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    Home / Archives for Priyanka Jha

    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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    Religion

    Fact-check: Police action against illegal construction in Kanpur falsely given communal twist

    Priyanka Jha1st November 2022

    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…
    Politics

    Did Gehlot drink charanamrit with mask on? No, BJP leaders shared clipped video

    Priyanka Jha8th September 20228th September 2022

    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…
    Media analysisNewsReligion

    Sudarshan News falsely accuses Pawan Hans of discriminating against Hindu students

    Priyanka Jha & Mohammed Zubair19th April 202225th April 2022

    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…
    NewsReligion

    Old video of farmers in MP attacked over child kidnapping rumours viral with false claims

    Priyanka Jha23rd March 202213th June 2022

    [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”…
    Politics

    Did Lal Krishna Advani get emotional after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’? No, old video

    Priyanka Jha15th March 2022

    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…
    Media analysis

    Media outlets fall for staged video of groom refusing marriage if not given dowry

    Priyanka Jha8th March 20229th March 2022

    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…
    Politics

    Fact-check: SP leader’s daughter detained for “pretending” to be stuck in Ukraine?

    Kalim Ahmed & Priyanka Jha2nd March 2022

    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….
    Media analysisNews

    This video of girl confronting soldier is 10 years old and from Palestine

    Priyanka Jha1st March 2022

    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…
    Politics

    Did Bajrang Dal Karnataka’s Harsha Nagraj criticise BJP before his death? False claim

    Priyanka Jha28th February 2022

    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,…
    Religion

    Old photos of mock drill in Kerala school falsely shared as communal violence in UP

    Priyanka Jha25th February 202225th February 2022

    Recently, an audio clip accompanied by an image is making the rounds on social media. The photo shows a group of girls in hijabs with burn marks and injuries on…

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