Video of Mumbai Kisan rally falsely shared as farmers’ protest ‘hijacked’ by Muslims
On January 21, farmer unions rejected the Centre’s proposal to keep the farm bills in abeyance for 18 months and reiterated their demand for the repeal of farm laws. The...
Old hoax message that WhatsApp will be chargeable revived with Hindi audio clip
As WhatsApp’s privacy policy receives immense backlash, a viral text circulating on the messaging application claims that its services are ending tomorrow at 6 pm. The message warns that those...
A 22-second clip of three men hacking another to death with sticks and a huge stone in public has gone viral. It’s being shared with a Hindi text that claims…
A set of videos and images is circulating on WhatsApp with child-lifting rumours. Over the past three years, Alt News has debunked multiple false social media rumours related to child…
On January 18, Alt News received several requests to verify a video of a man sliting a minor’s throat, shared on social media with child-lifting rumours. This is the third…
An audio clip gone viral on WhatsApp is attributed to senior supreme court lawyer Harish Salve. The five-minute audio discredits the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) held across…
A video of Sikh man criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi on how Sikh men have been branded ‘Khalistanis’ for participating in the farmers’ protest has created quite a stir online….
On December 17, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) member Bhupender Chaudhary shared an image of a child serving chapatis to people. The image was shared with hashtags #FarmersProtest and #LangarSewa (archived…
Social media users have been sharing photos of a warehouse filled with vegetables and fruit carts, claiming that this market was started by farmers in Bangalore. At the same time,…
On December 6, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told Business Standard that Pfizer and BioNtech are in the final stages of talks with the WHO to join…
A video of a massive crowd trying to board a train has been shared on social media with the claim that it’s a recent incident. One Gopi Shah shared the…
A video of synchronized water and light show has gone viral on social media with the caption, “Beautiful LIGHT SHOW In Jodhpur (Rajasthan State) Entrance fee is Rs.3,000 per head….