The month of September saw a flurry of political activity which triggered a wave of misinformation. From Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Kailash Mansarovar yatra to PM Narendra Modi’s outreach to…
CNN Newsi8, India Tooday, Times HOW and RepubiicTV: How parody accounts fool social media users
Psychologists have long argued that people are wired to believe what they want to believe. Parody accounts of news websites have figured this out and are preying upon this weakness….
Times HOW returns, snares Janta Ka Reporter this time with satirical tweet
“Just In : AAP will contest 2019 election alone”, tweeted Times How on August 9, 2018. It quoted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as saying, “After results, we will give…
Times HOW strikes again, hoodwinks WION, Pakistani media and social media users
“If Pakistan can use Ballot Papers for it’s Elections, why can’t India? Using Ballot Papers instead of EVMs will help save us a lot of Electricity which gets wasted during…
Serial faker Prashant Patel Umrao spreads fake news about Rajdeep Sardesai’s son
After senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai filed a police complaint against lawyer Prashant P Umrao accusing him of spreading fake news on social media, Umrao in his characteristic style launched a…
Babul Supriyo wasn’t the first BJP big-wig who fell for WhatsApp propaganda by BJP’s own cadre
The cycle of WhatsApp propaganda. Some smart aleck writes about a new fictional achievement by BJP; BJP supporters, who never believe in fact-checking when it comes to BJP’s own achievements,…
Old map of India shared to praise PM Modi on tackling coronavirus
A map of India which compares Indian states with various countries on the basis of population has gone viral. Ram Madhav, national general secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, was among…
Fake BBC opinion poll predicting a BJP win in Rajasthan circulates on social media
A purported opinion poll for Rajasthan elections attributed to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is currently viral on social media. Many have shared (1, 2, 3) the home page of BBC along…
Vivek Agnihotri tweets misleading, clipped video of Kanhaiya Kumar’s commentary on Islam
Film director Vivek Agnihotri tweeted a video clip of JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar on November 12 and said, “The messenger of Urban Naxals and the prophet of partition is talking…
The faces behind Facebook page ‘Jay Modiraj’ – A factory of hate and misinformation
“Friends, today I will tell you a way to get Muslims out of India…Play ‘Vande Mataram’ in the entire nation and all Muslims will leave.” This was a post circulated by Facebook…