The month of September saw a flurry of political activity which triggered a wave of misinformation. From Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Kailash Mansarovar yatra to PM Narendra Modi’s outreach to…
Fake quote ascribed to Delhi CM Kejriwal claims he said “India should give up Kashmir”
A Facebook page that goes by the name योगी आदित्यनाथ की सेना (Yogi Adityanath ki Sena) posted an image which looked like a cropped article from a Hindi e-paper clip. The article’s title…
Radhika Vemula terms claims of being offered money to speak against PM Modi as baseless
Lawyer Prashant Patel Umrao tweeted on June 18 that Radhika Vemula, mother of Hyderabad University (HoU) student Rohith Vemula who committed suicide in 2016, said she was promised Rs 20…
Kukke Subramanya Temple: Newly appointed official is a Hindu, shows school certificate, govt document
A newspaper clipping from Kannada daily Vijayavani’s Mangaluru edition is viral on social media. It carries the news of the appointment of a new assistant executive officer (AEO) at the…
Viral Kejriwal-ASG Raju conversation on arresting Modi-Shah a work of imagination; did not happen in court
Delhi chief minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal was on March 21 arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi liquor policy case. Kejriwal was initially sent to seven-day ED custody….
An MBA from Australia, Neha Patel now leads violent cow-vigilantes in Gujarat
On August 7, Anil Gamit, a resident of Mangaldev village in Gujarat’s Tapi district, was returning to his village with nine buffalo calves in a pick-up truck with another person…
Ancient Hinglaj Mata temple was not demolished in Pakistan, video related to land dispute viral with false claim
Two videos have been doing the rounds on social media with the claim that the Hinglaj Temple, a UNESCO-recognized heritage site in Pakistan, was recently demolished. Based on the viral…
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….
Video from Thailand falsely shared as Muslim man assaulted in China for praying in public
A video of a man kneeling on the ground being kicked and thrashed by another man has been gathering a lot of traction on social media. An X user named…
Hezbollah missile footage is from 2019, not linked to ongoing Israel-Hamas war
Against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, a video of missiles is being circulated on social media with the claim that Hezbollah released the footage of their anti-ship missiles. Hezbollah…