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    Priyanka Jha

    About the Author

    She specializes in information verification, examining mis/disinformation, social media monitoring and platform accountability. Her aim is to make the internet a safer place and enable people to become informed social media users. She has been a part of Alt News since 2018.

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    Politics

    Video of woman who ‘extorted’ money with false positive pregnancy results is scripted, nor is her name Yaseefa

    Priyanka Jha17th March 2025

    A clip from a podcast interview has been ding the rounds on social media. In the video, a woman is heard saying that she used to extort money from her…

    Politics

    His master’s voice: How media’s parroting of govt propaganda enabled officials to lie about Kumbh stampedes

    Priyanka Jha & Abhishek Kumar28th February 20251st March 2025

    The Maha Kumbh Mela came to a conclusion in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on February 26. According to government data, a whopping 66 crore people took part in the 45-day religious…

    Politics

    Jagan Mohan Reddy refused temple prasad? TDP makes false claim with clipped video

    Priyanka Jha30th September 2024

    Amid the ongoing Tirupati Temple prasad controversy, the Telugu Desam Party’s official X handle shared a video on September 22, 2024, showing former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy….

    Politics

    Amit Malviya shares Bangladesh candle-light vigil video as R G Kar protest in Kolkata

    Priyanka Jha6th September 2024

    A video recorded by a drone is circulating on social media purportedly depicting a protest demanding justice for the August 9 rape and murder at Kolkata’s R G Kar Hospital….

    Politics

    Photo shared in connection with assault on elderly man in Bijnor is not of accused Abhinav Singh

    Priyanka Jha1st August 2024

    A CCTV clip from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, has surfaced recently, which depicts a man slapping an elderly person multiple times and misbehaving with an elderly woman who tries to intervene. …

    Politics

    Atishi did not announce stopping of electricity subsidy in Delhi; edited video shared falsely

    Priyanka Jha28th May 202428th May 2024

    A video of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi is being circulated on social media against the backdrop of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. In the 34-second video, Atishi is…

    FeaturedReligion

    From Kajal Shingala to ‘Hindusthani’: The rise of the female face of Hindutva hate politics

    Priyanka Jha10th September 2023

    This article uses as its source Kajal Shingala aka Hindusthani’s Facebook/Twitter activities, videos posted on her YouTube channel and other platforms and our telephonic conversation with her.  On August 8,…

    Religion

    School-goers clash with knives in Delhi, videos viral with false communal claim

    Priyanka Jha31st March 202331st March 2023

    A number of videos featuring school-going children are being shared on social media. In the first clip, a group of boys dressed in school uniform are seen fighting near an…

    Society

    Yet another scripted video viral with claims of burqa being used for child kidnapping

    Priyanka Jha20th March 202320th March 2023

    By the end of 2022, rumours of child kidnapping had become so widespread that state authorities had to intervene and issue warnings to the common people. Innumerable unrelated and scripted…

    Religion

    ‘When will you kill Muslims & Christians?’: At Jantar Mantar, Hindutva leaders call for massacre of minorities

    Priyanka Jha13th February 202313th February 2023

    On February 5, 2023, speakers at two events held at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar openly called for the slaughter of Muslims and Christians. The first programme, the ‘Sanatan Dharma Sansad’, was…

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