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BJP MLA Raja Singh plagiarises Pakistan Army song, dedicates it to Indian army

Alt News Desk14th April 201914th April 2019

On April 12th, BJP MLA Raja Singh announced the release of his new song on Ram Navami dedicated to the Indian Army. You can listen to Raja Singh’s song here:…

Vote Jihad: Burqa clad man caught voting? Old images viral with false claim

Arjun Sidharth11th April 2019

A photograph of a man in a burqa has been shared widely on social media along with a message that refers to ‘vote jihad’ in the garb of the burqa….

Major Gaurav Arya tweets 2006, 2010 images as Baloch attack on Pak troops; deletes later

Pratik Sinha29th March 2019

“News of 7 Pakistani Army soldiers being killed by Baloch freedom fighters of Jaish-al-Adl is trickling in. My Baloch friends say that they will keep attacking Pak Army till they…

Facebook pages spent Rs 2.5 crore on political ads in 2 weeks; BJP leads by huge margin

Pooja Chaudhuri23rd March 201924th March 2019

“Ads related to politics and issues of national importance that have run on Facebook or Instagram” amounted to Rs 2.5 crore between March 2 and 16, revealed Alt News’s weekly…

3 out of Facebook’s 7 fact-checking partners have shared misinformation post-Pulwama

Pooja Chaudhuri & Priyanka Jha18th March 201917th August 2020

“We are committed to fighting the spread of false news on Facebook, especially ahead of the 2019 General Election campaign season,” Manish Khanduri, Facebook India’s news partnership head, said in…

Major Gaurav Arya tweets misleading video, defends the misinformation

Jignesh Patel15th March 201916th March 2019

Major Gaurav Arya, an army veteran and host of Republic TV’s show, ‘Patriot’, tweeted a video on March 14. In the video, a group of blindfolded soldiers, whose hands are…

Staged video circulating as Pakistani news channel’s reportage after Balakot air strike

Jignesh Patel9th March 2019

A Facebook user, Bhola Nath Varma posted two videos, supposedly of a Pakistani news channel report saying, “देखिये और सोचिज। (Watch and think- translation)”. The message posted along with the…

Alt News Analysis: Pro-BJP pages account for 70% of ad spending made public by Facebook

Pooja Chaudhuri9th March 201912th December 2021

Facebook recently introduced its Ad Library report, which is a searchable database consisting of “ads related to politics and issues of national importance that have been run on Facebook or…

Zee News broadcasts old, unrelated satellite visuals as destroyed JEM camp in Balakot

Jignesh Patel8th March 20199th March 2019

On March 2, Twitter user @IndianInterest tweeted two satellite images with a claim that the building, reportedly bombed by the Indian Air Force in Balakot, was demolished. In a series…

Unrelated picture portrayed as Wg Cdr Abhinandan’s mother rejoicing his release

Pooja Chaudhuri28th February 201928th February 2019

The Pakistani government declared that captured Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman will be released on March 1 as a “peace gesture”. Soon after, both Pakistani and Indian social media ecosystems were brimming…

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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