HaqCheck came across viral Facebook posts sharing an image with a claim that it shows a 25-meter-tall human skeleton recently discovered in Gojjam, Amhara region. However, the picture shows a prehistoric human skeleton excavated in Niger ten years ago.

https://bityl.co/FweN

ሙሉ መረጃውን ለማንበብ

ሊንኩን ይጫኑ https://bit.ly/3ukj4O8

ሊንክ በመጠቀም የሚደረጉ የመረጃ ምንተፋዎችን እንዴት መከላከል ይቻላል?

የመረጃ መንታፊዎች ማስፋንጠርያ ሊንኮችን በመላክ የግል መረጃን ይመነትፋሉ።

ስለዚህ አንድ ሊንክ ሲላክሎት ወይም ማህበራዊ ሚድያ ላይ ሲመለከቱ ሊንኩ መረጃን ለመመንተፍ የተሰራ ሊሆን ስለሚችል እነዚህን እርምጃዎች መውሰድ ያስፈልጋል፡-

በጥንቃቄ መመልከት

ማንኛውም አይነት ማስፈንጠርያ ወይም ሊንክ ሲላክልዎ ወይም ሲያጋጥምዎ በጥድፍያ አለመንካት ያስፈልጋል። ሊንኩን በጥንቃቄ መመርመር ተገቢ ነው። ያንን ሊንክ ከምያውቁት ሰው በማወቅም ሆነ ባለማወቅ በማህበራዊ ሚድያ በውስጥ መስመር ሊላክሎት ይችላል። ማንኛውንም ሊንክ ማመን የለብዎትም፤ ሊንኩ ከየት እንደተላከ በጥንቃቄ ማየት ይኖርብዎታል።

ማመሳከር

ማህበራዊ ሚድያ ላይ የሰዎችን ቀልብ ለመሳብ የተለየ ፅሁፍ የያዙ መንታፊ ሊንኮች ይታያሉ። በፅሁፍ ከላይ የሚነበበው እና ማስፈንጠርያ ሊንኩ የተለያዩ ሊሆኑ ይችላሉ። ለምሳሌ ከላይ ያለው ፅሁፍ ስለሽልማት ፣ ስለትምህርት እድል ወዘተ ሊሆን ይችላል። ይህ አሰራር ሰዎች ከላይ በሚያነቡት ፅሁፍ ተሸውደው ሊንኩን በጥድፍያ እንዲነኩ ለማስጎምጀት ታልሞ የተዘጋጀ ነው።

ስለዚህ ማህበራዊ ሚድያ ላይ ሊንክ ሲያዩ ከመንካትዎ በፊት በፅሁፉ የሚነበበው ሀሳብ እና ሊንኩን አንድ አይነት መሆኑን ማመሳከር ይኖርቦታል።

የግል መረጃን አለመስጠት

የመረጃ መንታፊዎች እውነተኛ ያልሆኑ ማስፈንጠርያ ሊንኮችን በመላክ የሰዎች የግል መረጃን ይመነትፋሉ። ለምሳሌ አንድ ሊንክ ከነኩ በኋላ ያንን ሊንክ የግል መረጃዎን እንዲያስገቡ ሊጠይቆት ይችላል።

የኢሜይል አድራሻዎ ፣ የይለፍ ቃል ወይም ፓስዋርድ ፣ የባንክ አካውንት ፣ የማህበራዊ ሚድያ አካውንት የመሳሰሉ የግል መረጃዎች እንዲሰጡ ሲጠየቁ ሊንኩ እውነተኛ መሆኑን ሳያረጋግጡ መስጠት የለብዎትም።

A Facebook page shared a viral video on Dec 4, 2022, claiming that ethnic Amharas were killed in Wollega, Oromia. The video that was published by the post to support the claim shows people transporting dead bodies with stretchers.

Yet, HaqCheck confirmed that the video doesn't show people recently killed in Wollega.

https://bityl.co/G4Lf

A Facebook post shared an image claiming that Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki received a picture gift that depicts the last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie I. Yet, the image was altered and HaqCheck rated the post False.

https://bityl.co/G4Qq

HaqCheck investigated an image-backed claim made on Facebook and Twitter that the picture shows dead bodies of recently killed people in Wollega, Oromia. However, the image used to support the claim was old.

https://bityl.co/G4RB

ከ67 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የፌስቡክ ገፅን ጨምሮ በሌሎች የማህበራዊ ሚድያ አማራጮች ላይ አንድ ምስል በስፋት ሲዘዋወር ቆይቷል። ምስሉ የቀድሞውን የብልፅግና ፓርቲ ማዕከላዊ ኮሚቴ አባል የነበሩት አቶ ለማ መገርሳ የተጣመረ የተቃውሞ የእጅ ምልክት የሚያሳዩበት ምስል የተሰራጨ ሲሆን ይህ የፌስቡክ ገፅ ምስሉን ካሰራጨ ጊዜ ጀምሮ ከ64 ሺህ በላይ ግብረመልስን ሲያገኝ ከ2ሺህ ጊዜ በላይ መጋራት ችሏል።

ይህን እንጂ ምስሉ ትክክለኛ የአቶ ለማ መገርሳ ሳይሆን የተቀናበረ መሆኑን ሀቅቼክ ያረጋገጠ ሲሆን ይህ የፌስቡክ ገጽ ይህን ምስል ካጋራበት ፅሁፍ ስር የ#photoeditingchallenge የሚል መግለጫ ተጠቅሟል። ይህ የሚያሳየው ሀሰተኛ መረጃ የሚሰራጭበት መንገድ እየረቀቀ መምጣቱን ነው። በዚህም ምክንያት ይህን መግለጫ የማያስተውሉ ብዙ የማህበራዊ ሚድያ ተጠቃሚዎች ሊኖሩ ስለሚችሉ ሰዎች በማህበራዊ ሚድያ ላይ የሚሰራጩ መረጃዎችን በጥንቃቄ ሊመለከቱ ይግባል።

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A Facebook page shared an image claiming that the Moroccan national football team displayed the flag of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) while celebrating a victory in the FIFA World Cup being held in Qatar. But, the image presented to support the claim was altered. The original image shows the Moroccan team flying the Palestinian flag.

https://bityl.co/GAfn

Here is HaqCheck's summary of the controversial and false claims that appeared across social media platforms during the third week of December.

https://haqcheck.org/december-week-three-disinformation-summary/

HaqCheck came across a Facebook post sharing an image claiming that the picture shows police officers recently assaulting students in Addis Ababa.

Yet, HaqCheck confirmed that the image doesn’t prove the claim and rated the post False.

https://haqcheck.org/false-the-image-doesnt-show-a-recent-police-assault-on-students-in-addis-ababa/

ታህሳስ 5 ቀን 2015 ዓ.ም ላይ አንድ የፌስቡክ ገፅ “ወላጅ ልጆቹን ትምህርት እንዲቀስሙለት ትምህርት ቤት ይልካል ባለ ጊዜ እንዲህ ያደርጋል” የሚል ፅሁፍን በማያያዝ አንድ ምስልን አጋርቶ ነበር።
ይህ ፅሁፍ ለንባብ እስከበቃበት ጊዜ ድረስ ይህ የፌስቡክ ፖስት ከ400 ጊዜ በላይ መጋራት ችሏል።

ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ ምስሉ በቅርቡ በአዲስ አበባ ትምህርት ቤቶች ውስጥ ከኦሮሚያ ክልል ባንዲራ ጋር ተነስቶ ከነበረው ግጭት ጋር የሚያያዝ እንዳልሆነ አረጋግጦ ምስሉን ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://bityl.co/GJtO

HaqCheck investigated an image-backed claim that Oromia special police forces and the Oromo Liberation Army torched and looted houses that belong to Amhara residents in Kamashi, Benishangul Gumuz. However, the picture doesn't prove the claim.

https://bityl.co/GRX8

A Facebook post was made sharing a picture with a claim that the Odaa Bus recently transported Fano militants to battlefronts in Oromia. Yet, HaqCheck confirmed that the image was old and rated the post False.

https://bityl.co/GRYy

A claim was made on Facebook that the Oromia regional government had detained ethnic Amharas in Wollega. However, the image presented to support the claim was taken from an old publication.

https://bityl.co/GTi3

HaqCheck investigated an image-backed claim on Facebook that ethnic Amharas were recently executed in Oromia. Yet, the picture was old and doesn't support the claim.

https://bityl.co/GTkA

HaqCheck qoorannoo gaggeesse ture himataa ajjechaa saba Amaaraa naannoo Oromiyaatti ta’ee jedhame Suuraan deggerame dirree feesbuukii irratti gadhiifame. Suuraan gadhiifame kun kan ture fi Ajjeeffamuu saba Amaaraa kan naannoo Oromiyaatti jedhamuu akka hin Agarsiisnee mirkanneesserra.

https://bityl.co/GUvG

State-affiliated media outlets published a news story on Facebook that Ethiopia was preparing to launch its ‘second’ satellite into orbit. Yet, Ethiopia launched its second satellite into space two years ago.

https://haqcheck.org/no-ethiopia-already-launched-its-second-earth-observation-satellite-on-december-2020/

An image was shared on Twitter supporting a claim that Eritrean soldiers were recently looting properties in Tigray. However, HaqCheck found out that the image was old and rated the post False.

https://bityl.co/Gi2t

A Facebook post claimed that PM Abiy Ahmed appointed former ambassador Mesganu Arega as Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister. Yet, HaqCheck confirmed that Mesganu Arega was appointed a state minister for Foreign Affairs.

https://bityl.co/Gi6s

HaqCheck qoorannoo dhimma samichaa Tigraayii jedhu irratti godhe ture. Suuraan akkaa samichii naannoo Tigraayitti agarsiisuf fayyadamamme kun soba ta'uu isaa mirkanneesserra.

https://haqcheck.org/om/soba-suuraan-kun-samichaa-naannoo-tigraayitti-jedhamuu-hin-agarsiisu/