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.
A disturbing video of three men brutally assaulting a woman with sticks and pulling her by her hair was shared on social media. A message in Tamil claims that upper-castes…
Recently, the fact-checking wing of Press Information Bureau (PIB) posted multiple tweets declaring news reports on deaths of migrant workers in Shramik trains as false. PIB claimed that the deceased…
In an article published on May 9, OpIndia claimed that a 15-year-old boy Rohit was sacrificed in a mosque in Bihar’s Gopalganj. Our investigation found that the story was false….
On May 16, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi met a few migrant labourers near Delhi’s Sukhdev Vihar flyover. According to media reports, he interacted with them and arranged for their…
In an article published on May 9, right-wing propaganda website OpIndia claimed that a mosque sacrificed a Hindu boy in Bihar’s Gopalganj. “A new mosque had been built in the…
India has been under a lockdown since March 24, imposed to tackle the spread of coronavirus. On May 4, the government relaxed some norms and permitted the sale of liquor…
On April 25, Twitter user Hatinder Singh posted a video report by ‘Daily Post Punjabi’, with the message, “In Phillaur, Punjab, This Man Was Caught Throwing Notes On The Road…
Safi Mallick, a Facebook user who identifies as Nadia District Congress Media Coordinator, shared a video of a man hounded by a mob. The accompanying caption in Bengali claimed that…
A year-old report of two restaurant owners in the UK booked for serving food mixed with human faeces to their customers have been revived on social media. It has been…
Alt News has received several requests on its official Android application to fact-check a letter circulating on social media. The letter is a supposed order issued by the Tourism Ministry…
