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Old video of lost child who was reunited with parents viral with false claim

Pooja Chaudhuri5th March 20215th March 2021

A video of a man recording a video of a lost child brought to a Gurudwara has been shared on social media. The man requests people to share the video…

No, Kangana Ranaut didn’t pass off Google image as her fruit smoothie preparation

Pooja Chaudhuri4th March 20214th March 2021

Actor Kangana Ranaut posted a picture of a fruit smoothie bowl that soon became a topic of ridicule on Twitter. There is nothing I appreciate more than self made food,…

Video of web series shoot viral as terrorists caught in Mumbai’s Pydhonie

Archit19th February 2021

A video that shows a team of police officers barging inside a building and arresting some people is widespread on social media with the claim that terrorists were arrested in…

Widowed teacher holding baby in class? No, Mexican news from 2016 viral with false claim

Archit5th February 20216th February 2021

Several Twitter and Facebook users have posted an image of a teacher along with an infant in a baby wrap. The image is viral with the text, “His wife passed…

Video of Mumbai Kisan rally falsely shared as farmers’ protest ‘hijacked’ by Muslims

Archit22nd January 2021

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…

Video of man hacked to death on busy road in Hyderabad shared as Delhi’s Karol Bagh

Archit19th January 202120th January 2021

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…

Unrelated photos, videos revived with false child-kidnapping rumours

Archit19th January 202120th January 2021

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…

Video of minor’s murder in Rajasthan shared with false child-kidnapping rumours

Archit19th January 202119th January 2021

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…

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Bajrang Dal activist who ‘stopped’ Blinkit meat delivery says he was saving Sanatan Dharma

Alt News finds Punjab police’s X account shared & deleted contentious post alluding to George Floyd’s killing; police deny