Disinformation, falsehoods flood social media as Israel-Hamas conflict escalates into full-blown war
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...
Rajasthan compensation to Kanhaiya Lal & Iqbal: ‘Discrimination’ claim false
On September 29, two youths named Iqbal and Rahul were involved in a bike collision in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Following the accident, they got into a fight with each other. When...
A widely reported news of March 18 claimed that Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan got a self-quarantine stamp on his hand. Below is a tweet by Delhi Times which says that Bachchan…
A two-dimensional image of the globe has gone viral on social media. It shows nine cities highlighted in Chinese text. Along with the viral image, users have claimed, “Strange eerie…
“Is Coranavirus a biological Weapon developed by the Chinese called Wuhan -400? This book was published in 1981. Do read the excerpt,” reads a tweet by Congress MP Manish Tiwari….
Several users have shared a PDF file or its screenshot which appears to be a notice from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The subject line…
Several Facebook and Twitter users have uploaded an image of a girl surrounded by police officers. It is claimed that she is the “first Muslim woman SP (superintendent of police)…
AAP councillor Tahir Hussain has been linked with the murder of IB staffer Ankit Sharma who was found dead in a drain close to Hussain’s house on February 26. Since…
On March 4, Facebook page ‘Humans of Hindutva’ shared two images (archive link) of a television screen tuned in to Aaj Tak. In the first image, we can see “Alcohol…
On the occasion of Mahashivratri, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya tweeted (archive link) an image of a temple decorated with colourful lights and wrote, “After decades of darkness, Shankaracharya…
The news of discovery of gold mines with 3,500 tonnes of gold reserve in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district first broke on the Feb 20th in regional papers. By February 22nd,…
A video depicting police lathi-charge on unarmed students inside Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university began circulating on social media since February 15. The lathi-charge took place on December 15 –…