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Spoof video from 15 years ago falsely viral as Volkswagen ad ‘mocks’ Muslims

Archit24th November 202025th November 2020

BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted (archive link) a 30-second clip and wrote: “Terrorist Commercial Ad by Volkswagen” Interesting? The video shows a man in a suicide vest drive…

Clip from 1963 movie viral yet again as ‘real’ footage of Savarkar in Andaman prison

Anuradha Prasad24th November 202022nd November 2022

A 1.39-minute video is viral on social media in which a man can be seen inside a prison cell while a voice-over narrates his feelings. Many users claimed that the…

False dataset made viral to claim US elections registered more votes than voters

Archit24th November 2020

On November 19, Rudy Giuliani and members of the Trump campaign legal team held a 90-minute press conference and made multiple allegations about voter fraud in the US Presidential elections….

Fact-check: Did Rajputs in Rajasthan fire gunshots to protest cracker ban on Diwali?

Priyanka Jha23rd November 202023rd November 2020

A video has been shared on social media with the claim that due to firecrackers banned in Rajasthan, Rajputs celebrated Diwali by firing gunshots in the air. राजस्थान में…

Old video shared as Vedic mantras chanted on Biden’s ‘first day’ now viral as Kamala Harris

Kinjal21st November 20202nd December 2020

A video is widely circulating on social media with the claim that mantras were chanted and Sanatana dharma was worshipped on Kamala Harris’s ‘first day’ as Vice President of the…

Video of woman’s charred dead body found in Karnataka falsely viral as UP and Bihar

Priyanka Jha21st November 2020

A disturbing video claimed to be from Uttar Pradesh has been making the rounds on social media. The clip shows a charred dead body of a girl. Several users are…

Old image of Amit Shah and Mamata Banerjee linked with West Bengal elections

Anuradha Prasad20th November 202021st November 2020

Several Facebook users shared an image featuring Home Minister Amit Shah, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dining along with two other people. Facebook user…

Polling officer admits rigging in Bihar elections? No, video shot during MP bypolls viral with false claim

Archit18th November 2020

Indian National Congress (INC) leader Vijay Singh tweeted (archived link) a two-minute video that was originally posted by Twitter user @IndiaAwakened_ (archived link). A woman is giving an interview to…

Photos of woman killed in Bihar’s Vaishali in July linked with recent murder of Muslim woman

Kinjal18th November 2020

Several photos circulating on social media are being linked to the recent murder of a young woman in Bihar’s Vaishali district. Last month, three men from a village in Vaishali…

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BJP shares clipped video to falsely claim TMC’s Byron Biswas conceded defeat