A video purportedly from a wedding has gone viral on social media. In the video, the groom, who appears to be in an inebriated state, offers the wedding garland (varmala)…
Awareness video believed to be true incident of child kidnapping
A video that allegedly shows a woman kidnapping a boy has been shared on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Passers-by stop the woman dragging the boy who claims that her sister…
Goons extorting Christmas donations in Kerala? No, it’s a scripted video
A clip of an altercation between a man sitting inside a car and a group of alleged goons is viral on social media. At the end of the clip, the…
Israel-Palestine conflict: How the Indian Right Wing spearheaded disinformation and propaganda
“A pregnant woman in Southern Israel was found by Hamas terrorists. They dissected her body. Her stomach was cut open and they took the fetus out with the umbilical cord….
2013 Egypt hospital siege video falsely viral as ‘shooting in al-Shifa hospital’
On November 15, Israeli forces raided the al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip as part of an “operation against Hamas in a specified area”. The Israeli military also claimed to…
Disinformation, falsehoods flood social media as Israel-Hamas conflict escalates into full-blown war
Entering its fifth day on October 11, the Israel-Palestine conflict all but escalated into a full-blown war with the Israeli military confirming that dozens of its fighter jets had struck…
Nuh violence & after: VHP rallies in several states call for killing of Muslims, social & economic boycott
In the days following the communal clashes in Nuh during Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP)’s Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra on July 31, several rallies and Mahapanchayats were held in many states,…
Scene from 2017 Kerala street play viral as murder of RSS supporter by Muslims
A video of a woman being shot in public after being dragged out of a car by two men is viral on social media. The video is shared with a…
Local youth’s murder in Karnataka shared as attack on Bihari migrant in Tamil Nadu
Trigger Warning: Descriptions of Violence Social media is rife with claims about migrants from Bihar being attacked in Tamil Nadu. In one such instance, a video of a man lying…
Amid mounting Pak-Taliban tension, Tarek Fatah shares 7-year-old video of public execution
On January 6, Canadian columnist Tarek Fatah tweeted a video along with the text, “CAUTION: Disturbing Video: Taliban jihadis hang and then shoot dead a captured Pakistani soldier. As Makcolm…