As the farmers’ protest now enters its fourth month, social media has been rife with a number of different viral claims linked to the ongoing movement, many of which were…
How Indian media fooled the nation about a massive discovery of gold reserves
The news of discovery of gold mines with 3,500 tonnes of gold reserve in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district first broke on the Feb 20th in regional papers. By February 22nd,…
Photoshopped image viral as architectural marvel of ancient India
“1212 pillars meet in one dot. Built by legendary Indian engineers 1740 yrs ago at Rameshvaram temple.” This message has been shared widely on social media along with a photograph showing…
Video of elderly Brahmin dancing falsely shared as a crowd in South India beating the old man
A video of an old man surrounded by a crowd of people is circulating on social media with the claim that he is a Brahmin who was thrashed in South…
Old video of BJP WB chief heckled revived with false anti-Rohingya narrative
Ahead of the upcoming elections in West Bengal, RBI director and RSS ideologue S Gurumuthy shared a video of a crowd heckling members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including…
Viral: Old video of Christian group burning idol of Hindu deity and Indian flag in Mizoram
A video floating across social media platforms claims that Christian missionaries in Mizoram are burning the Indian flag and an idol of Lord Krishna. The following tweet by a Twitter…
Rajeev Chandrasekhar shares fake tweet about Twitter being paid to trend #GoBackModi
“@Twitter has accepted in a statement given to @news7tamil that they were paid 2.2 crore rupees by DMK to trend #GoBackModi” A screenshot of News7 Tamil with this text is…
S Gurumurthy rapped by Delhi High Court for rumour-mongering on Twitter
“Is it true….” Many a fake news has been spread on Twitter by prefixing this phrase. The pattern is familiar. Share patently fake news but position yourself as asking an…
Fake quote on Hindus and Muslims attributed to actor Prakash Raj
“Hindus have been wiped out from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kashmir. They never sought revenge from Muslims. They silently embraced death. All Hindus should learn secularism & tolerance from those Hindus”. This…
The curious case of S Gurumurthy and Hoaxes
Almost everyone on social media has fallen for hoaxes and fake news at some time or the other and ended up sharing it further. There are some who fall more…