In the backdrop of global COVID-19 outbreak, Kannada channel Public TV aired a show on March 14 where it was claimed that four Muslim youths in Sultan Street, Bhatkal in Karnataka refused…
Shaheen Bagh women getting paid? No, this is a video of relief distribution to Delhi riot victims
A video massively viral across social media channels is being shared with the recurring claim that individuals protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are being paid to agitate. From…
Muslim shops sell biryani laced with birth control pills to Hindus? Fictional story viral
A massively widespread message claims that Biryani laced with pills that cause impotence was sold to Hindu customers by Muslim shop owners in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. From the Facebook page…
Verification: Video of mosque vandalised, set on fire is from Ashok Nagar in Delhi
Among the top Twitter trends on February 25 were ‘mosque’ and ‘Rana Ayyub’. The words gained traction after the journalist shared a video of a mob chanting “Jai Shri Ram”…
Muslim family beats Hindu man to death in a train? Incident given false communal angle
On February 14, several social media users claimed that a man named Sagar was lynched by 12 members of a Muslim family. It is being alleged that the man was…
Misleading reports claim Shaheen Bagh empty post AAP win in Delhi election
When the counting of votes for Delhi assembly elections was underway on Tuesday, 11 February – with latest trends pointing to a massive mandate for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…
Manjinder Sirsa shares report on Pakistan’s Punjab to target Capt Amarinder Singh
On February 7, Manjinder S Sirsa, a member of Shiromani Akali Dal, tagged the Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh, to point out the “deteriorating standards of education in…
No, China did not seek court’s approval to kill over 20,000 coronavirus patients
Amidst the Coronavirus outbreak, various posts have gone viral on the internet. The latest addition to this list is an article (archive) by the website ab-tc.com. The report’s headline reads,…
Tarek Fatah – A case study of unrelenting divisive misinformation
A prominent name on social media, Tarek Fatah is an active Twitter user with over 6 lakh followers. But on numerous occasions, the Pakistani-Canadian writer has been found using the…
False message blamed Muslim community for Mangalore bomb scare
“Days ago, Jihadis almost burnt Mangalore city Now a live bomb has been detected in Mangalore International Airport Bcoz of few traitors, Jihadis are getting more power But if police…