This story uses screenshots and not actual tweets in view of the graphic nature of the video being fact-checked. The political unrest that erupted in Bangladesh following the student protests…
Stores of Bangladeshi retail brand ‘Yellow’ ransacked; video viral in India with communal spin
Bangladesh was plunged into an unprecedented crisis with erstwhile Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ousted on August 5 after a month-long nationwide student protest. Incidents of attacks on minority Hindus have…
Manipuri Muslim woman beaten up by UNLF for drug peddling: Video shared with communal spin
A 61-second-long clip has gone viral on social media with users claiming that it shows a Muslim woman being beaten to death in the state of Manipur by Hindutva activists…
Ram Navami: Right Wing users amplify Ranchi Poilce’s drone surveillance footage with communal spin
A video playing out on a mobile screen showing drone camera surveillance footage of Ranchi police monitoring rooftops of houses has been circulating rapidly on social media. It is being…
Spanish vlogger’s rape: Only one of eight arrested is a Christian; crime given false communal spin
Trigger Warning: Rape A 28-year-old Spanish travel vlogger was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in Jharkhand’s Dumka on Friday, March 1. The victim and her partner were headed towards Bhagalpur…
Darbhanga land dispute falsely reported as case of forced religious conversion, viral with communal spin
An incident from Muria village in the Bhalpatti police station area of Bihar’s Darbhanga has been making headlines. Two locals, Rajdhan Devi and Vicky Kumar, have claimed that they hail…
Alwar family feud over property given communal spin on social media
A video of some men beating up others with sticks is viral on social media with the claim that Muslims were assaulting Hindus in Alwar, Rajasthan. (Archive) अलवर में मुसलमानों…
Staged video of street fight viral with communal spin; some falsely relate it to Israel-Hamas war
A video showing three women tackling several men who were apparently trying to harass them is viral on social media with the claim that the incident occurred in Paris in…
Panipat sarpanch stopped youth from waving saffron flag at Janmashtami rally, video viral with communal spin
A video of a procession of people on foot and on tractor trolleys is viral on social media. In the clip, a group of children are seen dancing to a…
Malaysian professional saree draper’s video viral in India with communal spin
A video is viral on social media where a man is seen draping a saree on a woman. The video has been shared with the following embedded in Marathi: “A Turaka…