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Disinformation, falsehoods flood social media as Israel-Hamas conflict escalates into full-blown war

Shinjinee Majumder11th October 202312th October 2023

Entering its fifth day on October 11, the Israel-Palestine conflict all but escalated into a full-blown war with the Israeli military confirming that dozens of its fighter jets had struck…

France riots: Unrelated & old photos, AI-images flood social, mainstream media

Oishani Bhattacharya13th July 2023

On June 27, the French police shot 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk near Paris after he failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police. As per the news reports, the incident…

Imran Khan arrest: News channels show AI-generated image as real; old video, fake agreement paper viral

Shinjinee Majumder13th May 2023

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday, May 9, in the Al-Qadir Trust case from the Islamabad High Court premises. The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was in the biometric…

Roundup 2022: How parties, leaders, media & influencers amplified misinfo this year

Kinjal & Priyanka Jha3rd January 2023

Looking through the prism of news headlines, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and elections in several Indian states were the two major events of 2022. These incidents found wide coverage in mainstream…

2022 roundup: How misinformation shaped narratives in India this year

Archit & Indradeep Bhattacharyya30th December 2022

At 8.11 PM on January 3, Alt News published one of the first articles of 2022. It dealt with media misreports in a story involving a Punjab politician. Almost a…

Nation TV: A misinformation factory on YouTube targeting BJP with false and outrageous claims

Priyanka Jha2nd December 20222nd December 2022

There are several channels on YouTube known to peddle political propaganda, whether in support of the government or against it. In the past, Alt News has intimated the video platform…

Victim blaming on social media: How Shraddha murder case exposed the patriarchal core of Right Wing

Shinjinee Majumder & Mahaprajna Nayak1st December 2022

Inter-faith relationships between Hindu women and Muslim men have been a sore point for the Indian Right Wing for decades. The alleged defiance of traditional norms and customs by Hindu…

YouTube fails to moderate scripted child-kidnapping videos stoking fear and making money

Mahaprajna Nayak11th November 202214th November 2022

Trigger Warning: Violent Content. Viewer discretion is advised. Over the past few months, rumours of child kidnapping have spread like wildfire in many parts of the country based on purported…

The year that was: Misinformation trends of 2020

Pooja Chaudhuri5th January 20218th January 2021

The word ‘unprecedented’ only mildly captures the year 2020. The coronavirus pandemic did more than confine the privileged inside their homes and leave the destitute to their fates. It has…

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Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India

Maldives row: Ministers, celebrities share images from foreign shores as beach destinations in India