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Images from Myanmar viral as social distancing in Mizoram vegetable market

Kinjal1st May 2020

Mahesh Vikram Hegde, founder of fake news website Postcard News, shared two images claiming that they depict vegetable markets in Mizoram where vendors and customers are practising social distancing. “Pictures…

No, this video doesn’t show North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s funeral

Jignesh Patel30th April 20202nd May 2020

A video of a dead body placed inside a coffin surrounded with flowers is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that this video confirms the death…

Fact-check: Did a 26-member Muslim family test positive in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri?

Archit29th April 2020

On April 18, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal gave a 10-minute speech on the coronavirus situation in New Delhi. It was also live-streamed on YouTube. At the 2:00 mark, Kejriwal…

Video of sanitation worker attacked in MP falsely shared as BJP goons attack Muslim youth

Priyanka Jha29th April 202029th April 2020

Safi Mallick, a Facebook user who identifies as Nadia District Congress Media Coordinator, shared a video of a man hounded by a mob. The accompanying caption in Bengali claimed that…

Twitter handles impersonating Arab personalities criticise India over Islamophobia

Jignesh Patel28th April 202028th April 2020

Several Arabian Gulf users recently took to Twitter to criticise India over the discrimination against Muslims in the country. Old, racist tweets by BJP parliamentarian Tejasvi Surya targetting Arab women…

BJP member Surendra Poonia falls for ‘oranges banned in Cyberabad’ satire

Sam Jawed28th April 2020

BJP member Major Surendra Poonia shared an image (archive) that looked like a newspaper front page with the headline, “Cyberabad Police bans the sale of oranges in the city”. Poonia…

CCTV footage of man sexually assaulting children is from Pakistan

Archit27th April 202027th April 2020

A 44-second CCTV footage of a man in a skull cap sexually assaulting children is circulating on the Indian social media ecosystem. The video has been not been attached in…

False quote suggests Japanese Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo said coronavirus is man-made

Archit27th April 202028th April 2020

A lengthy text message has gone viral on WhatsApp which claims that Japan’s Nobel Prize-winning immunologist Tasuku Honjo said that coronavirus is not natural but “manufactured by China”. Along with…

Old video falsely viral as sadhus take out procession in Maharashtra after Palghar lynching

Kinjal25th April 202025th April 2020

A video that shows a mass gathering of sadhus is viral with the claim that the Juna Akhara has threatened a protest after lockdown if speedy justice is not served…

Old video falsely viral as US students sing Indian national anthem to thank India for HCQ

Pooja Chaudhuri25th April 202025th April 2020

Madhu Kishwar, who has often been found circulating misinformation on Twitter, quote-tweeted a video of a multi-ethnic group singing the Indian national anthem. The tweet claimed that the song was…