[The following story includes graphic photos and videos. Readers’ discretion is advised.] In the first week of September, Alt News started receiving multiple requests daily to verify audio and videos…
Old video of farmers in MP attacked over child kidnapping rumours viral with false claims
[Warning: This video depicts videos. Readers are advised to watch at their own discretion.] Pakistani journalist Asad Kharal shared a video of mob violence with the claim that “Hindu terrorists”…
Video of sadhus mistaken for child kidnappers beaten in MP viral as Delhi
A video of two sadhus in a car apprehended by a mob has been shared on social media with the claim that they are child kidnappers. “They look like sadhus…
Unrelated photos, videos revived with false child-kidnapping rumours
A set of videos and images is circulating on WhatsApp with child-lifting rumours. Over the past three years, Alt News has debunked multiple false social media rumours related to child…
Video of minor’s murder in Rajasthan shared with false child-kidnapping rumours
On January 18, Alt News received several requests to verify a video of a man sliting a minor’s throat, shared on social media with child-lifting rumours. This is the third…
Unrelated video of mob violence in MP viral as Delhi riots
Several users on Twitter uploaded a video of a mob brutally thrashing a man with stones and sticks. The accompanying claim suggests that the video is from the recent communal…
September 2019: Misinformation around Chandrayaan-2 and MVA; media misreports add to the clutter
September 2019 was characterized by ‘diversity’ of misinformation, from photoshopped images to videos which were either mischievously clipped or circulated out of context. Like always, prominent news developments became the…
August 2019: Misinformation centered around J&K, child abduction rumours
August 2019 was characterised by a series of dangerous rumours about child abduction gangs, which resulted in a series of violent incidents in various states. This time around, the rumours…
Two men dressed as women beaten over false child-kidnapping rumours in Himachal
On August 23, Facebook page Pyara Uttarkhand posted a video where three people are being thrashed by a mob. The video was shared with the narrative that child kidnappers were…
Drunk man taken hostage by mob over false suspicion of child-kidnapping
On August 9, Facebook user Prakash Kundra posted two photographs and a video of a man who is taken hostage by a mob. Sharing the video, Kundra claimed that the…