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Coronavirus: Photos, videos viral with false “organ trading of dead bodies” claim

Archit & Kinjal25th July 202027th July 2020

Multiple social media users claimed that organs were missing from the dead body of a patient who died of COVID-19 in Mumbai. On July 20, IBN 24×7 News (archived link)…

Fake audio advising against COVID tests viral in the name of Maharashtra MLA Geeta Jain

Archit24th July 202024th July 2020

A two-minute audio clip where a woman narrates that the Central government is giving Rs 1.5 lakh per coronavirus positive patient to urban local bodies is viral on WhatsApp. As…

Video of truck crashing into helicopter in Brazil viral as Amritsar

Archit23rd July 202023rd July 2020

Several Facebook and Twitter users shared a 30-second video of a truck crashing into a helicopter’s blades on the street. Social media claims that this incident happened in Amritsar, Punjab….

Old image from Pakistan shared as condition of school in India

Archit23rd July 2020

Several social media users have shared an image of school children sitting on mud. It’s claimed that the image is from India. Twitter user @shaista04444 posted the viral image. It…

Calls from ‘+140’ numbers will NOT empty bank accounts; Mumbai police video viral with false claim

Kinjal14th July 20208th October 2021

Multiple videos of Maharashtra Police making a public announcement are viral on social media. The accompanying claims suggest that the police is advising people to not receive calls from phone…

Scene from 2017 movie viral as actual shark attack on helicopter

Archit13th July 202011th May 2022

Several Twitter users have shared a 15-second clip of a giant fish leaping out of the water and attacking a helicopter. As per social media claims, National Geographic paid a…

Old video from Bangladesh viral as RSS members harassing woman in India

Kinjal10th July 2020

A video of a group of men moral policing and harassing a burqa-clad woman on a roadside has been shared on social media with the claim that the men belong…

Old video from Rajasthan falsely shared as Dalit boy and girl stripped naked, thrashed in UP

Kinjal1st July 20201st July 2020

A video of a man and a woman paraded naked while a crowd records their video is circulating on social media. Hushyar Singh Meena (@HushyarMeenaIN) who identifies as ABVP Jaipur…

‘Revathi from Karnataka’ is NOT IAS topper; recurring misinformation viral again

Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair27th June 2020

Two photographs are viral on social media with the claim that a woman named Revathi who hails from a poor family of daily wage earners in Karnataka was placed third…

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Muslim husband beat up Hindu wife? No, photos of Bangladeshi couple viral with Islamophobic ‘Abdul’ trope

Javed Akhtar, Banu Mushtaq and the contagion of religious sentiments getting hurt