Politics

When Shashi Tharoor dismissed Arnab Goswami’s accusation as “an exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies….”, the nation wanted to know what “farrago” meant. Google search results for the…

Editorial Introduction Since the last few days, social media has been buzzing with the news of Dr. Makarand Paranjape, author and Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University being stopped from attending…

While BJP continues to rule the roost on social media, unlike pre-2014, other parties like Congress and AAP have also created a space for themselves on social media with dedicated…

It has been reported by multiple media outlets that RSS-linked organisation Arogya Bharati has promised ‘Uttam Santati’, i.e. a perfect child under an Arogya Bharati project called “Garbh Sanskar”. Indian…

On Alt News, we have run several stories about fake videos and fake news that get propagated via social media. Considering the amount of fakery out there, my personal belief…

A nexus between the slaughter houses and Akhil Bharatiya Sarvdaliya Gauraksha Mahaabhiyan Samiti, Ahmedabad, has been uncovered. A truck full of cows and calves was seized from ‘Golden Chowkdi’, Vadodara…

On social media, we often see anonymous handles get away with all kinds of abuse, threats of physical harm and more. However, what explains a Twitter handle associated with a…

A rumour that started on Whatsapp travelled to Facebook. From Facebook, it travelled to a right-wing fake news website. The right-wing fake news website created a nice infographic of the…

A Muslim name. That too a woman. Celebrates the recent success of Yogi Adityanath and constantly appreciates the ‘greatness’ of PM Modi. Very critical of Muslims. Repeatedly brands the entire…

Should a public institution like UIDAI and its Chief Executive Officer block common citizens from following them on Twitter? It is shocking to learn that UIDAI and its CEO have…