A video is viral on social media with the claim that in Kedarnath a few horse and mule operators had assaulted some devotees with sticks. The users also claimed that…
Cyclone Biparjoy: Republic anchor’s antics symptomatic of everything that’s wrong with Indian TV media
Even before cyclone Biparjoy (literally, ‘disaster’) made landfall in Gujarat, news anchor Sweta Tripathi had taken Indian television news by storm on Wednesday night. Republic Bharat, the channel where she…
Fact check: Viral video of woman torturing child is from Central America
Trigger Warning: Descriptions of abuse A video circulating on social media has gained widespread attention. It lasts for approximately 3 minutes and 20 seconds and shows a child being tortured…
Namaz atop electricity tower? Old video from Colombia falsely shared mocking Muslims
Trigger warning: Suicide A video of a person falling off an electricity tower is being circulated on social media with the claim that the man climbed up the transmission tower…
Conspiracy to damage rail tracks? Old video of ‘Agnipath’ protesters falsely viral after Odisha tragedy
A video of a group of men tampering with and uprooting the ‘rail clip’ and ‘fish plate’ on a train track was recently viral on social media. The clip is…
Paharganj video: Woman slit own wrist after altercation with friend; Sudarshan News added ‘Jihad’ twist
A 33-second long video in which a mob is roughing up a young man while a woman with her wrist slit stands next to him is viral on social media…
Clip of Karnataka football team waiting outside CM house is from March, when BJP was in power
A video of the Karnataka state football team is viral with the claim that they were made to wait on a pavement outside the chief minister’s house after ‘recently’ winning…
Advocate Saurabh Kirpal dancing on a beach? Unrelated video viral with false claims to attack activist-lawyer
A video of a man dancing on a beach is being circulated with the claim that he is senior advocate and LGBTQIA+ rights activist Saurabh Kirpal, son of former Chief…
Video of Meerut boy & girl shared with false ‘Love Jihad’ claims, cops initiate action against users
[The story uses only screenshots of relevant social media posts, instead of embedding the actual posts, to withhold the identity of the minors involved.] Last week, a video from Meerut…
Couple pleading with daughter not to marry Muslim man? Video viral with false claim
A one-minute-long video has been gathering a lot of traction on social media. The clip features an elderly couple who is seen pleading with a man and a woman and…