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.
Kalpana Srivastava, national president of the Shankaracharya Gurukul Trust, tweeted a controversial cartoon and claimed it was designed by e-commerce website Myntra. It depicts the disrobing of Draupadi, a character…
Abhishek Kumar, a sub-editor at The Lallantop, recently shared an image claiming it shows security check procedure underway at Afghanistan’s airport. (Archive link) #afghanistan एयरपोर्ट पर सिक्योरिटी चेक की मनोरम…
Twitter user @SangeetSagar13 recently shared a picture and wrote, “Safiya Firozi, one of the four lady pilots of the Afghan Air Force. Stoned to death in public this morning.” (Archive…
A video has been shared with the claim that it shows the Taliban threatening PM Modi. Twitter user @itsmebonggirl shared the video and wrote that the terrorist organisation was threatening…
Recently, a video of an Ambedkar statue being desecrated has been circulating widely on social media platforms. It is being claimed that Muslims in Kerala were responsible for damaging the…
In a now-deleted tweet, BJP Delhi spokesperson Nighat Abbass shared a purported video of a terrorist being arrested live in Srinagar. An archived version of the post can be accessed…
On August 15, the Taliban captured Kabul as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Against this backdrop, BJP MP Varun Gandhi shared a screenshot of an alleged news article…
A video of a young woman mercilessly beaten has been circulating on social media. It has been claimed that a Muslim girl was beaten by her father after he saw…
A video of a group of policemen escorting a woman is being shared widely on social media platforms. It has been claimed that the woman is Priyadarshini Yadav from Lucknow,…
A user named Kanak Singhi posted a picture on the Facebook group ‘देश का DNA‘ (Desh Ka DNA). In the accompanying caption, she suggested that one could become an IAS…