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Telangana, Maharashtra videos shared out of context with false claims about Cong high-handedness in Karnataka

Oishani Bhattacharya19th May 2023

Even as the Congress picked Siddaramaiah as the chief minister for Karnataka after its victory in the assembly polls, several videos of interactions of mostly Muslim men with the police…

2017 molestation video from Uttar Pradesh shared as Bengal incident

Oishani Bhattacharya19th May 2023

Trigger Warning: Molestation A video showing a number of boys molesting two girls is viral on social media with the claim that it is a recent incident from West Bengal….

Viral video of cow slaughter on BJP flag is from Manipur, 2022, not Karnataka

Oishani Bhattacharya18th May 202318th May 2023

Trigger Warning: Animal Cruelty [The story uses only screenshots of the relevant tweets instead of the actual tweets in view of the nature of the viral video in question.] A…

No, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif did not thank Karnataka for electing Congress

Vansh Shah17th May 202317th May 2023

Following the victory of the Congress in the Karnataka assembly elections, the screenshot of a tweet has been viral on social media platforms. It apparently shows the Prime Minister of…

‘Cong win is win for Muslims’: Doctored Aaj Tak Live screenshot viral with comment by fake Facebook user

Oishani Bhattacharya17th May 2023

Against the backdrop of Congress’s thumping victory in the Karnataka assembly elections, an image is being shared on social media which looks like a screenshot from a Facebook live by…

Video of magician’s flying stunt viral with false claims about powers of Yoga

Abira Das17th May 2023

Social media is rife with the video of a man levitating in the air with the viral claim that this can only be possible with the power of Yoga. Vijay…

Meta deletes BJP-linked ‘Nam Namo – ನಮ್ ನಮೋ’ page on Facebook after EC-norm violation complaint

Abhishek Kumar16th May 2023

Voting for the Karnataka Assembly elections concluded on May 10. The Karnataka Election Commission issued a press note on May 7 containing some guidelines before the election. Guidelines for electronic…

Saffron, Green, Dalit flags at Bhatkal: Video viral with false communal claims

Shinjinee Majumder14th May 2023

Following the victory of Congress in the Karnataka elections, a video of an Islamic flag being waved during celebrations is viral on social media. The video is said to be…

Fact check: Viral Instagram story of Virat Kohli praising Rahul Gandhi is fake

Kalim Ahmed13th May 2023

Even as counting for the Karnataka elections was on and early trends showed that Congress was leading in over 120 seats, many social media users started sharing a screenshot of…

Fact check: Man dancing in viral video is not senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal

Oishani Bhattacharya13th May 2023

A video of a man dancing to the song ‘Sajna, Say Yes To The Dress’ by rapper Badshah and playback singer Payal Dev has been making the rounds on social…

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Indian media picked up Apple user’s satiric tweet, ‘reported’ team behind newly launched UI had been fired

Did Trump ban production of Tesla in US after fallout with Musk? No, viral video is AI-generated