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Did Karmelo Anthony’s family buy a house with GiveSendGo fundraiser money? Fact-checking rumors after guilty verdict

Did Karmelo Anthony’s family buy a house with GiveSendGo fundraiser money? Fact-checking rumors after guilty verdict

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Karmelo Anthony was charged in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a track meet in Frisco, Texas. On Tuesday, a jury found him guilty of murder in the case. As news of the verdict spread, questions about earlier social media claims regarding his family’s fundraiser spending continued to draw attention online. Karmelo Anthony case (Pat Lopez via AP) (AP) There were rumors that started spreading on social media in April 2025 claiming that 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony’s family used donation money to buy a new house and a new car. The claim spread widely on X and Facebook, with some posts alleging the family bought a “$900,000 house” and a brand-new vehicle. One viral X post received nearly 60,000 likes and was later reposted by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, where it gained tens of thousands of additional likes. Some social media users specifically claimed that the family had purchased a Cadillac Escalade. Did the family receive fundraiser money? Anthony’s family has an official fundraiser on GiveSendGo that had raised nearly $500,000 at the time. …

Debate moderator Linsey Davis faces racial, sexual abuse for fact-checking Trump | World News

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In what marked the first time Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump appeared in a debate head to head, the debate moderator Linsey Davis of ABC News has been subjected to racist and sexual abuse on social media. The September 10 debate was being hosted by ABC News’ anchor Linsey Davis and she fact checked Republican candidate Donald Trump during the debate’s moderation. It was enough for Trump’s supporters on the internet to troll Davis and reportedly give sexual abuses and racial discrimination online. Throughout the debate, it is being reported that Trump made multiple factually incorrect claims and Davis pointed him out on one of them. Raise your hand if you think the ABC moderators for this Presidential Debate are biased against Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/0Sq9EXcAv8 — TEAM USA (@__TEAM_USA) September 11, 2024 During the discussion on abortion issue, Trump falsely stated that some states allow for the “execution” of babies after they are born. Davis corrected Trump and said “There is no state in this country where it is legal to …

Meta Collaborates With PTI to Expand Its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme in India

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Meta has joined hands with the Press Trust of India (PTI) to mitigate viral misinformation on its platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads. As part of the collaboration, PTI will become an independent fact-checker for the company and help in identifying, reviewing, and rating misinformation. With this move, Meta now has partnered with 12 fact-checking agencies in India and has a coverage over content in 16 Indian languages. Notably, the announcement came just days before the start of India’s general elections. In a press release dated April 1, Meta announced the partnership and said, “Today, we are expanding our third-party fact-checking program in India to include Press Trust of India (PTI), a dedicated fact-checking unit within the newswire’s editorial department. The partnership will enable PTI to identify, review and rate content as misinformation across Meta platforms.” With this partnership, Meta now has 12 fact-checking partners in India including AFP- Hub, The Quint, NewsChecker, India Today Fact Check, Factly, and more. The social media giant said this has now made India the country with the …

Bombay High Court refuses to grant interim stay on setting up of fact-checking unit

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The Bombay High Court on March 11 refused to issue an interim stay on the formation of a Fact-Check Unit (FCU) by the Union government. A single-judge Bench of Justice A.S. Chandurkar, the tie-breaker judge in the case after a split verdict was delivered by the court on January 31, said “no case was made out” for the Union government to continue its position that “it would not notify the FCU pending hearing of petitions” against the IT Rules.  The interim application was filed by satirist Kunal Kamra, the Editors Guild of India, the Association of Indian Magazines and News Broadcast and Digital Association, seeking stay on the notification for formation of the FCU. The Central government’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 rules empower it to establish an FCU to identify fake, false and misleading information about the government’s business on social media platforms. “In my opinion, no case has been made out to direct that the statement made on behalf of the non-applicants that the fact-check unit …

No Interim Stay On Fact-Checking Unit Under IT Rules: Bombay High Court

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The petitioners then filed interim applications seeking a stay on notification of the FCU. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant an interim stay on setting up a fact-checking unit (FCU) under the recently amended Information Technology (IT) Rules to identify fake and false content on social media against the government, noting that no grave and irreparable loss would be caused. A single bench of Justice A S Chandurkar said no case was made out to direct the government to continue its earlier statement that it would not notify the FCU pending hearing of petitions against the IT Rules. The order was passed on a bunch of applications filed by standup comedian Kunal Kamra and others seeking a stay on the notification of the FCU pending the final disposal of their pleas against the IT Rules. The court said the balance of convenience tilts in favour of the government as Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has made a categorical submission that political opinions, satire and comedy are aspects not sought to be linked …