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Kerala blasts: From ‘Jews targeted’ to ‘Muslims behind it’, Right Wing jumps to conclusions that suit its agenda

Oishani Bhattacharya1st November 20231st November 2023

Multiple improvised explosive device (IED) blasts at a religious convention of a Christian sect called Jehovah’s Witnesses on October 29 killed three persons and injured over 50 at Kalamassery in…

Photos of 2016 Syria bombing survivor falsely shared to question Palestine’s claims of death & destruction

Abira Das29th October 202329th October 2023

The story uses only screenshots and not actual tweets to withhold the identity of the children involved. A collage of three photos depicting a shell-shocked girl covered in debris being…

Ruckus in a bus: Kasaragod college students’ protest given communal twist on social media

Shinjinee Majumder28th October 202328th October 2023

A video of a group of women clad in burqa on a bus engaged in an altercation with a woman in a saree is viral with the claim that the…

Rahul Gandhi’s pic with Amitabh Dubey & latter’s wife Amulya Gopalakrishnan viral with misleading claims

Shreyatama Datta28th October 2023

Two images of Rahul Gandhi with a few men and a woman in a brown shirt have been shared by several Right Wing users on X (formerly Twitter). The photographs…

Video of Catholic family celebrating daughter’s first communion viral with ‘Muslim man marrying girl child’ claim

Oishani Bhattacharya28th October 202328th October 2023

A video of a man presenting a ring to a young girl at what seems to be a family event is viral on social media. Several users have shared the…

Halloween photo used earlier as meme shared to mock Gaza’s death-toll claims

Oishani Bhattacharya27th October 202327th October 2023

An image of a person sitting with a white sheet wrapped around their body and a phone in their hand is viral on social media. Pro-Israel social media users are…

False claim by Israel: Patient in viral video is not an ‘actor’, but a survivor of West Bank refugee camp raid in July

Oishani Bhattacharya & Mohammed Zubair26th October 202327th October 2023

A video of an intubated man on a hospital bed is viral on social media amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Several users claim that the man is an actor playing…

No, Indian flag was not banned at Chepauk during Pak vs Af match

Shinjinee Majumder26th October 202330th October 2023

Claims of the Indian tricolour being banned at the Chepauk or M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai surfaced online after a police sub-inspector was seen picking up an Indian flag…

‘Javed Hussain’ disparaging Hindus of Haridwar in viral video is actually Dilip Bhagel: Police

Oishani Bhattacharya25th October 202326th October 2023

A 1.30-minute-long clip is viral on social media where a man who claims to be Javed Hussain can be heard saying that there are no Hindus in Haridwar who can…

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Video of security movement in Manipur shared as CRPF entering Bengal to ‘protect Hindus’

Pakistani panelist insulted ABP anchor Chitra Tripathi on live show? Congress leaders share doctored video