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December round-up: Link between elections and rise in misinformation evident yet again

Arjun Sidharth10th January 2019

Assembly elections to five states were held in the month of December and expectedly, politics became the major theme of misinformation/disinformation throughout the month. Interestingly, the flurry of misinformation was…

Fake news: Supreme Court orders case to be registered against PM Modi over Rafale deal

Arjun Sidharth10th January 201910th January 2019

BREAKING NEWS: सुप्रीम कोर्ट का बड़ा फैसला , राफेल घोटाले में नरेंद्र मोदी पर केस दर्ज करने का आदेश (Big verdict by Supreme Court, orders registration of case against Narendra Modi…

Death of priest at Raebareli temple communalised on social media

Jignesh Patel9th January 2019

A Twitter user, Ravinder Fauzdar tweeted an image of an old man who had seemingly committed suicide by hanging himself. The message circulated along with the image claims that one more…

Sonia Gandhi richer than Queen Elizabeth-II? 6-year-old misreport shared by BJP members

Pooja Chaudhuri9th January 2019

BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay recently tweeted a 2013 report by The Times of India and claimed that Sonia Gandhi is richer than Queen Elizabeth-II and the Sultan of Oman. He circulated the claim…

Fake News: Lord Ayyappa devotee commits suicide over entry of women inside Sabarimala temple

Jignesh Patel9th January 2019

The ongoing conflict surrounding the Supreme Court verdict allowing entry of women of all age groups inside temple has led to tension and violence in Kerala. It is now being…

The Telegraph misreports: Smriti Irani did not refer to Rahul Gandhi’s manhood

Jignesh Patel8th January 2019

“Smriti questions Rahul ‘manhood’”, read the headline of an article published by The Telegraph on January 5, 2019. The article claimed that Union Minister Smriti Irani appeared to question Rahul…

Investigating Twitter handle ‘Know The Nation’ that shared Rahul Gandhi’s clipped video

Pooja Chaudhuri8th January 2019

On January 6, Twitter handle Know The Nation (@knowthenation) tweeted a video of Rahul Gandhi addressing the Lok Sabha on the Rafale Deal. In the 9-second clip, the Congress President…

Not an Indian army soldier; this is a still from a winter surfing video from Michigan, USA

Arjun Sidharth7th January 2019

A photograph has gone viral on social media, with the claim that it represents a soldier of the Indian army in the line of duty. हमारे जवान -5 माईनस डिर्गी मे…

Video from Bangladesh shared as “Islamic terrorism in West Bengal”

Pooja Chaudhuri7th January 20199th April 2020

On January 6, Twitter user Jagdish Sethi shared a video of clashes between a group of people, claiming that it depicted “Islamic terrorism in West Bengal”. He captioned the video…

Kapil Sibal slapped outside court premises? No, he was accidentally hit by a microphone

Arjun Sidharth5th January 2019

कल राम मंदिर के फैसले के बाद कपिल सिब्बल को कोर्ट के बाहर किसी ने लपड़ा दिया मतलब 1 थप्पड़ जड़ दिया. इस घटना की पुष्टि करती हुई ये विडियो…

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Photo of vandalised Gandhi bust from West Bengal falsely shared as Bangladesh incident

Balasore horror: Cow vigilantes who ‘lynched’ Makandar Mohammad were known to him