A video showing some members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 sharing a seemingly light-hearted moment is viral on social media with claims that…
Indian Media misreports deceased Bangladeshi advocate Saiful Islam as Chinmoy Krishna Das’s lawyer
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday, November 25 announced that Chinmoy Krishna Das, leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh, had been arrested after being named…
Roundup 2022: How parties, leaders, media & influencers amplified misinfo this year
Looking through the prism of news headlines, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and elections in several Indian states were the two major events of 2022. These incidents found wide coverage in mainstream…
Media outlets misreport pro-Pak chants raised in MP’s Katni after Muslim sarpanch’s win
A video is viral on social media. It has been shared along with the claim that pro-Pakistan slogans were raised in Katni, Madhya Pradesh following the victory of a Muslim…
Who runs Kreately? – Alt News investigates the factory of hate and misinformation
A popular method used to gift-wrap disinformation and hate in illusions of the truth is the creation of dubious websites that pose as ‘news’ outlets. One such venture that has…
Murshidabad: False claims around 2019 triple murder revived on social media
Against the backdrop of the recent violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, an image of a man, a woman and a child is being widely shared on social media. Sharing…
Lingayath Catholic Church? Photoshopped image viral on social media
An image of a church with the name ‘Lingayath Catholic Church’ has been shared on social media. The text under the name of the church is “Estd: April 16, 2018…
Muslims pelted stones at Ganesh idol in Karnataka? Hindu groups’ scuffle given false communal spin
Amid Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations across the country, a video of two individuals hurling objects from a rooftop at a procession carrying the deity went viral. Several social media shared the…
SCO Summit: China welcomed PM Modi with drone show? Morphed image viral
An image of a drone light show, where the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with the text “Modi welcome to China”, was displayed along with a figure of…
Illegal immigrants preparing for attack in Assam’s Goalpara? No, the video is from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
A video showing men, women and young boys carrying lathis and spears marching somewhere is circulating on social media. It is accompanied by claims that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants have assembled…