Politics

April round up: Misinformation about Kathua rape floods social media

Arjun Sidharth2nd May 2018

The month of April saw a flurry of fake news with regard to the Kathua rape and murder case and the Bharat bandh protests on April 2, apart from missteps…

Misleading NASA maps posted by Piyush Goyal to depict total rural electrification

Pratik Sinha2nd May 201811th July 2018

Prime Minister in his address to the nation on 15th August, 2015 announced that 18,500 odd villages across India which hadn’t been electrified would be electrified within the next 1000…

Led by IANS, media outlets fall for a parody account of Tripura CM Biplab Deb

Alt News Desk2nd May 201811th July 2018

“There is no truth in the (media) reports of Modiji summoning me to Delhi. The (Delhi) trip was long planned. In fact, Modiji loves me like a son,” news agency…

Viral: Fake quote attributed to journalist Ravish Kumar on Ghazipur rape case

Priyanka Jha1st May 201811th July 2018

इसके लिए असहिष्णुता दिखाने का वक्त नही आ गया है क्या अब??? Is it not time to show intolerance towards him? (translated). With these words, a photograph has been posted on…

Viral video claims one ‘Mohammed Ilyas’ arrested for Kathua incident; what’s the truth?

Arjun Sidharth27th April 201813th May 2019

A video has been circulated widely on social media, in which a person is seen handcuffed and escorted by policemen while several people blacken his face. The message along with…

Viral: Photoshopped image of Times of India article on Modi and Xi

Alt News Desk27th April 201813th October 2019

An image of a purported report published in Times of India is circulating on social media, the headline of which says, ‘Modi, Xi will mate 6 times in 24 hours’….

Unrelated video shared as raid on K’taka minister D. Shivakumar, linked to cash crunch

Arjun Sidharth26th April 201811th July 2018

ATM में पैसो की कमी के पीछे का सच ..दिल्ली में कर्नाटक कोंग्रेस के मंत्री डी के शिवकुमार के दिल्ली सफदरजंग एन्क्लेव के बंगले पर छापा पड़ा है उसका वीडियो…

Viral: Fake claim on 120 crore cash seized from BJP worker in Karnataka

Arjun Sidharth25th April 201811th July 2018

“A BJP worker has been caught transporting 120 crore rupees worth of black money at Tippanahalli in Karnataka. He confessed that this money was to be used in the upcoming…

Viral: Fake news about student leader Kanhaiya Kumar having failed for 11th time

Arjun Sidharth23rd April 201811th July 2018

Former JNUSU President and student leader Kanhaiya Kumar has failed his exam for the 11th time in JNU is the claim put forward on social media. On Twitter, a section…

Fake quote from parody account ascribed to journalist Rana Ayyub viral on social media

Arjun Sidharth23rd April 201810th June 2019

“Minor child rapists are also human, do they have no human rights. This Hindutva Government is bringing ordinance for death to child rapists just to hang muslims in larger numbers….