On June 27, the French police shot 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk near Paris after he failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police. As per the news reports, the incident…
Man fighting with grandfather over the same woman after ‘Nikah Halala’? No, it’s a scripted video
A 2.20-second clip has gone viral on social media. It shows an aged man seated next to a woman in a village setting even as a younger man confronts him….
Gurugram teen stabbed by ex-fiance Ramkumar: Video viral; Kannada daily, social media users add communal spin
[The story only uses screenshots and not the viral video in view of the graphic nature of the content] A 35-second long video is being shared on social media with…
Twitter user @RoflGandhi_ accused of rape? No, false claim by Right Wing users
The administrator of the popular parody handle on Twitter @RoflGandhi_, Sunil Sharma, recently came under fire with social media users claiming that Sharma was accused of rape. According to them,…
Cars driving over Indian Flag: Old video from Pakistan viral again as Kerala incident
A video showing several cars driving over an Indian Tricolour fixed to the ground has gone viral. A group of people carrying the Pakistani flag can be seen cheering on….
Gurugram transperson’s suicide: Right Wing social media users add communal spin
Trigger Warning: Suicide A video has gone viral on social media claiming that in Dharampur of Gurugram, a transgender person was killed and subsequently hanged by a few ‘Bangladeshi Muslims’…
Attack on Pune woman: Accused identified as Shantanu Laxman Jadhav, social media users call him ‘Jihadi’
A video has surfaced on social media where a man can be seen running after a woman with a weapon in his hand and can be seen striking her with…
Bengaluru Muslims calling for ‘boycott of Hindus’? 2019 video from Rajasthan viral with misleading claims
A video of a man giving a speech to a crowd is currently viral on social media. Describing the video as recent, several users have claimed that the video was…
Tamil Nadu temple demolition: Old videos of anti-encroachment drive shared with misleading claims
Two videos are being shared on social media where structures, seemingly temples, can be seen being demolished. In one video, one can also see that a number of people have…
‘Bhagwa Love Trap’: An elaborate conspiracy theory in response to the ‘Love Jihad’ narrative
A video surfaced on social media on April 7, 2023, featuring a man addressing a crowd outside a mosque in Farooq Nagar, Nagpur. Facing the gathering that emerges from the…