A large portion of the disinformation on Indian Twitter came from fake and imposter accounts created in the name of journalist Pushpendra Kulshrestha. Some of these accounts had millions of…
Fact-check: Are majority of candidates selected in WB police SI exam 2019 Muslims?
The West Bengal Police Recruitment Board (WBPRB) announced the final result of the 2019 Recruitment to the post of Sub-Inspector (Armed Branch and Unarmed Branch) Exam on June 18, 2021….
Had states demanded decentralized vaccine procurement as claimed by PM Modi?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on June 7, days after the Supreme Court termed the centre’s vaccine policy “arbitrary and irrational”. He reversed the vaccine decentralisation strategy and…
Video from UP falsely shared as 31 Rohingya ‘elected’ in West Bengal chanted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’
Several Twitter users have shared a video of a crowd raising slogans and claimed that a “thanks giving” rally was taken out by “some 31 Rohingyas” elected in the recent…
Three-year-old news of 125 RSS-run schools banned by West Bengal govt viral as recent
The State of West Bengal and the ruling TMC party have been targetted with organised misinformation on social media since Mamata Banerjee retained power in the recently-concluded assembly elections. The…
Old photo of woman injured in Bangladesh linked to West Bengal post-poll violence
A photograph of a woman with a head injury has been shared on social media with the claim that the incident took place in West Bengal. Viral claims have blamed…
Old video from Manipur viral as poll violence in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar
A two-minute clip of a crowd breaking into a polling booth has been shared by several Twitter users with the claim that it shows an incident from West Bengal’s Cooch…
BJP leaders share photo from Jharkhand as CISF jawan injured in West Bengal violence
[Warning: This article carries a photograph that may be distressing for some. Reader’s discretion is advised.] Sitalkuchi constituency in Cooch Behar, West Bengal went into polling on April 10. Four…
Old video shared as vote rigging by TMC in West Bengal elections
A video of a woman rigging votes has been shared with the claim that this was the reason the Mamata Banerjee government won the West Bengal elections. The video shows…
Still from 2014 Bhojpuri movie shared as violence against Hindu woman in West Bengal
West Bengal elections have become a hotspot for communal misinformation as claims suggesting that the Mamata Banerjee government is unsympathetic towards the state’s Hindu population are widespread. In the latest…