The amplification machine: Who spread a fake rare earths conspiracy across X and Facebook? Who was behind it?
This is the third and final part of a three-part investigation. In Part One, we traced how a fabricated “exclusive investigation” alleging a secret India-Kachin Independence Army rare earths conspiracy...
With the Cockroach Janata Party’s Instagram page crossing the BJP’s 9 million followers mark, what began as a satirical campaign now appears to be snowballing into an online movement. BJP...
A clip showing police entering people’s homes by force has been shared on social media with many claiming that the incident took place in Kashmir. गोदि मीडिया ये दिखाने में…
A photograph of a building atop a hill is doing rounds on social media with many suggesting that it is a church on Tirumala Hills – the same place where…
A video of apple trees being chopped down has been shared on social media with the claim that the Indian government is destroying apple gardens in Kashmir after the recent…
A video of a girl being brutally thrashed by a man is viral on social media. Several people have merely shared the video without giving any context – “इस वीडीओ को…
On August 9, Facebook user Prakash Kundra posted two photographs and a video of a man who is taken hostage by a mob. Sharing the video, Kundra claimed that the…
A video of a man, who is seated along with three other individuals, being interrogated by a group of men (behind the camera) is being shared on social media with…
A broadcast by Pakistani News channel 92 News HD is viral with the claim that RSS, Bajrang Dal, VHP and Shiv Sena goons, disguised as Indian army men, are in J&K…
Several news organisations such as Zee News, Navbharat Times, Patrika and Punjab Kesari have published a video which has gone viral on social media. In the video, a woman can…
A video where masked men wearing black coloured t-shirts that says ‘police’ are charging at women is viral on Facebook with the claim that these were Bajrang Dal, RSS, VHP…