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    Pooja Chaudhuri

    The year that was: Misinformation trends of 2020

    5th 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...
    The year that was: Misinformation trends of 2020
    Pooja Chaudhuri

    Shahrukh Khan removed from Jio ads? – How a web of imposter accounts amplified misinformation

    26th June 2020
    In the past few weeks, multiple Twitter accounts impersonating prominent individuals have successfully amassed thousands of likes and retweets. Several people have fallen for these handles despite each of them...
    Shahrukh Khan removed from Jio ads? – How a web of imposter accounts amplified misinformation

    July round-up: Misinformation weaponised to attack minorities

    Arjun Sidharth2nd August 2018

    The month of August saw the full range of misinformation and disinformation at play- fake quotations ascribed to public figures, photoshopped images targeting political leaders, misinformation with the objective of…

    Prashant Patel Umrao and his countless trysts with misinformation

    Pooja Chaudhuri18th July 20189th September 2021

    “Avoid committing the mistake of posting fake content online to avoid losing credibility,” were the words of advice of BJP chief Amit Shah to his party’s “social media warriors” on June…

    Hindu khatre mein hai? How the fake news ecosystem targets minorities to create a fear psychosis

    Arjun Sidharth8th July 20189th July 2018

    Social media has become a convenient medium for purveyors of misinformation. Fake news has grown manifold, a large proportion of which is dominated by information which is communal in nature…

    Tanvi Seth

    A roundup of rumour-mongering on the ‘Tanvi Seth passport issue’

    Pooja Chaudhuri6th July 20189th July 2018

    On June 20, Tanvi Seth, in a series of tweets, informed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj that she and her husband were allegedly humiliated by Lucknow passport officer Vikas Mishra for…

    Postcard ‘News’ – A mega factory of fake news that continues to spew venom

    Arjun Sidharth6th July 20189th July 2018

    Postcard News, synonymous with misinformation in the garb of news, continues to post with impunity content which is communal in nature, provocative in tone and mostly untrue. In 2017, Alt…

    June round-up: Rampant child abduction rumours result in mob-lynching incidents across country

    Arjun Sidharth3rd July 20189th July 2018

    June turned out to be ominous insofar as the sinister impact of misinformation is concerned. Rumours of child abductors abounded in various states, shared via WhatsApp. The suspicion, mistrust and…

    Facebook page ‘BJP All India’: Serial purveyor of fake news

    Pooja Chaudhuri28th June 20189th July 2018

    Hours after former president Pranab Mukherjee addressed RSS cadres at an event in Nagpur, a photoshopped image of him wearing the black RSS cap, with his arm lifted, began circulating…

    May round-up: The undeniable link between fake news industry and elections

    Alt News Desk9th June 20189th July 2018

    May 2018 started off on a rather hilarious note for the fake news industry with multiple media organizations falling for a parody account of Tripura Chief Minister, Biplab Deb. But…

    Alt News chronicles the most viral fake news in the run up to Karnataka elections

    Arjun Sidharth12th May 20189th July 2018

    The assembly election in Karnataka may well represent a watershed moment in Indian politics. Karnataka stands between the Congress party and oblivion as the last big state still within the…

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