Safi Mallick, a Facebook user who identifies as Nadia District Congress Media Coordinator, shared a video of a man hounded by a mob. The accompanying caption in Bengali claimed that…
March 23 video from Maharashtra shared as Muslims gathering at mosque in Ahmedabad amid lockdown
A video of a group of people leaving a mosque is circulating on social media. It is being claimed that members of the Muslim community are gathering at a mosque…
Old video falsely shared as Muslims spitting on relief food during lockdown
A video where a man can be seen scooping some food on a ladle, taking it close to his mouth and blowing on it is viral on social media. According…
Twitter handles impersonating Arab personalities criticise India over Islamophobia
Several Arabian Gulf users recently took to Twitter to criticise India over the discrimination against Muslims in the country. Old, racist tweets by BJP parliamentarian Tejasvi Surya targetting Arab women…
BJP member Surendra Poonia falls for ‘oranges banned in Cyberabad’ satire
BJP member Major Surendra Poonia shared an image (archive) that looked like a newspaper front page with the headline, “Cyberabad Police bans the sale of oranges in the city”. Poonia…
Zee News publishes 2015 story with false claim of human faeces served to ‘non-Muslims’
A year-old report of two restaurant owners in the UK booked for serving food mixed with human faeces to their customers have been revived on social media. It has been…
CCTV footage of man sexually assaulting children is from Pakistan
A 44-second CCTV footage of a man in a skull cap sexually assaulting children is circulating on the Indian social media ecosystem. The video has been not been attached in…
False quote suggests Japanese Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo said coronavirus is man-made
A lengthy text message has gone viral on WhatsApp which claims that Japan’s Nobel Prize-winning immunologist Tasuku Honjo said that coronavirus is not natural but “manufactured by China”. Along with…
Disabled Muslim man hounded for accidentally dropping currency, accused of spreading coronavirus
A CCTV footage showing a Muslim man in a petrol pump reaching for his pocket to make a payment and dropping something on the ground is massively viral on social…
Old video falsely viral as sadhus take out procession in Maharashtra after Palghar lynching
A video that shows a mass gathering of sadhus is viral with the claim that the Juna Akhara has threatened a protest after lockdown if speedy justice is not served…