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Anti-CAA protesters at Lucknow confess taking bribes? No, clipped video viral

Archit27th January 20203rd February 2020

A 20-second video of a woman donning a hijab speaking to a reporter is widely circulating on social media. Accompanying claims suggest that she accepted that women protesting against the…

Tarek Fatah – A case study of unrelenting divisive misinformation

Pooja Chaudhuri27th January 202029th August 2020

A prominent name on social media, Tarek Fatah is an active Twitter user with over 6 lakh followers. But on numerous occasions, the Pakistani-Canadian writer has been found using the…

Video of VHP leader viral as Naseeruddin Shah’s brother supporting CAA

Nibedita Sen27th January 202027th January 2020

A video of an elderly man speaking in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is viral with the claim that he is Rizwan Ahmed, brother of actor Naseeruddin Shah….

Amit Shah asks people to boycott Aaj Tak before Delhi elections? Old video viral

Mohammed Zubair26th January 202026th January 2020

A video of Amit Shah addressing the media is viral with the claim that the Home Minister asked the people of Delhi to not watch Aaj Tak because it supports…

BJP MLA ‘Karni Singh’ toppled Ambedkar’s statue? Old video, false claim

Jignesh Patel25th January 202025th January 2020

A video of a statue toppled by a group of people with the help of a JCB truck is circulating on social media. The message shared along with the video…

Old, unrelated video viral as BJP leader Inayat Hussain assaulted for supporting CAA, NRC

Mohammed Zubair25th January 202025th January 2020

A video is viral with the claim that BJP leader and ex-chairman of the Haj committee Inayat Hussain was smeared with ink and beaten with slippers in Indore for extending…

Old video from MP viral as women CAA protesters fighting over distribution of money

Kinjal24th January 202024th January 2020

A non-violent sit-in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by women at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh has been going on since December 15, 2019. On January 15, a month into…

JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh faked head injury? Screenshot of old broadcast shared with false claim

Jignesh Patel & Pooja Chaudhuri24th January 202025th January 2020

On January 20, Twitter user Anil Jacob posted a screenshot of a TV9 Bharatvarsh broadcast featuring Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh. He claimed that injury marks…

Old video from Manipur shared as women receiving cash in the backdrop of CAA protests

Jignesh Patel24th January 202024th January 2020

A video of a man purportedly handing out cash to a group of women, many of whom are holding the flag of Congress party, is widely circulating on social media…

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Bloodstains on Pashmina: Kashmiri shawl sellers heckled, assaulted across states over faith, identity

Another Valentine’s Day, another free run for Right-wing outfits intimidating couples