Several misleading images, videos and audio clips have lately been circulating on social media promoting misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. A set of images of an abnormal newborn child is…
A picture of a man jumping off a building has gone viral. According to social media users, a young boy in Italy committed suicide after all his family members died…
A set of images is going viral on social media with the claim that it depicts the violation of coronavirus lockdown in West Bengal’s Kolkata. A Facebook user posted these…
A photograph of policemen making people squat and hold their ears was shared by journalist Rana Ayyub with the claim that these were labourers who were punished for stepping out…
Two images are circulating on social media with the claim, “Home Minister Amit Shah in the grip of coronavirus”. Both the images seem to be a still from TV channels….
Several Facebook and Twitter users have posted a collage of three images with the claim that the India army made a 1000-bed hospital in Barmer, Rajasthan in a matter of…
On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown in India for the next three weeks, not extending to essential supplies. This is in light of the coronavirus…
On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown to address the COVID-19 pandemic. All essential services will continue to be functional. The list of essential services, as…
Several social media users have posted an image of a couple, with medical masks undone, holding each other. It is being claimed that they are husband and wife working as…
With the number of positive cases of the novel coronavirus in India exceeding 500 and hundreds of districts in the country in complete lockdown, there is a growing sense of…
