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Doctored Video: Gorakhpur police warning against false child-lifting rumours clipped and shared online

Pooja Chaudhuri16th September 201912th September 2022

On August 24, 2022, a video of a man kidnapping a 4-month-old baby from Mathura railway station went viral on social media. Following this, multiple reports started coming in on…

Old video of police excess in UP shared as recent after implementation of new traffic rules

Pooja Chaudhuri16th September 2019

A video massively viral on social media shows policemen beating and dragging a man into a police station. It is being claimed that Gaur police in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti beat…

Old video from UP shared as youth protesting against unemployment beaten in MP

Arjun Sidharth16th September 201916th September 2019

भोपाल मुख्यमन्त्री कमल नाथ निवास के बहार धरना दे रहे बेरोज़गार युवकों को मिली सौग़ात !!! आज सुबह सभी बेरोज़गार युवकों को नौकरी का ज्वाइन लेटर हाथो हाथ दिया गया ◾…

Old image from Muharram procession passed off as Indian army’s atrocities on Kashmiris

Jignesh Patel16th September 2019

“कश्मीर जहां यजीद का लश्कर दिखाई देता है वहां पर हमको बेहतर दिखाई देता है हमारी लाश किसी को नजर नहीं आती हमारे हाथ का पत्थर दिखाई सबको देता है…

Selling fear for YouTube views: Staged child-lifting videos viral

Jignesh Patel15th September 201916th September 2019

Child-kidnapping rumours are rampant in the country, with frenzied mobs taking the law in their own hands and thrashing people on the streets over unfounded suspicions of child-lifting. Mentally-challenged people,…

Media misreport RTO inspector involved in Bengaluru accident as ‘drunk’

Arjun Sidharth14th September 201914th September 2019

On September 12, a RTO inspector in Bengaluru crashed his vehicle into an auto-rickshaw, seriously injuring the driver. Soon after, social media was abuzz with the claim that RTO inspector…

IANS falls for parody account of Raghuram Rajan, several media outlets follow suit

Pooja Chaudhuri13th September 201914th September 2019

On September 13, a few media outlets published a story titled – “It’s a sign that you’re hiding real data: Rajan on Goyal faux pas”. The story was on former RBI governor…

Old video of brawl between policemen shared as recent dispute over traffic penalties

Arjun Sidharth13th September 2019

After clauses of the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Act, 2019 came into effect from September 1, videos of clashes involving policemen have been posted on social media with false contexts. A…

Viral: Fake quote of Ravish Kumar calling ISRO ‘brahmanical’ and ‘anti-minority’

Kinjal12th September 201913th September 2019

“इसरो ब्राह्मणवादी है और अल्पसंख्यक विरोधी भी चाँद पर विक्रम ही क्यों भेजा उस्मान अब्दुल या पीटर क्यों नहीं? चन्द्रयान से क्या हासिल होगा हजार करोड़ फूक दिए दक्षिण की…

Video of violent clash in 2009 shared with false claim targeting BJP

Arjun Sidharth12th September 2019

“Please forward this video around the Globe what the bjp followers are doing.Just like ISIS,This video should go to all of Asia,America, Africa,Europe,Australia n the UNITED NATIONabout these groups founded…

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Digitally manipulated clip of ABP debate shared with claims that Iranian lawmakers burnt Indian flag

News18, social media users share 2-month old visuals of blast in Iranian city as footage from June conflict with Israel