copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2020-04-30): During President Donald Trump's visit to India in the last week of February, the official Twitter handle of the White House- @WhiteHouse- had started 'following' the accounts of President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister's office, the Indian Embassy in the US, the US Embassy in India and the US Ambassador to India, Ken Juster. [...] The official was responding to a question on the reasons for the White House 'following' and then 'unfollowing' the Twitter handles of President Kovind, Prime Minister Modi, the PMO and the other Indian officials. The White House 'unfollowing' the Twitter accounts of President Kovind and PM Modi drew reactions on social media in India.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2021-01-20): The transfer of these official accounts, which include not just those representing Biden and the White House but nearly every arm of government, has emerged as an important aspect of the broader transition of power, especially after Twitter became the favored online platform of former President Donald Trump. [...] In addition to the @POTUS account, which was created during the Obama administration, Twitter transferred @WhiteHouse, @VP, @FLOTUS, and @PressSec to the new administration.Twitter also created a new account, @SecondGentleman, for Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff. [...] The decision prompted criticism from the Biden camp, which said it "unnecessarily politicizes what otherwise should be a routine transfer of communication from one administration to the next." As of Tuesday night, the @POTUS account had about 33 million followers, while the @FLOTUS and @VP accounts had 16 million and 10 million, respectively.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2021-01-20): Twitter switched over control of the official @POTUS account and other White House handles to President Joe Biden just minutes after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. Twitter transferred the White House accounts to the Biden team on Wednesday after President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took the oath of office. In addition to @POTUS, those are @WhiteHouse, @VP, @FLOTUS and @PressSec. In addition, Twitter has created a new account for Harris’ husband, Douglas Emhoff: @SecondGentleman. With the changeover, the White House accounts did not carry over the millions of followers from the Trump administration (unlike in 2017, when Trump inherited Obama’s @POTUS followers).
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2021-01-20): That's because the transfer of power included the transition of official administration Twitter accounts. Members of the Biden-Harris administration are assuming ownership of a number of institutional accounts, including @WhiteHouse, @FLOTUS for first lady Jill Biden and @PressSec for the incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki. Twitter also created a new account for the vice president's husband, Doug Emhoff: @SecondGentleman. "People on Twitter will be able to watch the transition of power take place in real-time as accounts for the White House, President, Vice President, First Lady and White House Press Secretary inherit their new institutional usernames," the company said in a statement.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2021-01-20): The @POTUS Twitter account now belongs to Joe Biden [...] Moments after swearing in as the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden crossed another important milestone in the democratic transfer of power: He took over the @POTUS Twitter account. [...] The last person who controlled the @POTUS account was banned from Twitter earlier this month.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2021-01-20): Joe Biden's presidency is social media official. On Wednesday, Twitter transferred the White House accounts to the new presidential administration. That's important because politicians and government officials use these accounts to reach millions of Americans with the click of a button. "Institutional White House Twitter accounts have now been transitioned from the Trump administration to the Biden administration," Twitter said in a statement Wednesday. [...] The new @WhiteHouse account currently has 2.5 million followers. The White House account used by the Trump administration, which is now archived as @WhiteHouse45, had 26 million followers.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2023-05-08): A video circulating on social media claims that the official White House Twitter account follows only 19 users, with 15 of them being American government officials and politicians. The remaining four, according to the claim, are official accounts of Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, an Indian Embassy official, etc. Let’s verify the claim made in the post. [...] Fact: Currently, the official White House Twitter account does not follow any Indian official. Nevertheless, it did briefly follow PM Modi and other Indian officials during Trump’s 2020 visit to India to facilitate the retweeting of their messages in support of the trip. The account’s following list changes in response to events and diplomatic engagements. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING. [...] Nevertheless, Indian media reports from April 2020, when President Trump was in office, reveal that the former official White House Twitter account (@WhiteHouse45) followed the Indian President, Indian Prime Minister, and Indian Embassy handles during that period. However, by the end of April 2020, the White House account had unfollowed these Indian accounts.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2019-09-04): Read the full account here. [...] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, about violent demonstrations over Kashmir outside the Indian embassy in London, the foreign ministry said. [...] "Spoke to my two good friends, Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi of India, and Prime Minister [Imran] Khan of Pakistan, regarding Trade, Strategic Partnerships and, most importantly, for India and Pakistan to work towards reducing tensions in Kashmir," Trump tweeted.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2020-06-02): During his recent visit to India, Trump reportedly provided Prime Minister Narendra Modi with certain "guarantees" about Taliban reconciliation. "India need not worry" is how one official summarized Trump’s message to Modi.79 Broad and ambiguous guarantees such as these are unlikely to satisfy the concerns of Indian officials—and neither should they. After all, these officials emphasize, with Trump, "anything is possible."80 [...] 31 Chaudhuri interview with a senior Indian official [hereafter D], April 24, 2020. [...] 174 "The first consignment of humanitarian assistance, 5022 MT of wheat, reached Herat today," Embassy of India in Kabul, Afghanistan, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Twitter, April 23, 2020, https://twitter.com/IndianEmbKabul/status/1253297300710977542.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2020-06-30): 8 White House Office of the Press Secretary, "U.S.-India Joint Strategic Vision for the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region," January 25, 2015, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/25/us-india-joint-strategic-vision-asia-pacific-and-indian-ocean-region. [...] 14 "Official Spokesperson’s Response." 15 "Official Spokesperson’s Response."
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2023-07-17): U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India [...] U.S. Embassy New Delhi [...] U.S. Embassy in India
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2023-10-10): It is standard practice for German prosecutors to open an investigation when the country’s citizens are harmed abroad. India’s Modi reiterates support for Israel NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he had spoken with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the phone and thanked him for "providing an update on the ongoing situation." "People of India stand firmly with Israel in this difficult hour," Modi wrote on X, the social media platform, and said India strongly condemns terrorism in all forms. During the Cold War, India didn’t have open relations with Israel and leaned heavily in favor of the Palestinians. The two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992. Ties between the two countries have grown under Modi, who became the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel in 2017. Israeli soldiers carry the body of a victim of an attack by militants from Gaza at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel on Oct. 10, 2023. Photo by Ronen Zvulun/ Reuters 2 Russian citizens were killed in Hamas attacks in Israel MOSCOW — Russia’s ambassador to Israel said that two Russian citizens have been killed in of the latest Israel-Palestinian war.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2023-12-20): Alerts for U.S. Citizens [...] So frankly, one of the major preoccupations of our mission, working with my very, very skilled colleagues in the public diplomacy realm, is to try to tell the truth about American society, American history, U.S.-China relations to the Chinese people. And so it’s kind of a cat and mouse game. Sometimes we put, I’ll give you an example, we put Secretary Blinken’s speech, this is May of 2022, the big speech invest, align, compete on U.S.-China relations. We put it out on Weibo, on WeChat, and on Twitter. We have 1.2 million followers on our embassy Twitter account to Chinese speaking world and within 2 hours it had been censored, taken down. We put it back a day later under a different title, and it survived about 20 minutes. [...] Ambassador, Speeches & Statements
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2018-07-10): Indian Prime Minister @NarendraModi is the third-most followed world leader with 42 million followers on his personal account and 26 million followers on his institutional account (@PMOIndia), which boasts the fourth-largest following. The official @POTUS Twitter account of the U.S. president and the @WhiteHouse accounts occupy the fifth and sixth rankings, with 23 and 17 million followers respectively. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RT_Erdogan) has more than 12 million followers. India’s Foreign Minister (@SushmaSwaraj), @QueenRania of Jordan and the Indonesian president (@Jokowi) complete the Top 10 list of the most followed leaders with more than 10 million followers each. [...] While the Twitter accounts of the @WhiteHouse and @POTUS are the two most popular among their peers, followed by 290 and 250 world leaders respectively, they are giving all other world leaders the cold shoulder. The Trump @WhiteHouse is mutually following the @Cabinet, @POTUS and @realDonaldTrump accounts, but the White House is no longer following Russian Prime Minister @MedvedevRussiaE nor the UK's @Number10gov accounts as the @ObamaWhiteHouse did.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2024-04-07): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden for the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023 [...] Notably, all of these activities have grown under Modi, who is up for reelection in April and will likely win in a landslide. For their part, Indians also worry about the state of U.S. democracy, given such events as the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. [...] Worryingly, there are many recent examples of Modi's crackdown on human rights and civil liberties—and no signs that India's rising illiberalism will ebb anytime soon. When asked directly about India's democratic backsliding during Modi's White House visit in June, U.S. President Joe Biden refused to condemn Modi's behavior, and Modi likewise deflected.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2024-09-18): Intermingling between the Trump Organization and the Indian government was commonplace during the Trump Administration. Trump businesses received endless promotion and benefits from the Indian government while in office. Prime Minister Modi showered Trump with praise when he visited the United States in 2017. Promotional material for the Trump Tower in Mumbai flexed connections to the American president and his brand as a marketing point. Shortly after Ivanka Trump visited India in 2017, Modi’s party approved building clearances for the Trump Tower in Gurgaon in "no time." In February 2018 Trump Organization executive Donald Trump Jr. traveled to India to promote Trump Organization real estate developments in multiple cities. During this trip he had a closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Modi, and according to the Oversight report, netted $15 million in real estate sales for the Gurgaon developments. Trump repaid Modi by lauding him as a proponent of religious freedom on the world stage, despite Modi’s record as a nationalist who has implemented controversial anti-Muslim policies. Under his leadership "religious persecution and Islamophobia have increased sharply" in India. Trump showcased the strong strategic partnerships between the US and India by appearing alongside Prime Minister Modi at the "Howdy, Modi!" mega summit in Houston, Texas. Over 50,000 Indian-Americans attended the event, making it one of the largest receptions for a foreign leader in US history.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2016-04-23): And you are absolutely right that we are in this age now -- partly because of what's happened with our media, in which people from different political parties, different political orientations can spend the bulk of their day only talking to, and listening to, and hearing the perspectives of people who already agree with them.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2020-03-01): Almost since the turn of the century, the United States and its allies have courted India as a potential strategic partner and democratic counterweight to China in the Indo-Pacific region. However, the Indian government’s alarming departures from democratic norms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could blur the values-based distinction between Beijing and New Delhi. While India continues to earn a Free rating and held successful elections last spring, the BJP has distanced itself from the country’s founding commitment to pluralism and individual rights, without which democracy cannot long survive. [...] India and the United States are not alone in their drift from the ideals of liberal democracy. They are part of a global phenomenon in which freely elected leaders distance themselves from traditional elites and political norms, claim to speak for a more authentic popular base, and use the ensuing confrontations to justify extreme policies—against minorities and pluralism in particular.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2022-11-10): He has similar relations with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. [...] But I would point out Prime Minister Modi has already been to the White House since President Biden took office, and the two of them have had the opportunity to meet in person multiple times and to talk by phone multiple times and to talk on video multiple times. [...] And so that is something that the President has done to make sure that we don’t leave anyone behind.
Claim: Apart from American officials and politicians, the official White House Twitter account follows only Indian Prime Minister Modi, the Indian President, and an Indian Embassy official (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-30)
Evidence (2021-04-06): It should not be ignored that just moments before vacating the White House, Trump’s national security officials hastily put all the cards on the table. Apart from recognizing China as the biggest threat and the major competitor to American interests in the newly-defined Indo-Pacific region by President Trump’s Pentagon, the declassified document advocates the defense of the so-called first-string islands with the main emphasis on Taiwan. It likewise promotes strengthening U.S. alliances with like-minded democratic countries, with absolute priority given to India.[2] [...] A meme which also broadly disseminated on Indian and Taiwanese social media platforms showed President Tsai and Prime Minister Modi toasting with bubble tea and Indian chai. It was a clear reference to the "Milk Tea Alliance," a coalition of democratic countries which originated as a solidarity movement among netizens of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand in 2020.[42] Activists in all these countries stressed the need of strengthening democratic values, and protested against the growing influential industry of China.[43] [...] [44] Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Tweet, the official account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan), October 10, 2020, https://twitter.com/MOFA_Taiwan/status/1314853894283882496.
Claim: Karnataka Congress government has set multiple requirements to qualify for the free electricity scheme (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-11)
Evidence (2023-06-11): Karnataka government has announced to roll out the scheme from 01 July 2023 and will be reflected in the bills of power consumers from the month of August 2023. However, contrary to the claim made in the viral post, all residential consumers within the state are eligible for the scheme. Even tenants living in rented houses are also eligible for the scheme. Government did not stipulate any conditions like not owning land or vehicles to avail the scheme. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: Karnataka Congress government has set multiple requirements to qualify for the free electricity scheme (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-11)
Evidence (2023-06-05): Putting an end to all confusion over the Gruha Jyothi scheme, the State government on Monday announced that all the consumers who consume lesser electricity units than the eligible average (which was taken based on the usage in 2022-23), will get a zero-electricity bill. [...] The government has asked those eligible for the scheme to pay up the arrears till June 30 within three months, otherwise face disconnection. While the scheme is meant only for household connections, a beneficiary can claim benefits for one connection only. To seek the benefits, the consumer will have to apply in the Seva Sindhu portal and link the customer ID/Account ID with Aadhar number. [...] The government has said that the financial assistance to Escoms to implement the scheme will be given in advance next month after the fuel and power purchase cost adjustment is arrived at.
Claim: Karnataka Congress government has set multiple requirements to qualify for the free electricity scheme (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-11)
Evidence (2023-06-19): Karnataka's free power scheme: Who is eligible and all you need to know The ‘Gruha Jyoti’ scheme, one of the ‘five guarantees’ promised by the Congress prior to the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections, has been introduced in the state. Within days of its launch, the state government announced that the enrollment process for availing the benefit of free power up to 200 units for domestic consumers will commence on June 15. [...] "Gruha Jyothi" is the flagship programme of Government of Karnataka, which provides free electricity up to 200 units for every residential household of Karnataka.
Claim: Karnataka Congress government has set multiple requirements to qualify for the free electricity scheme (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-11)
Evidence (2024-07-27): The Karnataka Government announced the execution of the ‘Gruha Jyoti Scheme’ for the welfare of the residents by providing free power to the citizens of Karnataka state. The main objective of this scheme is to reduce electricity costs by providing free electricity for up to 200 units to every residential household of Karnataka. The government also stated that the existing Kuteera Jyothi, Amrutha Jyothi and Bhagya Jyothi schemes would be merged with the Gruha Jyothi scheme. [...] People residing in Karnataka can get free electricity from July under the Gruha Jyothi scheme. The Karnataka State government announced that all the consumers consuming average electricity units less than 200 (average will be taken based on the usage in 2022-23) would get a zero-electricity bill under this scheme. [...] The Karnataka Government introduced the Gruha Jyoti Scheme providing free power up to 200 units to residents. The scheme merged existing ones and updated rules. People could register online or offline, receiving benefits based on average consumption. Eligibility criteria and application process were detailed, emphasizing the scheme's aim to improve living conditions and encourage energy efficiency.