Politics

A screenshot of a report attributing a statement to senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has been widely shared on social media. The title of the report reads, “माल्या को अभी…

“ब्रेकिंग न्यूज़: बिहार में बड़ा हादसा देखे लाइव (Breaking news: Big incident from Bihar live -translated)”, reads the message posted along with a viral video of a derailed train. It…

Last month, a detailed investigative report by journalist Samarth Bansal made a discomforting revelation about India’s growing fake news problem and its direct link with the government. That the discovery…

January, 2019 turned out to be business as usual for purveyors of misinformation, who used all sorts of tactics to manipulate the views of social media users. Targeting of political…

“वंदेभारत एक्सप्रेस पर पथराव करने वाले दयाबस्ती दिल्ली से आप पार्टी के 4 कार्यकर्ता हिरासत में। यही बेवकुफ राजनीति बदलने आये थे (Four AAP supporters from Daya Basti, Delhi were…

Laughing Colours, a popular Facebook page with a massive following of over 30 million, recently posted a photograph. The photo showed a massive crowd and the accompanying words were “Surgical…