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Video of police lathi-charge during Durga idol immersion is from Bihar

Archit29th October 2020

A two-minute video of men dressed in camouflage uniform attacking a group of people huddled up around an idol of Hindu deity Durga is circulating on Facebook. Around October 27,…

Old video from Turkey viral as French police stop Muslim public prayers after teacher’s killing

Archit29th October 202029th October 2020

Recent comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron on Islam, after a middle school teacher was killed for showing cartoons of the Prophet, has led to a backlash from several…

Fact-check: Does this photo depict attack on Ramlila program in Punjab?

Kinjal28th October 2020

Hindu festival of Dussehra was recently celebrated with small gatherings in many parts of the country. Ravana Dahan and Ramlila programs were also held even as the crowd was solemn…

Old video falsely viral as Muslims set ablaze French embassy in Sudan after Paris beheading

Priyanka Jha28th October 2020

A video is being shared on social media with the claim that Muslims set fire to the French embassy in Sudan. It is being suggested that the embassy was set…

Old video from Yemen falsely shared as Chechen Muslims protesting against France

Archit27th October 2020

Several Twitter users have posted a video of a large gathering of people from the Muslim community with the claim, “Chechen Muslims protest against France and expressing devotion to the…

Most Facebook fact-checking partners in India fail to fact-check BJP-led misinformation

Pooja Chaudhuri25th October 202026th October 2020

Social media giant Facebook has repeatedly come under the scanner after multiple reports of the company evading responsibility for hateful content and misinformation thriving on the platform. A Buzzfeed report…

Old video of protest by Muslim community in Paris revived after French teacher’s killing

Pooja Chaudhuri24th October 2020

French teacher Samuel Paty was recently beheaded in Paris by 18-year-old teenager Abdoulakh Anzorov. Paty had shown caricatures of Prophet Mohammed during a class on freedom of expression, in relation…

Satirical post claiming Muslims secured top 5 ranks in NEET believed to be true

Archit23rd October 202024th October 2020

Last month, Sudarshan News broadcasted a bulletin replete with misinformation to falsely propagate that Muslim candidates are favoured in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations. Alt News published a…

Old videos of sexual abuse in Pakistan shared to target madrasas in India

Priyanka Jha23rd October 20208th October 2021

Two videos have recently gone viral on social media. In the first, a man is seen physically abusing a girl. A user named Uma Shankar Rajput shared the clip, writing,…

No, Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh’s men did not disrupt Durga Puja in Mumbai in this video

Kinjal21st October 2020

A 32-second video is viral with the claim that ‘Jihadis’ went inside a Durga Puja pandal in Mumbai and interrupted the festivities. In the video, a man wearing a blue…

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