Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the body of a young woman found on the Yamuna Expressway, with the claim that she…
Image of NATO-G7 emergency meeting shared with a misleading claim about Modi not being invited
Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile attack in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine. The explosion…
Suresh Chavhanke violates Twitter policy, shares venue details of interfaith couple’s wedding reception
The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the last week. Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the accused and Walker’s live-in partner, was arrested on November…
Jabalpur resort murder: Accused, victim from same community; police rubbish communal spin
A 14-second-long video clip of a youth speaking to the camera while a bleeding woman lies on a bed with her throat slit is viral on social media. In the…
Did Modi halt Ukraine war for evacuating Indians? BJP leaders’ claim was refuted by MEA
Several prominent BJP leaders have claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi intervened to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine for some hours so that Indian students caught in the…
Delhi murder accused Aftab Poonawalla is a Muslim; contrary claims made on social media are false
Soon after the news of the alleged murder of 26-year-old Shraddha Walker in Delhi’s Mehrauli by her partner became viral, the religion of the accused, Aftab Ameen Poonawalla, became a…
Fact-check: Is viral video actual footage of a ‘hatman’ killing woman in Mumbai?
A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers can see a woman getting down from a car outside a residential complex and as…
YouTube fails to moderate scripted child-kidnapping videos stoking fear and making money
Trigger Warning: Violent Content. Viewer discretion is advised. Over the past few months, rumours of child kidnapping have spread like wildfire in many parts of the country based on purported…
‘Golden Dragon’ video from China viral on social media as Diwali celebrations in Kerala
A video of a glittering fleet of boats cruising in a serpentine motion supposedly on a river in Kerala has been doing the rounds on social media with the hashtag…
‘32000 Kerala women in ISIS’: Misquotes, flawed math, imaginary figures behind filmmaker’s claim
The trailer of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ was released on April 26. Soon after this, multiple Twitter users shared it urging people to watch the movie. Hindutva activist…