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Audio clip based on Facebook post from 2017 attributed to journalist Ravish Kumar

Jignesh Patel29th May 20204th January 2021

An audio clip of 4:46 minutes is doing the rounds on messaging applications like WhatsApp. A man can be heard talking about the lack of representation of the Muslim community…

Old images shared as forest fires in Uttarakhand

Jignesh Patel28th May 2020

A collage of images is circulating on social media with the claim it depicts the recent forest fires in Uttarakhand. “Uttarakhand is burning since 4 days but why isn’t anyone…

Old video of swarm of blackbirds outside Texas supermarket viral as Saudi Arabia

Archit28th May 202028th May 2020

Around May 27, several users on Twitter and Facebook posted a two-minute video of hundreds of crows in a huge parking lot. As per the claim, the video is from…

Video from Bihar shared as UP incident where man refused to eat food cooked by Dalit

Ketan27th May 2020

A video of a person kicking the food kept on a table while another man yells at a woman standing in front of them is doing the rounds on social…

Old image shared as roads dilapidated in Bangladesh due to Cylone Amphan

Jignesh Patel26th May 202026th May 2020

After Cyclone Amphan hit large parts of coastal areas in India and Bangladesh this month, an image of a dilapidated road started circulating on social media. Twitter user Rezwan posted…

Video of man pushing a mini Ferris wheel welded to his bike is at least 2 years old

Archit21st May 2020

Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared a 40-second video of a man riding a bike while pushing a mini-Ferris wheel on the road. A woman is sitting along with…

Unrelated video falsely claimed as hospital murders patient to show surge in coronavirus deaths

Pooja Chaudhuri20th May 202020th May 2020

A video where a man with a face mask can be seen allegedly suffocating a patient is widely circulating on social media. One Drshiv Poojan Mathur shared the video on…

Old video from China shared as Zee News employee assaulting doctor in hospital

Pooja Chaudhuri20th May 2020

Twitter user Neha @ShantiseAshanTi shared a CCTV footage of a man assaulting a medical worker inside a hospital and wrote, “Viral video of Zee News staff member assaulting doctor refusing…

Video of mother sitting between train carriages with infant is from Bangladesh

Archit16th May 202016th May 2020

Thousands of labourers and their families from across the country have embarked upon a journey on foot to their native villages because they are out of jobs and have run…

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The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links

Viral video of South Africa’s Temba Bavuma responding to Bumrah’s ‘bauna’ jibe is AI-generated