A Facebook post claiming to show spies and infiltrators that were caught while pretending to be disabled went viral in a short time. However, the images were actually taken from a news by Hadiya Zone Communication, on Nov 3, reporting an arrest of two people in the zone, who were deceiving the public as disabled men. The post is rated as #FALSE.👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/factchecking/false-the-images-do-not-show-caught-insurgents-and-spies

A Facebook post on Nov 5 claimed to show soldiers of the OLA and TPLF forces embracing each other. However the image was previously published on Facebook on Febr 23, 2019 and doesn’t support the assertion. Therefore the post is rendered #FALSE 👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/factchecking/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-olf-and-tplf-troops-embracing-one-another

In the following summary, the major misinformative and controversial contents in the past month are covered. Read the whole article👇👇👇
#thefactmatters #CounterDisinformation #FactChecking #HaqCheck

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/october-disinformation-trend-report

አንድ የፌስቡክ ገፅ “አካል ጉዳተኛ በመምሰል የስለላና የሰርጎ ገብነት ተግባር ሲፈጽሙ የተያዙ የወራሪው ሀይል አባሎች ናቸው…” በማለት ሁለት ምስሎችን አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ በምስሉ ላይ የሚታዩት ሰወች በሃዲያ ዞን ውስጥ አካል ጉዳተኛ በመምሰል ሕብረተሰቡን ሲያጭበረብሩ የተያዙ ናቸው። 👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-yatayaazu-sarego-gabocene-enaa-salaayocene-ayaasaayeme

In case you missed it: Here is a summary of some the social media claims that were part of the information disorder last week.👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/in-case-you-missed-it-false-claims-that-caught-our-attention-last-week

Did you see a publication by Egypt Today entitled "Tigray activist claims locals welcome TPLF, labels Abiy Ahmed’s policies “childish”? HaqCheck ratified the claim and rendered it #FALSE. Read full👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/factchecking/no-the-images-do-not-show-the-current-war-situation-in-northern-ethiopia

#ALERT
መስከረም 7 ፣ 2014 ዓ.ም  “የአፋር ጀግኖች እና የመከላከያ ሰራዊት የህወሓት ሃይሎችን ሲያባርሩ የሚያሳይ ቪዲዮ ደርሶናል...” በማለት ሲሰራጭ የነበረን የ9፡57 ደቂቃ ቪዲዮ ሀቅቼክ አጣርቶ እንደነበር ይታወሳል። ሆኖም ከታች ተያይዞ በሚገኘው ምስል እንደምትመለከቱት ቪዲዮው አሁንም በተመሳሳይ ሁኔታ በተለያዩ የማህበራዊ ሚዲያ አውታሮች ላይ እየተሰራጨ ይገኛል። 

ሀቅቼክ ከዚህ ቀደም መረጃውን ባጣራው መሰረት ቪዲዮው የተወሰደው በሳውዲ አረብያ ድንበር ላይ ጂዛን አክሲስ ተብላ በምትጠራው አካባቢ በሳውዲ እና በየመን ጦር መካከል የተደረገን ጦርነት ለማሳየት ግንቦት 21 ፤ 2013 ዓ.ም የተለቀቀ መሆኑን አረጋግጧል። ሙሉ መረጃውን ከታች ያንብቡ 👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-video-doesnt-show-military-operation-in-afar-front

A verified Facebook page of Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) shared a post, alongside a supporting image, claiming that the Tegrean forces have taken down a helicopter of the Ethiopian army at Mile front. HaqCheck ratified the image used to justify the claim and rated it FALSE 👇👇👇 https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/factchecking/false-the-image-does-not-show-a-helicopter-shot-down-by-tigrayan-forces

Various Facebook pages continue posting false images, claiming that the Tigrean forces have taken down a helicopter at Mile front. HaqCheck ratified the image used by a Facebook page with more than 504,000 followers and rated it #FALSE.👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/no-the-image-does-not-show-a-helicopter-shot-down-by-tigrayan-forces

Did you see a post claiming “The Oromo Liberation Army has overtaken the Shoa region in Addis..."? HaqCheck ratified the claim and rendered it #FALSE. Read full👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/factchecking/no-the-images-do-not-show-that-olf-overtaken-shoa

በፌስቡክ ማረጋግጫ ያገኘ "Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF)" የተባለ የፌስቡክ ገፅ፤ በአፋር ክልል ሚሌ አከባቢ በትግራይ ሀይሎች የተመታ የጦር ሄሊኮፕተርን ያሳያል ብሎ ያጋራው ምስል ሀሰት መሆኑ ተረጋግጧል። 👇👇👇
https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-bategeraaye-haayeloce-yatamataa-heelikopetarene-ayaasaayeme

There is a phrase in article by Reuters that reads “...requires citizens to carry ID cards that can indicate ethnic origin.” describing the state of Emergency in Ethiopia. However, Residents' ID cards issued and used currently do not indicate either the ethnic origin or birthplace of a person, as asserted. Therefore HaqCheck rated it as #MISLEADING.👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/misleading-the-current-resident-s-id-card-does-not-indicate-ethnic-origin

A Facebook post on Nov 9,2021 claimed that OLA soldiers are spotted on the roads leading to the gates of Addis. However, the image is found to be first posted on Aug 23,2021 on Twitter even before the claimed time. Therefore HaqCheck rendered it as #FALSE 👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-oromo-liberation-army-on-the-roads-leading-to-the-gate-of-addis

በዚህ ሳምንቱ የሀቅቼክ ፕሮግራማችን የግብፅ ሚዲያ ሀሰተኛ መረጃ ስርጭት እና ሌሎች የሳምንቱ ሀሰተኛ መረጃዎች ተዳሰዋል አብረውን ይቆዩ! #disinformation #Ethiopia #FactCheck #TheFactMatters
https://t.co/BbVQUxkDo4

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A viral Facebook post claimed that a bulk of ammunition in the two images below was seized in Addis Ababa. However, HaqCheck confirmed that the images don't support the claim.👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-images-don-t-show-ammunition-seized-in-addis-ababa

A video news report by "Tigray Television" YouTube channel claimed that the Ethiopian Airforce conducted airstrikes using drones on religious and cultural places in Wollo. However, HaqCheck has investigated the video footage and rendered it as #False 👇🏽👇🏽 https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-video-footage-doesn-t-show-drone-airstrikes-in-wollo

Did you see Facebook posts showing images of micro organisms cautioning the audience saying, “Don't be Vaccinated! The vaccines contain bacteria.” ? We ratified and rated the assertions FALSE. Read more 👇👇👇 https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-posts-do-not-prove-covid-19-vaccine-contains-bacteria

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Here is last week's disinformation trend summary where we covered a false claim about Covid-19, issues related to the conflict, and more. Check it out 👇👇👇
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/november-week-three-disinformation-summary