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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…

Ex-army man criticizing PM Modi is an imposter? Navbharat Times amplifies false claim

Archit7th January 20218th January 2021

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….

At least 3-yo photo viral as child serving food during farmers’ protest

Aqib Pathan21st December 2020

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…

No, this isn’t a vegetable market set-up by farmers themselves in Bengaluru

Anuradha Prasad17th December 2020

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,…

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Scrolling through Assam BJP’s X handle: An exhibition of hate, xenophobia & anti-Muslim propaganda

Pashupatinath Temple attacked during Nepal GenZ protest? No, viral video shows ceremonial ritual