“It was the second time I had a panic attack in my life. It felt like I was losing something important. I had heard so many wrong things about me…
From Kajal Shingala to ‘Hindusthani’: The rise of the female face of Hindutva hate politics
This article uses as its source Kajal Shingala aka Hindusthani’s Facebook/Twitter activities, videos posted on her YouTube channel and other platforms and our telephonic conversation with her. On August 8,…
Viral video of cow slaughter on BJP flag is from Manipur, 2022, not Karnataka
Trigger Warning: Animal Cruelty [The story uses only screenshots of the relevant tweets instead of the actual tweets in view of the nature of the viral video in question.] A…
Unrelated, old videos viral as audience reaction to Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’
Despite boycott calls from some sections including the Indian Right Wing, Shah Rukh Khan’s film ‘Pathaan’ has set the box office on fire. Against this backdrop, social media users have…
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…
Defying bail terms, Yati Narsinghanand continues to deliver hate speech. When will law catch up with him?
On April 3, 2022, just about two months after Yati Narsinghanand got bail in the Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech case on the condition that he would not deliver provocative…
PFI protest: Media and BJP leaders falsely claim ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised
On September 22, 2022, in a raid jointly conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and police in multiple states, over 100 leaders of the Popular Front…
Fact-check: Were Twitter accounts calling Arshdeep Singh ‘Khalistani’ all from Pakistan?
On September 4, Pakistan defeated India by 5 wickets in the Super 4 Match of the 2022 Asia Cup. At a certain point in the game, Pakistan’s score was 151…
Fact-check: Pictures presented as Delhi government-run school are of a private school?
Political debates have heated up across the country after a report was published in the international edition of The New York Times about the government-run schools in Delhi. This story…
Protest march against IAS district collector in Kerala viral with false communal spin
A video of a protest march in Kerala is viral with the claim that it is of Muslims opposing the appointment of the new “Brahmin” district collector of Alappuzha. It…