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Audio clip based on Facebook post from 2017 attributed to journalist Ravish Kumar

Jignesh Patel29th May 20204th January 2021

An audio clip of 4:46 minutes is doing the rounds on messaging applications like WhatsApp. A man can be heard talking about the lack of representation of the Muslim community…

Video from Bihar shared as UP incident where man refused to eat food cooked by Dalit

Ketan27th May 2020

A video of a person kicking the food kept on a table while another man yells at a woman standing in front of them is doing the rounds on social…

Pornographic image used to target JMI student Ladeeda Farzana

Pooja Chaudhuri25th May 20202nd November 2021

A Twitter handle @GahlotKanpur whose bio reads “active BJP worker” shared two photographs — an image of Muslim women talking to AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi juxtaposed with a picture of…

Gopalganj case: OpIndia blames victim’s father, accuses him of lying to give itself a clean chit

Priyanka Jha25th May 202025th May 2020

In an article published on May 9, OpIndia claimed that a 15-year-old boy Rohit was sacrificed in a mosque in Bihar’s Gopalganj. Our investigation found that the story was false….

Pakistani man’s beard, eyebrows shaved for molesting minors, video viral in India

Pooja Chaudhuri23rd May 202023rd May 2020

A video of a crowd surrounding a man, shaving off his facial hair including his eyebrows, is circulating on social media. It is being claimed that locals caught the man,…

Video from Pakistan shared as people flouting lockdown for Eid in Hyderabad and Delhi

Kinjal21st May 202021st May 2020

A 24-second video of a crowded market has gone viral on social media with the claim that Muslims flouted the lockdown for shopping. It is noteworthy that Eid is set…

No, temples are not charged more for electricity than mosques and churches in Tamil Nadu

Archit21st May 202021st May 2020

In the past few days, several Twitter users have posted an illustration that claims that electricity charges for temples are higher than what mosques and churches have to pay in…

BJYM’s Abhijat Mishra falsely claims illegal Bangladeshis attack Bihari family in West Bengal

Archit19th May 202019th May 2020

Several users on Facebook and Twitter have shared a two-minute video of a woman crying and complaining that the police took her brother away after her neighbour vandalised their house….

BJP MP Arjun Singh shares video of bleeding Muslim men as Hindus attacked in West Bengal

Jignesh Patel18th May 202018th May 2020

Reports of clashes between two communities in Telinpara and Bhadreswar area of Hoogly district emerged on May 11. Soon after West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh posted a video which…

Gopalganj case: Boy drowns in river, OpIndia claims he was sacrificed in a mosque

Priyanka Jha & Pratik Sinha17th May 202018th May 2020

In an article published on May 9, right-wing propaganda website OpIndia claimed that a mosque sacrificed a Hindu boy in Bihar’s Gopalganj. “A new mosque had been built in the…

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Video from Bangladesh of man popping child’s balloons falsely shared with communal angle

The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links