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Video from Singapore falsely shared as woman arrested for not wearing mask

Anuradha Prasad21st October 2020

Editors Guild of India treasurer Sheela Bhat tweeted a video of a woman being arrested and wrote, “In Singspore (sic), if no mask, straight arrest. No sympathy.” The woman in…

2013 image of Mexican MP protesting energy bill viral with misleading claims

Archit16th October 202017th October 2020

Several people have shared an image of a man standing behind a podium wearing just his briefs. As per the social media claim, he is Mexican MP Antonio Garcia protesting…

Youth fed water from shoe for being with a woman, video falsely given casteism spin

Kinjal16th October 20206th April 2023

A video is being shared on Twitter with the claim that a Dalit man was fed water from a shoe by upper-caste men. South Asian Human Rights Watch (@SAHR_Watch), which…

Fact-check: Is this the 2100 kg bell to be installed at Ram Temple in Ayodhya?

Archit16th October 202017th October 2020

On August 5, the inaugural ceremony of the Ram temple took place in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Since then, two videos have gone viral on social media that show a bell….

Video from Ecuador falsely linked to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder case

Archit15th October 2020

A 30-second video that shows two men shooting another man in public has been widely shared across social media platforms. Several Twitter and Facebook users have shared this video with…

Video of man’s rickshaw seized by municipality workers is from Bangladesh

Archit10th October 202012th October 2020

Irfan Khan, former district president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of Congress, posted a video of a man breaking down into tears as his cycle…

Italian artwork viral as ‘dangerous creature’ drops from sky in Darbhanga after Cyclone Yaas

Kinjal25th September 20202nd June 2021

Facebook page KBC News Katihar posted a video in the form of a news broadcast where the anchor claimed that Cyclone Yaas left a ‘dangerous creature’ behind in Darbhanga, Bihar….

Morphed photo viral to claim city bus in Colombia pays tribute Dr BR Ambedkar

Kinjal23rd September 2020

An image of a bus with a poster of Independent India’s first law minister Dr BR Ambedkar and his wife Savita Ambedkar is doing the rounds on social media. Facebook…

Old photos of Rakhi Sawant posing with Pakistani flag during film shooting viral

Kinjal22nd September 2020

A few images of actor and TV personality Rakhi Sawant posing with Pakistan’s national flag has caused quite a stir on social media. Recently, a Facebook user named Kuber Kawar…

Video of leopard roaming in a South African lodge shared as India

Jignesh Patel16th September 202017th September 2020

A video of a leopard roaming inside a lodge is circulating on social media with the claim that this happened in Taj, Ranthambore. In the video, the leopard can be…

Society

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

Viral video of woman claiming she married her father-in-law is scripted