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In recent years, electric scooters from various manufacturers have experienced incidents of catching fire on public roads. Bengaluru-based automaker Ather Energy, known for relatively fewer such incidents, faced a notable event when a video surfaced online showing several of its scooters ablaze inside a transport truck.

Incident Details and Online Reaction

The video, shared on X by Ather Energy Parody, depicted four Ather Energy scooters engulfed in flames atop a transport truck, prompting concerns about the company’s safety standards.

Ather Electric scooters caught fire during . It’s concerning that Ather Electric faces issues almost every day #ather #atherelectric @atherenergy pic.twitter.com/fZnHmvxfNA

— Ather Energy Parody (@atherenergy_) March 1, 2024

However, four other…

Posts circulating online claim “an image of a cement truck” has been declared an antisemitic hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). This is false.

The claim appears to have come from a screenshot supposedly showing the ADL’s website where a “Cement Truck” is listed under “General Hate Symbols”. The ADL is an organisation with headquarters in the US campaigning against antisemitism, hate and extremism. 

In the screenshot, there is an illustrated image of a cement truck with text below saying: “The image of a cement truck is an antisemitic symbol used by white supremacists to imply that Jews dig tunnels to be used for child trafficking. This comes after a tunnel was discovered under a New York synagogue.”

While the screenshot may have been…