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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…

Photos from 2002 of cow and leopard in Gujarat revived as recent incident in Assam

Pooja Chaudhuri12th June 202011th July 2020

Photographs of a leopard and a cow are viral on social media. A Twitter user Janmajit Shankar Sinha (@janmajit007) shared the pictures and wrote a heartwarming story. The story shared with…

Video from Gujarat shared as upper caste men in UP assault Dalit woman for drawing water from well

Priyanka Jha9th June 20206th October 2020

A disturbing video of three men brutally assaulting a woman with sticks and pulling her by her hair was shared on social media. A message in Tamil claims that upper-castes…

Porn clip shared on social media falsely associating it with JMI activist Safoora Zargar

Pooja Chaudhuri7th May 20208th May 2020

JMI scholar Safoora Zargar, who is three months pregnant, was imprisoned by the Delhi police under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Her pregnancy, instead of attracting sympathies, has given…

Videos viral with false claim of poor slum dwellers and Muslims hoarding food in Meerut

Archit & Kinjal20th April 202021st April 2020

Two videos have gone viral with the claim that people from the Muslim community are hoarding food supplies and wasting food amidst the lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. Video 1:…

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