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.
There are several channels on YouTube known to peddle political propaganda, whether in support of the government or against it. In the past, Alt News has intimated the video platform…
Twitter user @IRONMONK002 recently shared a purported video from Kanpur of a group of policemen beating two people with sticks and lathis on the terrace of a building. Two bulldozers…
A number of BJP functionaries are criticizing Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot while sharing a 5-second video in which Gehlot is being offered charanamrit by a temple priest and the…
On April 14, Sudarshan News claimed during a broadcast that Pawan Hans Limited is indulging in “job jihad”. The channel’s editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke asserted that the government-owned company was only…
[Warning: This video depicts videos. Readers are advised to watch at their own discretion.] Pakistani journalist Asad Kharal shared a video of mob violence with the claim that “Hindu terrorists”…
Ashwini Mahajan, co-convenor of the RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch, recently shared a video claiming it shows Lal Krishna Advani seated inside a movie theatre to watch ‘The Kashmir Files’. (Archive…
A purported video of a groom threatening that he will not go through with the marriage unless he is given a dowry was widespread on social media. The incident was…
As Russia’s aggression in Ukraine continues to unfold, videos made by Indian students trapped in Ukraine emerge on social media, requesting the Indian government to help them evacuate the region….
All India Parisangh (AIP) recently tweeted a video of a young girl screaming at an armed soldier and gesturing punches at him. The soldier subsequently walks away. The tweet was…
The situation in Karnataka’s Shimoga remained tense after the murder of Bajrang Dal member Harsha Nagraj on February 19, with authorities imposing Section 144 in the area. Against this backdrop,…
