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Old video from Rajasthan falsely shared as poor women lifted and raped

Jignesh Patel9th December 20199th December 2019

A video is widely circulating on social media where two men can be seen attempting to take a girl hostage while an elderly woman tries to stop the duo. Both…

Clipped image of e-paper shared with false claim of RBI scrapping Rs 2000 note after Dec 31

Arjun Sidharth9th December 20199th December 2019

An image of what appears to be a newspaper article has been shared widely on WhatsApp. The headline of this article is ‘31 दिसंबर के बाद बदले नहीं जा सकेंगे…

Image from 2017 shared as woman raped and beheaded in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Pooja Chaudhuri7th December 2019

Images of a corpse of a beheaded woman lying supine are widely circulating on social media with the claim that the body of a gang-rape victim was found in a…

Media misreports image from 2015 as photograph of Hyderabad encounter

Arjun Sidharth6th December 2019

In the early hours of December 6, news emerged that the four accused in the Hyderabad rape and murder case were gunned down in a police encounter, close to the…

Video from Brazil showing man assaulting young girl shared as Rajasthan

Arjun Sidharth6th December 20197th December 2019

अगर आपकी आत्मा में इंसानियत जिंदा हो तो शेयर जरूर करना यह वीडियो कल्याणपुर राजस्थान का है इस औरत को किस तरह प्रताड़ित किया जा रहा है पूरे परिवार के…

Modi govt introduces new law awarding death penalty for rape? Clipped video, misleading claim

Pooja Chaudhuri6th December 20196th December 2019

A 19-second clip of president Ram Nath Kovind is massively viral on social media with a message claiming that the Narendra Modi-led BJP government has introduced a new law that…

Digitally-created artwork showing a hurricane shared as powers of ‘Buddhist God’

Pooja Chaudhuri6th December 20197th December 2019

A Twitter handle @NioZenji shared a video and wrote, “man-made buildings are no match for nature/heaven’s power.” He further wrote, “The Mighty Buddhist God Vajrapani & Indradeva wield the power of Lightning…

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BJP MP Nirahua said, ‘Modiji & Yogiji curbed unemployment by not having children.’ The video is NOT a deepfake

Fake newspaper clip on Siddaramaiah’s statement on Muslim votes viral