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Did Annamalai promote gun violence? No, TN BJP chief’s comments shared sans context

Oishani Bhattacharya9th August 2023

A video clip from a speech by Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that the politician is calling for gun…

Hate, harassment, misinfo–BeerBiceps interview of J Sai Deepak has it all, but YouTube refuses to take it down

Abhishek Kumar8th August 2023

‘BeerBiceps’ is a YouTube channel with more than 58 lakh subscribers. The founder of this channel is Ranveer Allahabadia, who was in the headlines recently for his video interviews with…

Scripted video: Police brutality shown in YouTube Shorts viral as real incident

Oishani Bhattacharya8th August 2023

A video of a man being thrown to the ground and tortured by a few men wearing police uniforms is being shared on social media as a recent incident. In…

Meitei woman questions Modi govt’s inaction over Manipur; Twitter users spin it to claim she praised PM

Oishani Bhattacharya4th August 2023

A 2.17-minute clip is viral on social media with the claim that the Meitei woman featured in the video is questioning the Opposition MPs’ inaction over Manipur. It is claimed…

Video with Pakistani YouTuber Ahsan Mewati’s call to kill Monu Manesar viral with false ‘Indian’ claims

Shinjinee Majumder3rd August 2023

Amid the ongoing communal violence in Haryana’s Nuh, a clip of a man instigating his followers to kill cow vigilante Monu Manesar in abusive language is viral on social media….

Cash retrieved from water pipe: 2021 Video of raid on Karnataka PWD staffer’s house viral with false claims

Prantik Ali3rd August 2023

A video is viral on social media that shows several men removing sections of a water pipe, and then retrieving bundles of cash which were hidden within the pipe. Social…

Nuh violence: Multiple old images viral in connection with clashes in Haryana

Shinjinee Majumder2nd August 20232nd August 2023

Multiple images claiming to be representative of the clashes that broke out between two groups in Haryana’s Muslim-dominated Nuh district on July 31 during Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Brij Mandal Jalabhishek…

Viral video: Assault on Greater Noida BJP leader result of local land dispute, not linked to Manipur situation

Prantik Ali2nd August 2023

A 45-second clip from Greater Noida is viral on social media which shows a man getting chased by a mob and thrashed brutally with sticks. It is being claimed that…

Assault on barely clad man, women: ‘Guruji’ Nirmal Singh Maharaj’s photo falsely viral with video from Sri Lanka

Shreyatama Datta29th July 20231st August 2023

The story uses only screenshots and not actual tweets in view of the graphic nature of the viral video. A video has gone viral on social media, which shows a…

Myamnar military exercise video viral as Kukis bombing Meitei areas in Manipur

Prantik Ali29th July 2023

A video is viral on social media which shows two persons releasing drones into the sky, followed by aerial footage of bombs being dropped on several houses. It is being…

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News outlets, BJP leaders amplify morphed image of AAP MLA Gopal Italia with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s attacker

After arrest of nuns in Durg, Christians in Sehore, Raipur & Balasore allegedly attacked over ‘forced conversions’