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Gory, disturbing videos shared to stoke false rumours of child-kidnapping

Jignesh Patel26th August 201924th September 2019

A set of videos is circulating on social media with the narrative that these depict child-kidnappers who sell kidneys of children for money. Alt News was asked to verify the…

Old video of protest in Haryana shared on Pak social media as police brutality on Kashmiris

Pooja Chaudhuri25th August 2019

The revocation of J&K’s special status under Article 370 has drawn a deluge of misinformation from both sides of the border – India and Pakistan. While on the Indian side…

Old video from UP viral as devotees at Andhra’s Tirumala temple manhandled by Christian police

Pooja Chaudhuri24th August 201925th August 2019

A Twitter user Aviral Sharma, who is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, shared a video where a policeman can be seen roughing up a few people who seem to…

Old images shared to show international monuments lit up in tricolour on 73rd I-Day

Pooja Chaudhuri24th August 2019

After the conclusion of India’s 73rd independence day, Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor tweeted images of famous international monuments lit up in the colour of the Indian flag. A fact-check, however,…

Video of lady singing Krishna hymns shared as daughter of Mohammed Rafi

Arjun Sidharth24th August 201924th August 2019

A video of a lady singing a Hindu devotional song has gone viral on Facebook with the claim that she is the daughter of legendary Hindi playback singer Mohammed Rafi….

Old video of father kidnapping his own kids shared to fuel false child-kidnapping rumours

Pooja Chaudhuri24th August 201924th August 2019

A CCTV footage shared by several on social media shows three men forcefully putting two children in a car. The widely used message circulated with the claim suggests that the…

Police rescue woman falsely accused of child-kidnapping; video viral to fuel rumours

Jignesh Patel24th August 2019

A video of a woman escorted by a police officer with a mob walking along with them is being shared on social media. It is being claimed that the woman…

No, these images don’t depict child-kidnapping gangs lifting children to sell kidneys

Pooja Chaudhuri24th August 2019

A photograph of lifeless bodies of five children is being circulated on social media with two separate claims. The first one was brought to our attention by a user who…

News from 2010 shared as Canadian govt refusing visas to Indian army personnel

Arjun Sidharth23rd August 2019

The Indian government’s decision to revoke key provisions of Article 370 relating to the state of J&K continues to reverberate on social media in the form of misinformation and/or disinformation….

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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