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Video from West Bengal passed off as communal violence in Bengaluru

Priyanka Jha26th August 2020

On the night of August 11, three people had died in deadly clashes that broke out in Bengaluru. The violence had been sparked by a Facebook post. Naveen, the nephew…

No, this is not Facebook’s Ankhi Das cutting tricoloured cake

Kinjal25th August 2020

Two pictures of a lady cutting a tricoloured cake are widely shared on social media. It is being claimed that she is Facebook India’s Public Policy Director, Ankhi Das, disrespecting…

Photo of ashram in Kerala viral as ‘proof’ of Indian culture’s influence in New Zealand

Kinjal24th August 2020

Recently, a photo of people sitting in a communal setting and eating food has been making the rounds on social media, with netizens claiming this is from New Zealand. The…

Fact-check: Did Supreme Court change its motto to ‘Yato Dharmastato Jai’ from ‘Satyamev Jayate’ ?

Priyanka Jha23rd August 202023rd August 2020

Social media has been abuzz recently with many users claiming that the Supreme Court changed its motto ‘Satyamev Jayate’ to ‘Yato Dharmastato Jai’. On August 21, 2020, Sunil Astay of…

Old image of giant sinkhole in the middle of a road in Ahmedabad shared as Varanasi

Kinjal23rd August 202011th August 2021

A picture of a giant sinkhole in the middle of a road is being shared on social media with the claim that it is from the city of Varanasi in…

The link between misinformation and radicalisation: Revisiting a Delhi riots hate speech video

Archit22nd August 2020

The peaceful protests against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 in the national capital turned violent on February 23. Riots between Hindu and Muslim communities prevailed for a week in…

Satirical photo of PM Modi bowing to Nehru’s statue shared as real

Kinjal22nd August 2020

“If you’re bowing down to him after bashing him and speaking ill of him for 6 years, then understand that his ideology and thinking are greater than you,” reads a…

Old pornographic visual from Pakistan shared as RSS worker caught in obscene act

Pooja Chaudhuri19th August 2020

A salacious photograph of two men sitting in a restaurant has been shared on social media with the claim that the older man is a “pracharak” of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak…

RSS man dressed in burqa caught by the police for waving Pak flag? False claim

Priyanka Jha19th August 2020

A video is being circulated on social media with the claim that an RSS worker was caught dressed in a burqa and waving the Pakistani flag. Raju Upman who claimed…

Old, unrelated video of Mahesh Bhatt’s outburst linked to YouTube dislikes on ‘Sadak 2’ trailer

Kinjal19th August 2020

A video of film director Mahesh Bhatt is being shared widely on social media. In the video, he begins to suddenly shout while speaking to the media. Social media users…

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I swear I won’t do anything for Muslims, says Bengal BJP MLA Ritesh Tiwari

Tamil Nadu anti-Hindi protests from March falsely linked to TVK assuming power