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Grey monitor lizard meat cures cancer
There are reports on social media that grey monitor lizard meat can cure cancer. How true is this? Can monitor lizard meat cure cancer,...
Aug 28, 2024
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Photo fact: Dervish hovering in the air
A photo of a dervish, a scientist, hovering in the air has been spread in the media. But how do they manage to literally hover in the air...
Aug 28, 2024
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Are there any photos of Leonardo da Vinci and Mona Lisa?
"Mona Lisa" (La Gioconda) (Italian: Ritratto di Monna Lisa del Giocondo) is a painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci in the...
Aug 28, 2024
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Photo fact: Girl gets pregnant from fish
A photo of a girl “pregnant from a fish” has appeared on social networks in Uzbekistan. Factchecker.uz decided to check this fact. The...
Aug 27, 2024
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Will fake healers be punished?
If modern medicine is scientifically based and based on results confirmed in clinical practice, then traditional medicine is based on the...
Aug 27, 2024
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Does monkeypox affect women?
The news is spreading on social networks that the monkeypox disease, which is worrying the world community today, does not affect women. ...
Aug 27, 2024
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Is the Lasetti-djentra car being produced again?
On December 4, 2023, UzAuto Motors announced that production of the Lacetti-Gentra car would be suspended from 2024. The automaker...
Aug 23, 2024
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Photo fact: An ambulance truck drove through Samarkand loaded with onions
A photograph titled “An ambulance transports sacks of onions through Samarkand” has been widely circulated on social networks. According...
Aug 22, 2024
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Main types of fraud on investment platforms and methods of protection
Social networks, especially on Facebook, are full of advertisements: “Invest in large foreign and Uzbek companies and get income,”...
Aug 20, 2024
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Wedding hall burns down in Sagban in Tashkent
Information appeared on social networks that a fire broke out on Sagbon Street in the Almazar district of Tashkent. Social media users...
Aug 18, 2024
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Who is the author of the song "Blue Zhiguli"?
It is alleged that the song "Blue Zhiguli" by singer Ozoda Nursaidova, posted on YouTube.com four months ago and having more than 254...
Aug 18, 2024
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What broke the nose of the plane belonging to JSC "Uzbekistan Airways"?
Messages and photos have been circulating on social media about the takeoff of a passenger aircraft belonging to JSC Uzbekistan Airways...
Aug 17, 2024
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Главные правила кибербезопасности
В современном цифровом мире наши личные и банковские данные все чаще становятся мишенью киберпреступников. Мошенники придумывают все...
Aug 17, 2024
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Snake attacks Uzbek celebrity during his charity campaign. True or False?
Sardor Rahimkhon, ex-singer, was recently appointed deputy head of Vaqf.uz (Public Charity Foundation), released a video footage where he...
Jul 23, 2024
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CBU mints gold coins featuring Uzbek President’s profile. True or False?
The images of gold coins with a photo of the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, on social networks have caused a stir among...
Jun 29, 2024
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IFCN: "Good journalism and fact-checking are supposed to be a mirror against the powerful to hold them into account"
My name is Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz. I work at the International Fact-checking network, housed at the Pointer Institute. I am a program...
Jun 23, 2024
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Will famous foreign singers and movie stars visit festival in Andijan?
The news about the world stars attending the international pop festival “Dunyo Sadolari” (Sounds of the World), planned to be held in...
Jun 17, 2024
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Pigeons might be exterminated in cities of German
An online message goes viral: “The authorities of the city of Limburg decided to catch and destroy the birds. All because of complaints...
Jun 16, 2024
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Shark of Aral Sea and mysterious diary of lost traveler
A short video was posted on YouTube about a shark that jumped ashore from the Aral Sea, and the dairy of the British explorer Isaac...
Jun 16, 2024
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Is it possible to win prize by downloading Tax system application?
Fake or false news are primarily used to spread false or misleading information. Such messages often spread quickly through social media...
Jun 15, 2024
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