ከአንድ ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የቴሌግራም ቻናል “በዛሬው ዕለት በራያ ግንባር በጀግኖቻችን ከትግሬ ወራሪ ሃይል የተማረከ መሳርያ” የሚል ጽሁፍን በማያያዝ ምስሎችን አጋርቶ ነበር።
ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ ፅሁፉን ለመደገፍ የቀረቡትን ምስሎች ትክክለኛነት መርምሮ ሀሰት ብሏቸዋል።

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-baraayaa-genebaare-yatamaaraku-masaariyaawocene-ayaasaayeme

A Facebook account posted an image with a claim that Tigrayan mothers are digging trench to help TPLF attack Afar. HaqCheck inspected the picture and rendered it False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-tigrayan-mothers-digging-trench

In the following summary HaqCheck covers the major disinformation and controversial claims observed during the second week of February.
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/from-the-controversial-letter-to-weapons-captured-at-raya-front-weekly-summary

The claim circulating on social media about the release of Tamrat Negera is learned to be FALSE. The image used to support the claim is old and HaqCheck also reached out to Tamrat Negera’s family and confirmed that he is not released.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-tamrat-negera-is-not-released

አንድ የፌስቡክ አካውንት ጋዜጠኛ ታምራት ነገራ ከእስር ተፈቷል በማለት አንድ ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር።ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ ባደረገው ምርመራ ታምራት ነገራ ከእስር እንደተፈታ ተደርጎ የቀረበውን ይህን የፌስቡክ ፖስት ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-gaazeethanyaa-taameraate-nagaraa-ka-esere-aletafataame

A Facebook account shared a post captioned, “looted artifacts from Tigray are being sold like this.” and shared a video linked to a website. However, HaqCheck investigated the video and rendered it False.

https://addiszeybe.com/does-the-video-show-looted-artifacts-from-tigray

በይነ መረብ ላይ ደህንነታችንን ለመጠበቅ ምን አይነት ጥንቃቄ ማድረግ አለብን?
ይህንን እና ሌሎች ጉዳዮችን የዳሰስንበትን ሙሉ ፕሮግራም ይመልከቱ::
https://youtu.be/F_SIEy4K1Aw

ከትግራይ ክልል ተዘረፉ ስለተባሉት ቅርሶች እና ሌሎች ጉዳዮች በሀቅቼክ ተዳሰዋል።

https://youtu.be/wdLiESYRU5w

Our lead fact-checker Rehobot Ayalew, on why countering disinformation on Facebook is crucial “Most of the people have low media literacy, so Facebook is considered to be credible … So working with Facebook, and also checking and verifying Facebook content, is the major way to counter this disinformation.”

Read the whole article by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia

A Facebook page with more than 60,000 followers posted four images claiming to show TPLF POWs captured recently in the war between the Afar region and TPLF. But, HaqCheck looked into the pictures and rated them False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-pictures-don-t-show-recent-tplf-po-ws-in-afar-region

ከ13 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የፌስቡክ አካውንት፣ “ከትግራይ የተዘረፉ ቅርሶች ለአለም ገበያ በዚህ አይነት ሁኔታ እየተቸበቸቡ ነው።” የሚል ጽሁፍ ከቪድዮ ጋር አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ የፌስቡክ ፖስቱን ለመደገፍ የቀረበውን ቪድዮ ትክክለኛነት ሀቅቼክ መርምሮ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/videyowe-kategeraaye-kelele-yatazarafu-thenetaawi-qeresocene-yaasaayaale

In the following summary, HaqCheck covers the major contents of disinformation that caught our attention during the third week of February.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/from-the-looted-artifacts-to-the-release-of-tamrat-negera-weekly-summary

A news website shared a news report titled, "Seven killed in #Ethiopia mine collapse", with a supporting picture. However, #HaqCheck confirmed that the image doesn't prove the claimed mine collapse incident and rated it #FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-people-who-died-due-to-the-collapse-of-an-illegal-mine

An image was shared on Facebook on Feb 19, 2022 to support a claim that thousands of Eritrean troops were recently killed in Tigray. However, HaqCheck confirmed that the image doesn’t show Eritrean troops recently killed in Tigray and rated the post #FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-eritrean-soldiers-recently-killed-in-tigray

Check out the summary of the major controversies and disinformation trend observed in the fourth week of February.
#counterdisinformation #weekly #Ethiopia #HaqCheck

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/from-us-embassy-opening-a-consular-office-in-mekelle-to-people-killed-in-mine-collapse-weekly-summary

The process of the establishment of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission incited a number of controversies accompanied by contents of disinformation. HaqCheck looked into the trend and recommends social media audience be informed and cautious interacting over such issues to avoid the dire consequences of mis/disinformation.
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/analysis/controversies-over-the-national-dialog-commission

የንግድ ባንክ ህንፃ ላይ ታየ የተባለው የዩክሬን ባንዲራ፣ የጀነራል ክንፈ ጉዳይ እና ሌሎች መረጃዎች በሀቅቼክ ተዳሰዋል።

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALJGBXlz2hk

#Scam Alert

ከዚህ ቀደም በSafaricom Ethiopia ስም ሲዘዋወሩ የነበሩ የተለያዩ ሀሰተኛ መልዕክቶች እና የማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ገፆች እንዳሉ ሀቅቼክ አሳውቆ ነበር። ነገር ግን እነዚህ መልዕክቶች እና ሀሰተኛ ገፆች ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ የተከታዮቻቸው ቁጥር እየጨመሩ እና እየተሰራጩ ይገኛሉ። በመሆኑም መረጃን ከታማኝ ምንጮች ብቻ በመውሰድ እራስዎን እና ሌሎችን ከአጭበርባሪዎች ይጠብቁ። የSafaricom Ethiopiaን ይፋዊ ገጾች ከታች በተቀመጠው ጽሁፍ ውስጥ ያገኙታል።

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/ataalaaye-saafaarikome-teyopheyaa-yashelemaate-edele-alaaqarabame

Incase you missed it: here is our monthly disinformation trend analysis. In this summary HaqCheck covers the major misinformative and controversial issues during the month of #February. Read full

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/disinformation-trend-summary-during-the-month-of-february-2022

A Facebook account shared an image titled, “Menelik's brutality is remembered today at Chelenko" on the day Adwa Victory was celebrated. However, HaqCheck fact-checked the claim and confirmed that the image used to support the claim is old, and rated it FALSE

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/the-image-doesn-t-show-recent-rally-at-chelenko

በየካቲት 23 ፤ 2014 ዓ.ም ከ46 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው አንድ የፌስቡክ ገጽ “ጨለንቆ ላይ የምኒሊክ አረመኔነት ታስቦ ውሏል” በሚል ጽሁፍ አንድ ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ የፌስቡክ ገጹ የተጠቀመውን ምስል ወቅታዊነት አጣርቶ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-baqerebu-bachalaneqo-yatadaragane-hezebaawi-hunate-ayaasaayeme