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October round-up: Sabarimala becomes focus of misinformation

Arjun Sidharth5th November 2018

October was a busy month at Alt News, with a flurry of misinformation and disinformation permeating the social media ecosystem. SABARIMALA BECOMES SOCIAL MEDIA FLASHPOINT The Supreme Court verdict allowing…

Aam Aadmi Party passes off bridge in Netherlands as Signature bridge in Delhi

Arjun Sidharth5th November 2018

On November 4, the Signature bridge was inaugurated by the Delhi government amid ruckus. The 675 metre long bridge, constructed across the Yamuna river connecting Wazirabad to the inner city,…

Did government officials in Gujarat pledge to boycott Muslim-owned shops?

Jignesh Patel4th November 201819th March 2019

A video of a group of people taking an oath to boycott shops owned by Muslims is circulating on social media. In the video, people can be heard saying in…

The faces behind Facebook page ‘Jay Modiraj’ – A factory of hate and misinformation

Alt News Desk & Pooja Chaudhuri31st October 20181st November 2018

“Friends, today I will tell you a way to get Muslims out of India…Play ‘Vande Mataram’ in the entire nation and all Muslims will leave.” This was a post circulated by Facebook…

‘Scorpion on Shiv Linga’ controversy – BJP leaders misquote Shashi Tharoor

Pooja Chaudhuri30th October 2018

At 1:25 PM on October 28, ANI tweeted a part of Shashi Tharoor’s speech at the Bangalore Literature Festival where the Congress MP quoted an unidentified RSS leader who had metaphorically termed…

Acid attack on bull by unidentified miscreants given a communal colour by VHP activist

Pooja Chaudhuri30th October 201810th November 2018

A Twitter user Girish Bharadwaja, who describes himself as a member of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and is followed by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal’s Office, tweeted on October 28, “Acid…

Kerala cop falsely claimed to be CPM worker inciting violence at Sabarimala

Arjun Sidharth26th October 2018

“Meet this active CPM cadre Vallabh Das from Trivandrum. He’s not even recruited in Kerala Police, still this goon was in Police uniform trying to attack innocent #Ayyappa devotees at…

Fact-check: Did an official Pakistani Defence account retweet Rahul Gandhi’s tweet?

Pooja Chaudhuri26th October 201822nd March 2019

With the caption “retweet indicates someone is fighting for Pakistan in India”, Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh, on October 25, tweeted a screenshot of…

BJP makes factual errors while ‘fact-checking’ Rahul Gandhi’s tweet on Global Hunger Index

Pooja Chaudhuri25th October 201822nd March 2019

The Bharatiya Janata Party posted a fact-checking video on October 25, claiming that Rahul Gandhi “peddled fake news on India’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index.” Rahul Gandhi peddles fakes…

Did Nehru government scrap currency notes featuring Subhas Chandra Bose?

Arjun Sidharth25th October 201815th March 2019

An image of a currency note featuring Subhas Chandra Bose has appeared on social media, along with the claim that the currency note was demonetised by the Jawaharlal Nehru led…