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Narrative of mass casualties due to IAF airstrike kept alive using serial misinformation

Pooja Chaudhuri9th March 2019

A visible proliferation of disinformation on social media post-Balakot airstrike attempts to portray that 292 terrorists were killed in the Indian Air Force retaliation. The circulation of false images has…

Images of 2015 Pak heatwave viral as casualties of the Balakot airstrike by IAF

Pooja Chaudhuri7th March 2019

A set of images doing rounds on social media is being shared with claims that it depicts the impact of Indian Air Force’s airstrike in Pakistan. The photographs show mass…

Pak media/social media use photoshopped Republic TV visual to claim Sikh soldiers refuse to fight for India

Pooja Chaudhuri6th March 2019

A Pakistani news channel Abb Takk ran a show on March 5, 2019, titled – “21 Sikh Regiment Refused To Fight For India” – to claim that Sikh soldiers have declined to take…

Old image viral as graves being dug in Pakistan after Indian Air Force airstrike

Pooja Chaudhuri5th March 20195th March 2019

An image viral on social media, including WhatsApp, is being shared with the narrative that it represents graves being dug in Pakistan for the casualties in the Balakot airstrike by…

Amar Ujala uses an image of 2014 US air strike to represent IAF’s air strike target

Jignesh Patel5th March 2019

On March 5, Amar Ujala published a report titled, “बालाकोट: मदरसा छात्र ने बताया- रात को हुआ था जबरदस्त धमाका, पाकिस्तानी सेना ने हमें बचाया (Balakot: A Madrasa student told…

Old images from 2015 Kanwar Yatra viral as Muslim women celebrating Mahashivratri

Pooja Chaudhuri5th March 2019

“इंदौर में महाशिवरात्री के मौके पर मुस्लिम माताओं बहनो ने बुर्का पहनकर उठाई कांवड़। ॐ नमः शिवाय लिखक्रर शिव भक्त मुस्लिम बहनों का स्वागत नहीं करोगे? (Muslim mothers and sisters…

Second manufactured audio clip, this one claims BJP plotted to hack EVMs

Pooja Chaudhuri5th March 2019

On February 21, social media user Avi Dandiya had uploaded a Facebook Live video where he claimed to have revealed a massive plan concocted by the BJP to rig EVMs…

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Burning bottle of inflammable adhesive thrown into shop: Gujarat incident given false communal spin

Scrolling through Assam BJP’s X handle: An exhibition of hate, xenophobia & anti-Muslim propaganda