Claim: The death of an African-American man, George Floyd, in police custody amid the COVID outbreak has triggered wide-scale protests and fake forwards. One such video circulated on WhatsApp claimed that US President Donald Trump has fled the White House. The text of the forward reads
Fact-check: 100 fake COVID-19 WhatsApp forwards that we almost believed - First Check
Verdict: the message is fake as while fact-checking we found that the building in video bore a striking resemblance to the ohio statehouse and not the white house. even though people were protesting outside the white house, it was not stormed in by protesters.
Organisation: First Check
Author: Deepika Khurana
Date published: 2020-06-12T00:13:42