On January 6, Twitter user Jagdish Sethi shared a video of clashes between a group of people, claiming that it depicted “Islamic terrorism in West Bengal”. He captioned the video…
Were Hindus in Pakistan attacked by the police? 2013 video viral with false claim
[Update: This article was published on January 7, 2019 and has been updated with latest posts propagating the same misinformation] A widely circulating video on social media has been shared…
Clipped video: Nirmala Sitharaman did not say, “Pradhan mantri chor hai”
On January 4, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave a two-hour-long speech in the Lok Sabha answering Congress’ allegation on the Rafale deal. After her speech in Lok Sabha, a 4-second…
Kapil Sibal slapped outside court premises? No, he was accidentally hit by a microphone
कल राम मंदिर के फैसले के बाद कपिल सिब्बल को कोर्ट के बाहर किसी ने लपड़ा दिया मतलब 1 थप्पड़ जड़ दिया. इस घटना की पुष्टि करती हुई ये विडियो…
Misinformation by Indian mainstream media – Top stories 2018
2018 marked yet another year when confidence and trust in mainstream media took a hit. There were a number of instances where top news organisations ended up disseminating misinformation, wittingly…
Yogi Adityanath tweets “No riots during my tenture”: A fact-check
“मार्च में मेरे शासनकाल के दो वर्ष पूरे होंगे। मेरे अब तक के शासन में, कोई दंगा नहीं हुआ है। (In March, two years of my term will be completed….
Person thrashed by Chinese army for possessing Quran? No, video from Indonesia
A video of a person being beaten up by another person in a military uniform was posted on Twitter with the claim that the person being thrashed is a Uighur…
Video of a martyr’s family mourning his death shared with false, malicious communal angle
“आ गई कांग्रेस सरकार हो गया बलात्कार शुरू ए विडीयो राजस्थान का हे एक हिन्दू लडकी को मारा ओर घर मे लेजाकर बलात्कार किया वहा कि पूलीस भी कूछ नही…
Woman in uniform in photo with Nirmala Sitharaman not her daughter; false claim viral again
The photograph of a woman in Army uniform standing next to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is being shared on social media with the claim that she is the minister’s daughter…
Janam TV falsely links IS-Al Qaeda to annual functions in Kerala college
“IS – Al Qaeda organizations take roots in Kerala; in the Capital, students demonstrate raising flags of these terror organizations- translated”, read the headline of a news report published by…