On December 20, 2022, the Uttarakhand high court ordered the eviction of close to 50,000 people allegedly living on railway land in the state’s Haldwani district. Following this, people facing…
Morphed image viral; PM Modi did not shave his head after mother’s demise
Following the demise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi at the age of 99, social media users shared an image of PM Modi with his head shaved and…
Bulandshahr encounter: RW handles made misleading claim to add communal twist
Trigger Warning: Death. Discretion advised. A video of an individual lying inside a van-turned-ambulance in an unconscious state is going viral on social media. Sharing this video on Twitter, Prashant…
KCR’s 2018 statement on Modi falsely linked with CBI glare on his daughter
On December 2, 2022, several media outlets reported that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had issued a notice to Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the member of legislative council from Nizamabad, Telangana,…
2017 video of doctors’ spat in Jodhpur hospital OT viral again with false claims
A video shot in a hospital showing two doctors quarreling with each other inside an operation theatre is viral on social media. Journalist Tarek Fatah quote-tweeted the clip originally shared…
No snowfall in Mecca, viral video is digitally altered
The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) of the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia predicted heavy snowfall in the country’s northern regions and heavy rainfall in the Makkah-Medina region on January 1,…
Roundup 2022: How parties, leaders, media & influencers amplified misinfo this year
Looking through the prism of news headlines, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and elections in several Indian states were the two major events of 2022. These incidents found wide coverage in mainstream…
BJP Bihar tweets 2020 video to slam present govt over law and order
On December 28, 2022, the official handle of BJP Bihar tweeted a video where a group of people can be seen assaulting a policeman. The accompanying caption in Hindi can…
2022 roundup: How misinformation shaped narratives in India this year
At 8.11 PM on January 3, Alt News published one of the first articles of 2022. It dealt with media misreports in a story involving a Punjab politician. Almost a…
Amit Malviya tweeted clipped video, Rahul didn’t hint at ending Bharat Jodo Yatra
A nine-second video clip of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in front of party leaders and workers is being widely circulated on social media. BJP’s national information technology department head Amit…