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Fake message claims Dadar police register case against 52 people for misinformation on coronavirus

Archit2nd April 20208th April 2020

A WhatsApp message has gone viral. It claims that 52 cases have been registered by Dadar cybercrime police against WhatsApp group administrators for sharing misleading forwards. The message credits the…

Coronavirus: Old photos of bank robbery in Venezuela shared as Italians discard wealth on streets

Archit1st April 20202nd April 2020

A set of images that shows piles of cash on a street has gone viral on social media. A Facebook user posted two such images along with the caption, “People…

Coronavirus: Old video from Mexico shared as Spanish police action on curfew violators

Kinjal31st March 202031st March 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a 21-day lockdown on March 24, barring essential services. Since then, there have been reports of the police adopting harsh measures to keep the restriction…

Video of 2019 protest in Azerbaijan shared as Spanish police excess during COVID-19 lockdown

Archit30th March 202030th March 2020

A five-minute video of police detaining civilians has gone viral on social media with the claim that it shows Spanish authorities are imposing a lockdown in the country. It is…

Old video from Myanmar falsely shared as Chinese monks sprinkling cow urine amid COVID-19 pandemic

Mohammed Zubair29th March 2020

A 2:47-minute video is viral on social media with the claim that monks in China sprinkled a mixture of cow dung and cow urine from helicopters while chanting mantras. The…

Video from 2015 shared as woman commits suicide in US due to coronavirus infection

Priyanka Jha29th March 202029th March 2020

A video of a person committing suicide by jumping from a high rise building is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that the person was infected…

Old video of interfaith service viral as Donald Trump offers Islamic prayers amid coronavirus pandemic

Archit28th March 202028th March 2020

A March 28 report in The Guardian states, “The US has become the first country to exceed 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases as Donald Trump signed into law the largest economic…

No, Korean drama ‘My Secret, Terrius’ did not ‘predict’ COVID-19

Pooja Chaudhuri28th March 202028th March 2020

Social media users baffled across the globe are sharing a scene from the Korean web series ‘My Secret, Terrius’ suggesting that the 10th episode of the series predicted the novel…

No, Indian army has not built 1000-bed quarantine facility for coronavirus patients

Archit27th March 2020

Several Facebook and Twitter users have posted a collage of three images with the claim that the India army made a 1000-bed hospital in Barmer, Rajasthan in a matter of…

Viral audio falsely claims 59 positive coronavirus cases in Nagpur

Archit27th March 202027th March 2020

A five-minute audio clip of a phone conversation between two men is circulating on WhatsApp. In the audio, one man shares various claims related to coronavirus in Nagpur while the…

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