It took less than 10 days for social media users to do a full u-turn on Himanshi Narwal, the wife of late naval officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was killed…
Israel-Palestine war: Unrelated, old clips shared as visuals of ongoing conflict
Entering its fifth day on October 11, the Israel-Palestine conflict all but escalated into a full-blown war with the Israeli military confirming that dozens of its fighter jets had struck…
France knife-attack: Suspect a Syrian Christian; False ‘Jihad Watch’ report calling him a Muslim viral in India
A few weeks back, a video surfaced on social media, which showed a knife-wielding man stabbing people, including toddlers and an elderly man, in a playground in Annecy, France. The…
Burst-fire from machine gun: Gaming video viral as Manipur violence scene
Against the backdrop of the violence in Manipur since May 3, a video has been going viral on social media where apparently a machine gun can be seen being fired…
Haldwani eviction: BJP leaders share 10-yr-old Kolkata pic with misleading claim
On December 20, 2022, Uttarakhand high court passed an order to evict over 4,000 families from land claimed by the Railways in Haldwani. The court’s decision was later challenged in…
Prank video viral with false claim of Muslim guy urinating in sweets at Hindu wedding
Several Right-wing influencers on X have shared a video claiming that it shows a Muslim man urinating into a tub of sweets. Among them is verified user Deepak Sharma (@SonOfBharat7),…
Scuffle between ex-serviceman and pantry car staff on train given communal spin on social media
Several Twitter users have shared a clip of a man narrating an assault on him inside a train. The users have alleged that the man was beaten up by people…
News of Mysore engineering student’s murder viral with communal spin
On September 2, Star of Mysore, an evening newspaper from the city of Mysuru, reported that a 21-year-old engineering student, Apoorva Shetty, was found murdered in a private hotel on…
FB page brands Bangladeshi tourists as “infiltrators”, BJP leaders amplify false claim
A man conducting a vox-pop (short interviews with members of the public) at Shaheen Bagh with men exiting a mosque after namaz has gone viral. In this video, the interviewer…
Banner from a 2018 farmers’ protest by AIKS shared as recent
An image that shows a banner inscribed with the slogan, “Not Modi, Not Yogi, Not Jai Shri Ram, if someone rules the nation it has to be labourers and farmers”…