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Personal dispute in Gujarat given communal spin on social media and by GSTV

Archit5th December 201911th April 2020

On November 30, Twitter user @_shwetanshi posted two photos of a man with severe head injuries and wrote, “रात को कुछ मुस्लिम लड़के हिंदू लड़कियो को परेशान कर रहे थे…

Images shared to claim mob justice stopped rape incidents in Nagaland – Fact-check

Jignesh Patel5th December 20195th December 2019

After the gruesome gang-rape and murder in Hyderabad where a young veterinarian was burnt to death, actor-turned-parliamentarian Jaya Bachchan suggested that culprits accused of such crimes should be “brought out…

Parties, politicians tweet image of US Navy ship to commemorate Indian Navy day

Jignesh Patel4th December 20195th December 2019

Indian Navy celebrated its 48th Navy Day on December 4, the day when the Indian navy under Operation Trident had launched an attack on Karachi harbour during 1971’s Indo-Pak war….

November 2019: Misinformation around JNU protest, Ayodhya verdict and more

Arjun Sidharth4th December 2019

November 2019 was characterized by a deluge of misinformation surrounding the protest by JNU students over the proposed fee hike. Another issue in the limelight was the Ayodhya verdict, which…

Old video of public execution of rape convict in Yemen shared as Dubai

Jignesh Patel3rd December 20194th December 2019

A video of a man publically executed and later hanged to a crane has been widely shared on social media. The message shared along with the video claims that a…

Old video shared to claim Norway police attacked Imam opposing Quran burning

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd December 20193rd December 2019

A copy of the Quran was recently set on fire during a demonstration in Norway. It now being claimed on social media, via a video, that an Imam who opposed…

Did it take 19 photographers 62 days to capture this bird? Fact-check

Archit2nd December 2019

On November 29, Kiran Bedi, Lt Governor Pudducherry, shared a video of a bird claiming that it took 19 photographers and 62 days to capture the bird. The text of…

Old images shared as Devendra Fadnavis visiting mazaar after Maharashtra elections

Archit2nd December 20192nd December 2019

A set of images of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis are being shared on social media with the claim that he visited a shrine (mazar) after resigning recently as…