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Soldiers burnt alive: Video was released by IS in 2016; not linked to ongoing war

Abira Das19th October 202319th October 2023

The story uses only screenshots and not actual tweets in view of the graphic nature of the viral video. Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, a video clip depicting two chained…

No, Digvijaya Singh has not quit Congress; fake resignation letter viral

Abira Das19th October 2023

Ahead of the 2023 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, a picture of a purported resignation letter by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has gone viral on social media. Social media users…

Gaza hospital strike: 2022 video peddled as proof of ‘failed Hamas rocket launch’

Shinjinee Majumder18th October 2023

According to reports, an air attack at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza Strip on the night of October 17 killed hundreds. The health ministry in Gaza said the…

No, Amit Shah did not claim BJP built India’s first IIT, IIM; clipped video viral

Oishani Bhattacharya18th October 2023

A clip of around 17-second length containing a speech by Union home minister Amit Shah is viral on social media. In the clip, the BJP leader can be heard talking…

Old video of Jyotiraditya Scindia’s election rally faux pas viral again

Oishani Bhattacharya17th October 2023

A 37-second long clip of BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia seemingly delivering an election campaign speech is viral on social media. In the clip, Scindia can be heard initially asking the…

4-yr-old killed in Gaza: Israel govt falsely claims video shows a doll, not a child

Shinjinee Majumder & Mohammed Zubair16th October 202317th October 2023

Trigger Warning: Dead Body, Child Death [Editor’s note: It is unfortunate that we find ourselves in a position where we must fact-check a claim that portrays a deceased child as…

Justin Bieber uses Gaza photo in ‘pray for Israel’ story on Instagram, deletes it

Abhishek Kumar16th October 2023

Gaza has said that 2,329 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing war with Israel making it the deadliest of the five Gaza wars for Palestinians. The current war erupted…

2021 video of protesters climbing Lebanon-Israel border fence falsely viral

Shinjinee Majumder14th October 2023

In the midst of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, a video of several people climbing over a tall fence is viral with the claim that they are Lebanese terrorists, trying to…

No, Pak flag was not bigger or placed higher than Indian flag in Kerala mall

Abira Das14th October 202314th October 2023

A picture depicting the Pakistani flag apparently bigger in size and apparently placed higher than the Indian flag has gone viral on social media. Social media users have added a…

RSS mouthpiece Organiser shares 2022 Sweden video falsely linking it to Israel-Hamas war

Shreyatama Datta14th October 2023

A 15-second video, in which two smaller clips are added one after the other, has gone viral on social media. It shows a police van being attacked. In the first…

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Give me screen time, I’ll give you fodder for communal debates: Shahabuddin Razvi’s give & take with news channels

AI clip of man’s narrow escape from lioness viral as real incident; Republic, News18 misreport, later tweak story