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Twitter account with provocative tweets falsely claims to be Al Jazeera correspondent

Mohammed Zubair7th March 20207th March 2020

Several Twitter users have shared screenshots of a provocative tweet posted by a Twitter handle ‘Dilawar Shaikh (@DilawarShaikh_)’. In the tweet Shaikh can be seen calling for “butchering” of Hindus…

Old video of UP police lathicharge on anti-CAA protesters shared as Delhi police

Priyanka Jha6th March 20206th March 2020

The recent communal violence in northeast Delhi has given rise to a plethora of misinformation circulated via images and videos. A 25-second clip of police lathi-charging a large crowd of…

Yet another clipped video viral to falsely portray Harsh Mander as instigating violence

Pooja Chaudhuri5th March 20205th March 2020

Social activist Harsh Mander has continued to remain in the news for the second consecutive day after another video of a part of his speech was shared by members of…

Old video of cop beating woman in Gwalior shared as Delhi police brutality

Pooja Chaudhuri5th March 2020

A video of a policeman beating a woman with a child in her arms is being shared by several social media users with a Bengali caption which claims that it…

Was Srinagar’s Shankaracharya Temple lit up for Maha Shivratri celebrations after decades?

Archit5th March 20209th March 2020

On the occasion of Mahashivratri, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya tweeted (archive link) an image of a temple decorated with colourful lights and wrote, “After decades of darkness, Shankaracharya…

Clipped video shared to claim Harsh Mander instigated violence in Jamia speech

Pooja Chaudhuri4th March 20205th March 2020

Social activist Harsh Mander filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking action against leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for their hate speeches leading up to communal riots…

AAP offers monetary relief to only Muslim victims of Delhi riots? Dainik Jagran clipping morphed

Pooja Chaudhuri4th March 202020th February 2021

An alleged newspaper clipping has been shared on social media. It claims that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is providing relief assistance to only Muslim victims of the Delhi riots….

Old images from Syria, Bangladesh shared as Delhi riots

Kinjal4th March 20204th March 2020

More than 45 people have died in Delhi’s recent communal violence. As tensions deplete, misinformation continues to be shared rampantly on social media. The following pictures are being widely shared…

Video of infant and woman’s dead bodies dug out from ground is unrelated to Delhi riots

Kinjal4th March 2020

Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) entered the third month in February 2020. Communal clashes between those against the law and pro-CAA groups led to the death of at…

After Jahangirpuri violence, old video from UP shared to target UP police

Archit3rd March 202027th April 2022

A two-minute video in which a mob can be seen pelting stones in front of policemen was shared after communal violence shook Delhi’s Jahangirpuri. London-based Twitter user @URScrewed_ posted this…

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From self-identification to state control: Trans voices raise alarm over new law

Four more Bengal constituencies, same pattern: Muslims disproportionately marked ‘Under Adjudication’ in SIR