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Video viral with false claim that Muslims scatter notes on the road to spread coronavirus

Kinjal11th April 202011th April 2020

Two videos which show currency notes scattered on the road are viral on social media with the claim that “coronavirus-infected notes were scattered by the Muslim community” in Video 1…

Union Min VK Singh cites fake WhatsApp forward about ‘WHO lockdown protocol’ on national TV

Jignesh Patel10th April 202011th April 2020

On April 9, Union Minister General VK Singh spoke with India Today’s Aaj Tak about UP government’s decision to seal affected areas or ‘hotspots’ of coronavirus. It was hosted by…

Old video of shop looted in South Africa shared as recent in view of coronavirus lockdown

Jignesh Patel10th April 2020

A video of a marauding mob barging inside a shop is being shared on social media. The message shared along with video claims that this is an incident that took…

Communal attack in Bawana shared with false claim of Muslim man injecting fruits with spittle

Archit9th April 20209th April 2020

A two-minute video which shows a group of men aggressively interrogating a man in a red shirt is widely circulating on social media. The men interrogating in Haryanvi ask –…

No, this video doesn’t show people in Brazil and Switzerland following PM Modi’s ‘9pm-9min’ appeal

Kinjal9th April 2020

On April 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation and requested citizens to turn off all lights for nine minutes at 9 pm on April 5 and light a…

Old video of journalist Rubika Liyaquat dancing edited with offensive background score

Kinjal8th April 2020

A video of ABP News anchor Rubika Liyaquat supposedly dancing inside a TV studio is circulating on social media. A distasteful song is playing in the background. मुजरेवाली है यह…

Viral audio clip blaming Kejriwal for exodus of migrants workers falsely attributed to Harish Salve

Archit8th April 2020

On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a 21-day nationwide lockdown, barring essential services, to contain coronavirus. As a result, lakhs of migrant labours across India began walking hundreds…

Old video of dead immigrants on Libyan beach shared as COVID-19 infected dead bodies thrown into the sea

Jignesh Patel8th April 202024th April 2020

A video of dead bodies washed ashore on an unidentified beach is being shared on social media with the claim that some countries are throwing away dead persons infected with…

Morphed newspaper clipping claims Tablighi Jamaat’s Maulana Saad donated Rs 1 crore to PM CARES fund

Kinjal8th April 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic has caused an economic crisis in India, multiple individuals came forward to donate money in the PM-CARES fund which has reportedly raised Rs 6,500 crore since…

DCP Noida refutes ANI on linking quarantine setup in Sector 5 Harola with Tablighi Jamaat

Sam Jawed8th April 2020

Misinformation regarding COVID-19 has peaked since the Tablighi Jamaat markaz in Delhi’s Nizamuddin emerged as one of the hotspots of the outbreak. On April 7, 2020, news agency ANI tweeted…

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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