Trigger Warning: Violent Content. Viewer discretion is advised. Over the past few months, rumours of child kidnapping have spread like wildfire in many parts of the country based on purported…
Inside the world of scripted ‘CCTV’ videos on Facebook
Earlier this year, novelist Paulo Coelho tweeted a video from India. The video allegedly shows CCTV footage wherein a physically challenged person is trying to reset a tricycle’s chain on…
Hindu woman asked to get off bus in Bangladesh for not wearing burqa? It’s a scripted video
A video has gone viral on social media with the claim that Hindu women in Bangladesh are treated with disrespect for not wearing the burqa during the holy month of…
Goons extorting Christmas donations in Kerala? No, it’s a scripted video
A clip of an altercation between a man sitting inside a car and a group of alleged goons is viral on social media. At the end of the clip, the…
Muslim woman wants dentist to close his eyes while treating her? Scripted video viral with communal barbs
A 1.45-minute-long video of a woman wearing a niqab (a veil that covers the entire face except the eyes) is being widely shared on social media. The video contains closed…
Viral video of crops being injected is scripted, ‘poisoning people’ claims are baseless
A video of three young men standing in a field and injecting something into crops has been making the rounds on social media. The person filming the footage is heard…
Man fighting with grandfather over the same woman after ‘Nikah Halala’? No, it’s a scripted video
A 2.20-second clip has gone viral on social media. It shows an aged man seated next to a woman in a village setting even as a younger man confronts him….
Schoolgirl married to aged teacher & pregnant? No, it’s a scripted video
A video clip showing an old man and a girl in a school uniform has become viral on social media. In the clip, we can see the old man and the…
Groom beaten up for dowry demand: Scripted comedy video shared by news channels, journalists
A video has gone viral on social media, in which a man dressed as a groom is being beaten up with a sandal by an elderly man who is supposedly…
Scripted video of cop chasing and rebuking drunk girls in car viral as real
A video recently went viral, which shows a policeman arguing with a few girls whom he apparently caught drinking alcohol in a car. The video is shared with a caption…