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Video of car explosion at a petrol pump in Brazil shared with false claim in India

Arjun Sidharth11th September 2019

“Children playing Mobile Phone in the car while parent filling petrol outside. PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE….SHARE WITH ALL PLEASE.. VERY IMPORTANT COZ MOST OF US DO THIS….” The above message is…

August 2019: Misinformation centered around J&K, child abduction rumours

Arjun Sidharth10th September 2019

August 2019 was characterised by a series of dangerous rumours about child abduction gangs, which resulted in a series of violent incidents in various states. This time around, the rumours…

Old video from Karnataka shared as assault on traffic police over steep penalty

Arjun Sidharth10th September 2019

“लो काट लो चालान खोल दिया एक भाई ने पुलिस वालो का खोपड़ा (Fine some more, one person broke open a policeman’s skull”- translation). The above message has been posted…

Dashama idols placed near Sabarmati bank mistaken as Ganesh idols, old video circulated with false narrative

Jignesh Patel10th September 201910th September 2019

A video of idols, supposedly of Ganesh, kept on the roadside near Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is doing rounds on social media. Facebook user Padmini Natarajan claimed that people…

Photoshopped promo of ABP News over Chandrayaan-2 shared on social media

Arjun Sidharth9th September 2019

A still of what appears to be a promo for an ABP News broadcast featuring anchor Rubika Liyaquat has been posted and shared on social media. “मैं बहुत अचंभित थी…

Video of scuffle between men in khaki uniform viral with misleading narrative

Arjun Sidharth9th September 2019

A video showing two men in khaki uniform involved in a scuffle, has gone viral on social media in the context of the recent Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 which…

Mentally unstable man beaten by mob in Himachal over false child-lifting rumours

Pooja Chaudhuri8th September 2019

A video of a man hounded by a mob over suspicions of child-lifting has been shared on social media with the claim that a gang of child-kidnappers was caught in…

Digitally created artwork shared as Hurricane Dorian from the coasts of Florida

Pooja Chaudhuri7th September 2019

“A view of Hurricane Dorian from the coasts of Florida,” reads a tweet by Twitter handle Physics-astronomy.org (@OrgPhysics). A view of Hurricane Dorian 🌪 from the coasts of Florida. pic.twitter.com/1CgHofJ2LG —…

Unrelated video from Rajasthan shared as police atrocity after new traffic penalties

Arjun Sidharth7th September 2019

Penalties for traffic violations have risen steeply with the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019. After clauses of the new act came into effect on September 1, a video has spread…

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The amplification machine: Who spread a fake rare earths conspiracy across X and Facebook? Who was behind it?

Cockroach Janata Party’s majority followers Pakistani? BJYM secretary Tajinder Bagga, others amplify misleading claim