False claims circulating on social media

Along with the Corona epidemic, the market for false news, stories and claims is also hot, whether it's a post from your uncle's social media platform or a photo sent by a friend. You will see such fabricated stories related to corona virus everywhere.  The BBC team is investigating the fact and spreading such false and misleading news on a large scale. A message from Microsoft chief and billionaire Bill Gates urging people to stay positive in their lives during the Corona virus epidemic has been shared thousands of times in different countries. The message has even been shared on many people's real accounts, national newspaper websites and supermodel Naomi Campbell's Instagram account.   But we know that Bill Gates has nothing to do with this statement. However, a social media user contacted the BBC and claimed that he had published the message. Muhammad Ali, a social media user, said he posted the message on Facebook on March 16 but did not attribute it to Bill Gates.  We cannot say for sure that he was the first person to post this message but we have not seen this message on Facebook accounts before. But it is not yet clear when and how this message changed into Bill Gates' message.  According to Crowd Tangle, a software that analyzes posts and other information on social media, there is evidence that the message was attributed to Bill Gates at least on March 22. A video has gone viral on social media about food being donated to deserving people during the Corona virus epidemic, showing bags of rations being placed on the streets for the needy. This video has been viewed more than 10 million times in the last few days.  Some social media posts have claimed that this is a Turkish video, while others have claimed that it is Iraq or India. However, most people praised the country for helping the poor in this way.  This video is real but it is two months old video so social media posts are misleading. The donations were not for those infected with the corona virus, but for those affected by the quake.  Qissa Mukhtar The BBC's verification experts successfully located the location where the video was made with the help of a shop and an advertisement in Turkish that read 'very cheap'. Here's a look at the history of the video, which was streamed live on Facebook on January 25 in Konya, Turkey.

The trees, vans, and advertisements seen in this live stream and video all matched the objects seen in this video. The charity that organized the event confirmed that the video was not about the Corona victims. Images of false messages attributed to the British government and warnings of fines have been circulating on social media. The messages claimed that the government was monitoring people and that those leaving their homes were being fined.

The British government has sent a few messages this week but outlined new rules to prevent the spread of the corona virus. However, the government says "all other messages attributed to the British government are wrong." It is not clear if these messages were sent by hackers or counterfeiters or if the screenshots were self-made. Similarly, another rumor that has reached countries around the world. Globally, a message has been circulating on various social media platforms, including the WhatsApp, saying, 'People stay in the rooms. But there is no evidence that this has happened or is going to happen.

The message was recently sent to doctors and nurses in a ward at a London hospital. According to BBC Monitoring, similar rumors are circulating that helicopters are spraying disinfectants in Kenya, Italy, Russia and Nepal, among other countries. There is a lot going on WhatsApp so it will be difficult to know who is spreading these messages. It may sound strange but people are still sharing it and believing it because they often have this message sent by people or friends they trust. Italian police are not enforcing a national lockdown a video has surfaced claiming that Italian police are arresting a man for violating the country's strict lockdown measures. And the video that has been posted on Twitter in India has been watched by more than seven and a half million people.  However, the video was made in Brazil in which a man has been arrested in Sao Paulo and has nothing to do with the Corona virus epidemic.

The video was posted on the Globo newspaper's website, which mentioned the man's arrest.

An audio message in Arabic is also circulating on WhatsApp with a picture criticizing the plight of a well-known hospital in occupied Jerusalem and showing patients lying on the floor. Numerous Arabic-language news websites have used the image in their articles to see how Israeli hospitals are trying to deal with the corona virus epidemic.  However, the hospital denied the reports, saying that the hospital pictured was not what it was being told. The BBC Trending team carefully examined the photo and located its original location in Madrid. The patients were reportedly infected with the corona virus, and the picture was first posted on a Spanish Twitter account. The logo on the hospital beds and pillows shown in the photo resembles the beds in Madrid hospitals.