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Image of symbolic ‘one eye bandaged’ protest shared as CAA protesters faking injury

Archit & Kinjal4th January 20209th January 2020

Since the past few days, an image of a Muslim woman with a bandage on her eye during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been shared by…

No, photo of mother breastfeeding baby through a fence is not related to NRC

Archit4th January 2020

On December 26, a Twitter user @RinaThakur_ shared a picture of a mother breastfeeding her child through a fence and claimed it depicts a detention centre in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi…

Video from Hyderabad viral as police arresting people in Assam after NRC

Archit4th January 2020

Several social media users have shared a 44-second video of police arresting civilians and claimed that the incident is from Assam after the implementation of the National Register of Citizens…

Pak PM Imran Khan shared old, unrelated videos as ‘pogrom’ against Muslims in India

Priyanka Jha & Pooja Chaudhuri3rd January 20203rd January 2020

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan shared a video claiming that it shows police brutality against Muslim in Uttar Pradesh. The PM tweeted, “Indian police’s pogrom against Muslims in UP.” But later…

2013 video from Bangladesh viral as police brutality after Assam NRC

Priyanka Jha3rd January 20203rd January 2020

In the backdrop of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a video is being widely shared on social media, especially WhatsApp, with…

Audio superimposed on 2015 image falsely suggests Modi govt jailed Muslim women

Priyanka Jha2nd January 2020

On December 30, 2019, Twitter handle @GoSlowplz tweeted a video and wrote, “Plz save these ladies. What the hell have done modi. Rt” The video shows an image of women locked behind bars…

Old video falsely shared as posters of Hindu deities burnt during CAA protests

Archit2nd January 20206th February 2020

On January 2, several social media users shared a video and claimed that anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters burned pictures of Hindu gods during a rally. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra…

Pak users falsely claim Canada deports Indian students for submitting fake IELTS results

Archit2nd January 2020

Since December 28, several social media users have posted a video of students standing in a queue at Toronto Pearson International Airport. These posts claim that the video shows Indian…

Old video of SP leader Mavia Ali shared as that of Congress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui

Alt News Desk2nd January 20202nd January 2020

In the backdrop of widespread protests opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act, BJP National spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted a video along with a text saying, “Congress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui is saying…

No, the elderly man pelting stone in Kanpur is not Muslim cleric from Muzaffarnagar

Jignesh Patel31st December 201931st December 2019

Author Bhaavna Arora tweeted two images – a screenshot of an injured elderly man and a photo of an old man who can be seen pelting a stone – along…

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Prayagraj arson: Old, unrelated videos shared as ‘deserving treatment’ meted out to Chandrashekhar Azad supporters