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People lying on the road as part of an art project in Germany falsely linked to Coronavirus

Archit6th February 2020

Several social media users have shared an image which shows people scattered and fallen on the road. The accompanying claim suggests this is the repercussion of the Coronavirus outbreak in…

Old video of Chinese pres Xi Jinping visiting mosque shared as recent amid coronavirus outbreak

Pooja Chaudhuri5th February 20206th February 2020

A video of Chinese president Xi Jinping visiting a mosque is widely circulating on social media with the claim that he requested the Muslim community to pray for the country…

Old videos shot during African Swine Fever outbreak viral amid Cornonavirus pandemic

Archit5th February 20206th February 2020

Amidst the extensive media coverage of the coronavirus outbreak, two videos (viewer discretion is advised) have gone viral on social media. One of them is a 90-second video which shows…

Video of Indonesian meat market viral as epicentre of coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China

Archit4th February 20206th February 2020

On January 31, Times of India reported India’s first case of the new strain of coronavirus in Thrissur, Kerala. Since then, the disease has been covered extensively in the media….

How Hyderabad vet’s rape-murder was communalised by right-wing handles and outlets on social media

Pooja Chaudhuri30th November 201930th November 2019

A 26-year-old veterinary doctor went missing on November 27 near Hyderabad. A day later, her charred body was found at the underpass of a National Highway in Chatanpally village. The…

Old video of village drama from Rajasthan shared as Muslims sacrifice boy as ritual

Pooja Chaudhuri26th October 201926th October 2019

“ये कौनसा धर्म है भाया जिसने एक मासूम बच्चे की बली चढ़ा दी और सारे लोग खुशियां मना रहे हैं sayad ye sab log musalman lagte he,” is a message viral…

Alleged ‘human shield’ incident from 2018 being shared in Pak social media as recent

Pratik Sinha18th August 2019

Hamid Mir, a prominent Pakistani journalist and anchor, has shared a video of a group of men sitting in front of vehicles of security forces. The commentary in the video…

Did BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters fabricate reports of unrest in Kashmir?

Pooja Chaudhuri & Pratik Sinha13th August 201914th August 2019

On August 10, BBC News had reported that thousands of protesters had taken to the streets in Soura, Srinagar against the government’s decision to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its special…

ANI, India TV portray photographs of mosque in Jammu as Eid prayers in Srinagar

Arjun Sidharth12th August 201912th August 2019

On August 12, 2019, news agency ANI tweeted a set of photographs, reporting that these were clicked in Srinagar where “People offered namaz in the morning at Mohalla mosques in…

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Muslim husband beat up Hindu wife? No, photos of Bangladeshi couple viral with Islamophobic ‘Abdul’ trope

Muslims pelted stones at Ganesh idol in Karnataka? Hindu groups’ scuffle given false communal spin