A video of a woman rigging votes has been shared with the claim that this was the reason the Mamata Banerjee government won the West Bengal elections. The video shows…
False conspiracy about ‘love jihad’ in Noida spun based on 2017 image from Lucknow
Around the first week of April, several social media users posted an image of a policeman interrogating a couple, while passers-by record the incident on phone cameras. The image has…
Filming of Russian music video viral with hoax claim that COVID is a conspiracy
As COVID cases surge in several countries, social media users have shared a 10-second TikTok clip that shows a man inside a body bag, placed on a truck filled with…
Old, unrelated news of BJP leader’s Naxal connection falsely linked to Bijapur attack
A deadly Maoist attack in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh on April 2 left 22 soldiers martyred and 31 injured. In the backdrop of this, Chhattisgarh Youth Congress tweeted two newspaper clippings and…
Mock drill of police apprehending terrorists at Dahod Railway Station believed to be true
A video of police officers arresting two people from a railway station is gathering a lot of traction on social media. It has been claimed police arrested terrorists in Gujarat’s…
Video from 2016 viral as BJP MLA Nand Kishor Gurjar beaten at Ghazipur border
A video of policemen rescuing a man being thrashed by a mob has been shared as BJP MLA Nand Kishor Gurjar beaten with sticks at Ghazipur border where farmers have…
News Nation misidentifies shop as samadhi in Malanggad, accuses Muslims of trespass
On March 28, several news outlets including News Nation reported that Muslim men entered a Hindu place of worship and interrupted aarti in Maharasthra’s Malanggad. At 4:13 minutes into a…
Bijapur Maoist attack: Dainik Bhaskar publishes images of film set as Naxal camp
On April 3, 22 security personnel were killed in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur. Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar published an article on April 5 with the headline, “Video…
Still from 2014 Bhojpuri movie shared as violence against Hindu woman in West Bengal
West Bengal elections have become a hotspot for communal misinformation as claims suggesting that the Mamata Banerjee government is unsympathetic towards the state’s Hindu population are widespread. In the latest…
Image of 2013 Bangladesh riots shared as violence against Hindus in West Bengal
A photograph of a rioting mob has been shared amid West Bengal elections with the claim that it depicts violence against Hindus in Hooghly. #StandWithBengalHindus is the hashtag used along…