An alleged “office memorandum” is circulating on WhatsApp in the name of the Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of Finance. As per the notice, Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness…
Video from 2012 falsely viral as Aryan Khan publicly urinating at a US airport
A video of a man in an inebriated state urinating in public at an airport has been circulating widely on social media. The video shows him being pushed to the…
Old video from Mexico shared as RSS worker killed in Kerala
Graphic footage of a man whose limbs have been severed is viral on social media. In the final seconds of the video, he is seen falling to the ground. Alt…
Media misreport old photos of SAD MLA Bikram Singh Majithia at Golden Temple as recent
A series of photos of former cabinet minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Bikram Singh Majithia have gone viral after the images were shared by the official page of…
Man hacked to death in Egypt, false claims allege non-Muslim killed by Muslim
A gruesome video of a man hacking another man to death with a machete is circulating on social media. It has been claimed that the incident took place in an…
Staged child kidnapping video believed to be true on social media
Several social media users have posted a video that shows multiple people allegedly apprehending a man who kidnapped a minor girl in a suitcase. Twitter users @iPSingh_CE, @Rana_Jasvir_007, @abufawaz24 were…
CCTV video of boy attacking girl with knife shared with false communal spin
CCTV footage of a boy stabbing a young girl on the street is viral on social media. It has been claimed that the attacker was Asraf Ali who stabbed an…
Video of BJP leader assaulting differently abled man for criticising BJP is from 2018
National spokesperson of the Samajwadi Party IP Singh posted a 41-second clip of a broadcast by ABP News. In the video, the anchor reports that a BJP leader attacked a…
Fact-check: Did the richest man in America ‘John Ford’ convert to Islam?
Since the last week of November, several social media accounts have been posting two images of a caucasian man. In one of the images, he appears to be crying. The…
Fake tweet shows News24 apologising and admitting it defamed Akhilesh Yadav at BJP’s behest
A screenshot of an alleged tweet by news channel News24 is viral on social media. The tweet reads, “Mr Akhilesh Yadav, News24 made a mistake. We apologise for defaming you…