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Video of anti-reservation rally in Nagpur shared as protest against Modi govt

Jignesh Patel4th September 2019

A video filmed from a moving vehicle shows a long queue of people lined up under a bridge holding banners and marching forward. The video is being shared on social…

Child organ trade rumour: Photo from Syria shared with provocative audio clip

Arjun Sidharth4th September 2019

Rumours of child abduction gangs on the prowl have been circulating aggressively on social media and messaging platforms over the past two months. A variant of these rumours claims that…

Old images from Kashmir shared amidst recent unrest after dilution of Article 370

Pooja Chaudhuri4th September 2019

Several photographs have been shared on social media, especially by Pakistani handles, to portray brutality in Kashmir. In this article, we will debunk four such images that were shot in…

Video labelled as ‘terrorist infiltration’ in Kashmir traced back to police academy in Pakistan

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd September 201918th September 2019

A video of young men wearing bulletproof jackets and carrying assault rifles has been shared on social media with the claim that there has been “terrorist infiltration” in Kashmir. The…

Old video from Delhi shared as clash over NRC between police and army personnel in Assam

Arjun Sidharth3rd September 20193rd September 2019

A video has been posted on Twitter, along with the claim that clashes have taken place between Assam police and Indian army personnel, purportedly over the National Register of Citizens…

Old images shared to depict Indian govt brutality in Kashmir

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd September 2019

The abrogation of key provisions of Article 370 has given rise to a deluge of misinformation online. In the latest such attempt, a collage of multiple photographs has been circulated…

Video from Sri Lanka shared as Muslim man in India forced to drink alcohol and cow urine

Mohammed Zubair3rd September 20195th September 2019

A video where a Muslim man has his hands tied while a person makes him drink some liquid out of a bottle has been shared on social media with the…

Video of Hindu ritual shared as “cows forcefully made to run over Muslims in India”

Jignesh Patel2nd September 20192nd September 2019

On September 1, Sahibzada Jahangir, the spokesperson of Pakistani Prime Minister on Trade and Investment in the UK and Europe, posted a video wherein a group of men are lying…

Old satirical video shared as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un executing corrupt official

Jignesh Patel2nd September 20194th September 2019

A video of North Korean ‘Supreme leader’ Kim Jong-un, where he is accompanied by an unidentified person, is being shared on social media. Later in the video, the duo turns…

Photograph from 2013 shared as brutal crackdown by Indian govt in Kashmir

Arjun Sidharth2nd September 2019

Kashmir continues to be a pivot for misinformation purveyors on social media, on either side. A photograph is being circulated on social media, claiming it represents the state of Kashmir…

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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