Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub was recently subjected to a vicious doxxing attack by a Right-wing Twitter (X) handle, @HPhobiaWatch. Her number was made public in a tweet by the handle…
Old video falsely shared as Rana Ayyub arrested by ED in money laundering case
A video of journalist Rana Ayyub is gathering a lot of traction on social media recently. The footage shows Ayyub surrounded by police officers and some other bystanders as she…
Journalist Rana Ayyub targeted with fake tweet in her name on Pranab Mukherjee’s death
A screenshot of a supposed tweet by Journalist Rana Ayyub is viral on social media. It is being claimed that Ayyub put out an insensitive tweet on former President Pranab…
Fake quote from parody account ascribed to journalist Rana Ayyub viral on social media
“Minor child rapists are also human, do they have no human rights. This Hindutva Government is bringing ordinance for death to child rapists just to hang muslims in larger numbers….
When it comes to trolling Rana Ayyub, any excuse will do
Abuse from right wing handles is unfortunately an inevitable part twitter experience when you have an ideology that is different from theirs. If one was to draw a list of…
Indian employed in UAE fired for sexually abusive post against Rana Ayyub, Bravo! What about others?
Sexually offensive messages on social media in the hope to silence opposition is a commonly used modus-operandi by many right-wingers in India, especially against women. Yet, there have been very…
Ceasefire announcement triggered attacks on foreign secretary Vikram Misri, daughter, shows timeline analysis
Just as tensions between India and Pakistan showed signs of easing out around May 10, Indian Right-wing trolls, already high on josh from the pitched keyboard battles they had been…
Nagpur clashes: Cryptic cauliflower memes referring to mass killings in 1989 Bhagalpur riots resurface
Often, innocuous-seeming symbols are encrypted with coded messages. For instance, in the United States, a hangman’s noose is associated with the far-Right, White supremacist group Ku Klux Klan (or the…
Provocative speech by Bangladeshi ‘Islamic scholar’ condemning Yati Narsinghanand viral with false claims
A video of a man speaking on a hand-held loudspeaker standing amid a queue of people is viral on social media. He says, “अभी भी वक्त है हिन्दुओं, सौदा कर…
Return of suspended accounts, policy muddle make Musk’s Twitter a ‘free-for-all hellscape’
In April 2022, Twitter announced that it had accepted tech mogul Elon Musk’s offer to acquire the company at a whopping $44 billion, following which it would become a privately…