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Old video from Russia shared as accident that caused death of Lars Vilks

Archit9th October 2021

Swedish visual artist and activist Lars Vilks, known for the 2007 controversy surrounding his drawing of Prophet Muhammad, died in a car accident on October 3. In the backdrop of…

No, Ram devotees didn’t march to Ayodhya to declare India as ‘Hindu Rashtra’

Aqib Pathan5th October 2021

On September 29, Facebook user ‘Ram Bhakt’ posted a video of a large number of men marching and chanting ‘Jai Shree Ram’. The men were dressed in white attire and…

Old video from UP shared as DPS Rajbagh teacher’s speech against CAA, NRC

Archit4th October 20214th October 2021

Twitter user @sdtiwari posted a video of a man speaking against CAA, NRC and politicians including Home Minister Amit Shah to a media person. @sdtiwari claimed that the man is…

Old video from UP given false communal spin; victim and attacker from same community

Archit2nd October 2021

[Disclaimer: The video shows violence and can be disturbing for some viewers. Discretion is advised.] Twitter user @p4pakipower with 70,000 followers posted a clip of a man being beaten by…

False claim that only temples have to pay taxes viral

Kinjal2nd October 2021

On September 26, YouTuber Elvish Yadav tweeted that only Hindu temples have to pay taxes. His post received more than 8,600 retweets as of this writing. (Archive link) In a…

Video from Bangladesh falsely shared as man in burqa found with explosives in India

Kinjal30th September 2021

A video of policemen apprehending a man dressed in a burqa has been shared on social media. Facebook user Shashi Patil shared the clip and wrote that the video was…

Old, unrelated visuals falsely shared as Muslims in Bareilly thrashed cops

Kinjal29th September 2021

A photo of an injured policeman and a video that shows a mob thrashing cops is viral. According to the accompanying message, the Bareilly Civil Lines police issued challans to…

Boys conversing in this video hail from Hindu community; video viral targeting Muslims

Archit28th September 202129th September 2021

A video of two boys having a conversation about Hindus, Muslims and Islam is widely circulating on social media. One of the boys, who is on a cycle, claims or…

Man accused of raping minor girl in Delhi’s Bapa Nagar falsely identified as Muslim

Archit28th September 202128th September 2021

A video of a man apprehended by a group of people, including a woman who thrashes him, has been shared on social media. The group accuses the man of raping…

Fact-check: Did a ‘Kashmiri Pandit’ stop Muslim group from slaughtering cows in Kashmir?

Archit20th September 2021

A two-minute video of a man requesting a group to not slaughter cows near his home has been widely shared on social media. The man can be heard saying “…I…

Religion

NSA Ajit Doval did say ISI recruited more Hindus than Muslims in India; his ‘deepfake’ claim is false

AI video of COAS Upendra Dwivedi saying Indian Army to reduce non-Hindu soldiers by 50% goes viral