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    Kalim Ahmed

    Old video from Syria viral as Turkish builders being executed after quake

    23rd March 202324th March 2023
    Trigger Warning: Descriptions of violence A disturbing video in which men in uniforms can be seen dumping blindfolded people into a pit and then shooting them is circulating viral on...
    Old video from Syria viral as Turkish builders being executed after quake
    Shinjinee Majumder

    Local youth’s murder in Karnataka shared as attack on Bihari migrant in Tamil Nadu

    10th March 2023
    Trigger Warning: Descriptions of Violence Social media is rife with claims about migrants from Bihar being attacked in Tamil Nadu. In one such instance, a video of a man lying...
    Local youth’s murder in Karnataka shared as attack on Bihari migrant in Tamil Nadu

    EAM S Jaishankar gets it wrong; BBC made several documentaries, podcasts on 1984 Sikh riots

    Indradeep Bhattacharyya24th February 202324th February 2023

    On February 21, external affairs minister S Jaishankar gave an interview to ANI journalist Smita Prakash on the 42nd episode of the multimedia news agency’s show ‘ANI Podcast with Smita…

    2021 Russia plane crash video widely shared as recent Nepal disaster

    Vansh Shah20th January 202320th January 2023

    On January 15, 2023, a Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal crashed on the banks of the Seti Gandaki river near the Pokhara International airport. As reported by…

    12-year-old photo of coffins shared as Chinese casualty in Arunachal clash

    Abhishek Kumar15th December 2022

    A number of soldiers sustained injuries in the December 9 clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector. Against this backdrop, a photo of a row of…

    Zee news report falsely claims man urinated in food, Twitter users add communal angle

    Shinjinee Majumder4th December 20224th December 2022

    The video clip of a man seemingly urinating into a tub of confectioneries is viral on social media. Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand published the video on its website. The title…

    No Rolls Royce for Saudi Arabia players, reports by nat’l, int’l media outlets false

    Shinjinee Majumder27th November 202227th November 2022

    Following Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, speculation about each member of the Saudi Arabian squad being awarded a Rolls Royce started circulating on…

    A woman’s body discovered in a trolley bag in Yamuna Expressway is a case of honour killing

    Shinjinee Majumder21st November 202221st November 2022

    Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery. Several users have shared images of the body of a young woman found on the Yamuna Expressway, with the claim that she…

    Suresh Chavhanke violates Twitter policy, shares venue details of interfaith couple’s wedding reception

    Archit21st November 202222nd November 2022

    The brutal murder of Shraddha Walker has been widely covered across news media over the last week. Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the accused and Walker’s live-in partner, was arrested on November…

    Fact-check: Is viral video actual footage of a ‘hatman’ killing woman in Mumbai?

    Kalim Ahmed12th November 202212th November 2022

    A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers can see a woman getting down from a car outside a residential complex and as…

    ‘32000 Kerala women in ISIS’: Misquotes, flawed math, imaginary figures behind filmmaker’s claim

    Shinjinee Majumder & Archit8th November 20228th November 2022

    The teaser of a movie titled ‘The Kerala Story’ is being widely shared on social media in which a burqa-clad woman recounts her past as a Hindu named Shalini Unnikrishnan…

    Social media conspiracy theories falsely suggest deliberate sabotage behind Morbi bridge collapse

    Archit & Kalim Ahmed2nd November 2022

    On October 30, while people were celebrating the Chhatt festival across the country, reports came in of a suspension bridge collapsing in Gujarat. The collapse of the 230-meter-long bridge located…

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