A video is viral on social media where one can see an elaborately decorated train at a railway station. A green dome with two minarets on its side and golden…
‘Mera Abdul Aisa Nahi Hai’: How the ‘Abdul’ trope has been mainstreamed to demonise Muslim Men
‘Uska Abdul alag tha’ (Translation: Her Abdul was different), wrote verified Twitter user Arpita Shaiva earlier this month while tweeting an image of a man on a motorcycle apparently carrying…
Acharya Azad Singh Arya, the gun-wielding ‘guru’ who spearheads Haryana’s cow vigilantism
Ever since the alleged murder of Bharatpur residents Nasir and Junaid by cow vigilantes came to light in February 2023, ‘gau rakshaks’ affiliated with Right Wing outfit Bajrang Dal functional…
Return of suspended accounts, policy muddle make Musk’s Twitter a ‘free-for-all hellscape’
In April 2022, Twitter announced that it had accepted tech mogul Elon Musk’s offer to acquire the company at a whopping $44 billion, following which it would become a privately…
Hate Speech: At Hyderabad Ram Navami rally, T Raja Singh ups the ante against Muslims, calls for Hindu Rashtra
Taking part in the Ram Navami Shobha Yatra in Hyderabad on March 30, suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh delivered yet another communally charged speech rife with open calls for…
Unaffected by FIRs, T Raja Singh continues calling for killing of Muslims in rally after rally in Maharashtra
Over the past one month, suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh has been seen attending several rallies in Maharashtra and delivering speeches full of hateful content and open calls for…
Scripted video of two men marrying one woman viral; media outlets report on ‘unique wedding’
A video has gone viral which apparently shows two men marrying the same woman at the same time. Twitter Blue subscriber Mohammad Tanvir shared the video with a caption in…
5-yr-old video edited with provocative song shared widely to target Muslims
A video that has gone viral on social media shows people in a crowd moving forward on a road with swords in hand. A song playing on a loudspeaker can…
Jagran-owned Vishvas News continues as IFCN signatory despite violating codes of conduct
In March 2020, Meta (previously Facebook) announced a partnership with the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN, set up in 2015 by US no-profit Poynter Institute) ‘to reduce the spread of misinformation…
Monu Manesar: A story of violent vigilantism in the name of ‘gau-raksha’, armed with state support
“Bhaiyo yaha pe ek samadhan hona chahiye. Jo bhi Love Jihad karte hai, unki list humein de. Hum aur humari team unko maarenge bhai, khulla. Na toh hum kisi case…