parking. In fact, the photo is of a BMW car […]

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Fact Check: This map shows tracking of 20 eagles over ten months period, not a single eagle’s travel path over 20 years!

A map covering the Middle East and East European areas with purple lines, purported to be the movement of an eagle, over 20 years has gone viral, once again among Facebook users. The social media claims say that the map depicts the fascinating trips of an eagle throughout different regions and boundaries and the tracker was installed […]

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Fact Check: Don’t fall for this fake claim of 109-year-old Burmese cardiologist U Kyaw Thu Maung urging others to take Cardiovax!

A post claiming to be U Kyaw Thu Maung, a well-known Burmese cardiologist who retired at the age of 70, and still young at the age of 109, has surfaced amongst Burmese language users. The viral posts claim that his secret about longevity was taking Cardiovax medicine, a blood purifying agent. However, Factcrescendo Myanmar team […]

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Recent Gun Mounted Drone Attack in Myanmar? Find out the fact…

A video claiming to be a successful gun mounted drone, shooting test carried out in Myanmar has been widely been shared on Facebook sparking misunderstandings among social media users. The video shows gun-mounted on a drone firing back and forth automatically in the woods, and many commentators praised it as the success of People Defense Force (PDF) in […]

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Fact Check: Old Images of causalities in Hpakant landslide shared as people killed during protests in Hlaing Tharyar!

In Hlaing Tharyar, at least 51 people were killed on Sunday, March 14, as the military cracked down on protesters on the streets. Following this incident, thousands of Facebook users re-shared a post titled “Heroes who fell in Hlaing Tharyar” containing a photo of a number of bodies lying on the ground. However, FactCrescendo Myanmar’s […]

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Explained: Did the US embassy in Myanmar request the public to contact them for assistance in getting detained protesters released…?

 The military crackdown of the protestors in Myanmar have intensified over the past several days with hundreds being reported as detained so far, despite receiving strong international condemnation. On this backdrop, we noticed viral social media posts, which claimed that the US Embassy in Myanmar had requested the public to contact them, related to the […]

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No! Japanese Nobel Laureate Tasuku Honjo didn’t claim the Novel Coronavirus was made in a lab in Wuhan. Here’s the truth…

A new strain Coronavirus which caused this pandemic has affected more than 3 million people around the world and killed more than two hundred thousand people to date according to worldsmeter.info. Wuhan Bio-safety Laboratory located in Wuhan, where the outbreak of this pandemic started, was one of the most highly discussed topics by international observers […]

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