“Pakistan admits that 200 terrorists were killed.”; “Bodies of slain terrorists were shifted after IAF airstrike.”; “IAF Balakot airstrike proof.” “US-based Gilgit activist shares video.” – were the leading headlines…
MyNation reports Pak army training video as soldiers punished for desertion
Major Surendra Poonia, an Indian army veteran, tweeted a video of personnel in military uniform thrashing a group of blindfolded men, whose hands are tied behind their back, with a…
February round-up: Misinformation industry feeds off Pulwama attack and Indo-Pak tension
February was characterized by an array of misinformation with regard to the developments surrounding the reported airstrike by the Indian Air Force in Balakot, Pakistan in the early hours of…
Scientists dead in Karachi bomb blast? Tweet by parody account goes viral
“#NewsFlash #Karachi Blast during bomb test in a Mosque, 15 scientists dead, 10 seriously injured.”, reads the caption attached to an image tweeted by @INA_Pakistan. It claimed that 15 scientists…
Fake Times of India tweet claims HUL faced Rs 10 crore loss after controversial Surf Excel ad
An alleged Times of India tweet is doing rounds on social media which reads – “As a result of massive boycott by the hurt Hindu community because of a Hindu shaming derogatory ad…
Vivek Agnihotri makes false claim of Nehru responsible for outcome of 1965 Indo-Pak war
“When Pakistan invaded India, one of my friend Commander-in-chief Gen Chaudhuri, asked permission of PM Nehru to counter attack as being defensive wouldn’t help. That’s a simple military strategy; if…
BJP MLA Vijender Gupta tweets photoshopped image of Arvind Kejriwal’s campaign poster
AAP नेता केजरीवाल इतने बौखलाये हुये है कि झा** को वोट देने की अपील कर रहे है !” On March 9, BJP MLA Vijender Gupta tweeted an image of Aam Aadmi…
Narrative of mass casualties due to IAF airstrike kept alive using serial misinformation
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…
Staged video circulating as Pakistani news channel’s reportage after Balakot air strike
A Facebook user, Bhola Nath Varma posted two videos, supposedly of a Pakistani news channel report saying, “देखिये और सोचिज। (Watch and think- translation)”. The message posted along with the…
Alt News Analysis: Pro-BJP pages account for 70% of ad spending made public by Facebook
Facebook recently introduced its Ad Library report, which is a searchable database consisting of “ads related to politics and issues of national importance that have been run on Facebook or…