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Did Virat Kohli have beef in Florida? No, couple’s food bill from US eatery falsely viral with communal jibes at cricketer

Shinjinee Majumder9th December 202310th December 2023

Several social media users have recently shared an image of a food bill containing beef dishes and a photo of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli with his family, with the claim…

Israel-Palestine conflict: How the Indian Right Wing spearheaded disinformation and propaganda

Shinjinee Majumder7th December 20237th December 2023

“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….

Old video of BJP’s Vasundhara Raje congratulating Neeraj Chopra on phone falsely linked to Rajasthan polls

Oishani Bhattacharya7th December 2023

A 12-second video clip featuring BJP leader Vasundhara Raje Scindia was recently viral on social media where she could be heard congratulating someone on the phone. Sharing the video at…

Hamas killing men by throwing them off a building? No, viral video is from Iraq, 2015

Shinjinee Majumder7th December 2023

Trigger Warning: Death. Fall from Height. Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, several images and videos are viral on social media claiming to be representative of the current situation. Among them…

Video from Thailand falsely shared as Muslim man assaulted in China for praying in public

Abhishek Kumar6th December 2023

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…

Jerusalem Post describes slain Palestinian infant as a doll, pro-Israel users amplify the falsehood

Shinjinee Majumder2nd December 20232nd December 2023

Trigger Warning: Child Death The temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict ended after a week on Friday, December 1, with Israeli fighter jets hitting targets in the Gaza Strip. At…

This story has been retracted.

Alt News Staff2nd December 20235th December 2023

On December 2, we published a fact check headlined “Israel’s X handle at it again; fabricates captions to twist Palestinian girl’s testimony on Israeli atrocities in Gaza”. In the report,…

Uttarakhand rescue: Union ministers, media outlets share AI generated image

Oishani Bhattacharya30th November 2023

The entire country watched in bated breath as 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for 16 days were rescued and brought out safely on November 28….

Old, unrelated images shared out of context to show Israeli forces and Hamas treating kids in contrasting ways

Oishani Bhattacharya30th November 2023

The initially announced 4-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war was extended by two days on November 28 to allow the release of more Israeli hostages in Gaza and Palestinian detainees…

NDTV: Viral opinion poll showing Cong win in Telangana fake; no survey done

Shinjinee Majumder30th November 202330th November 2023

An opinion poll for Telangana in which Congress is miles ahead of the incumbent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is viral on social media. The figures are ascribed to a ‘poll…

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Sonam Wangchuk arrested on Union govt order without evidence? Doctored videos of Ladakh ADGP, Leh ADC viral

Sonam Wangchuk did not call for Nepal-like violence in Ladakh; media reports, Amit Malviya’s claim false