Society

Fact Check: Does ‘Oreo’ biscuit contain ‘fat & pork milk’ as claimed in viral post?

Kalim Ahmed16th January 202316th January 2023

An infographic is being shared across social media platforms, which has a picture of ‘Oreo’ biscuits along with a few lines written in English and Urdu. The text says ‘Oreo’…

No, Cristiano Ronaldo did not say in interview that he loved Islam

Vansh Shah11th January 2023

Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo joining Al Nassar football club has made headlines worldwide. In this context, several social media users claimed that replying to a question in an interview, Ronaldo said…

Video of angry outburst by Bangladesh bodybuilder shared with false caste-bias claim

Kinjal9th January 2023

A video of a bodybuilder angrily throwing away the prize he won in a competition is circulating widely on social media. In the opening of the video, the contestant is…

2017 Yamuna Expressway car pile-up video goes viral again

Vansh Shah6th January 2023

Several North Indian states recorded their lowest temperature of the season in the first week of the year resulting in dense fog which affected air travel and railway movement. In…

Scripted video of aged man marrying 21-yr-old woman viral as real incident

Shinjinee Majumder27th December 2022

A 30-second clip of a 62-year-old man ‘marrying’ a 21-year-old woman is viral on social media. In the video, the man states that the couple would go to Malaysia for…

No, 22-yr-old man didn’t ‘marry’ 52-yr-old woman; news outlets fell for scripted video

Vipul Kumar15th December 2022

Multiple mainstream media outlets recently carried the news that a 21/22-year-old man had married a 52-year-old woman. The ‘reports’ did not have any detail about the newlyweds but had a…

Video of Russian woman assaulted by kin viral as plight of Hindu woman in love with Muslim man

Kalim Ahmed22nd November 202222nd November 2022

A minute-long video clip of a woman being physically assaulted is viral on social media. It is being shared with the claim that this is the condition of a Hindu…

A woman’s body discovered in a trolley bag in Yamuna Expressway is a case of honour killing

Shinjinee Majumder21st November 202221st November 2022

Trigger Warning: The following story contains graphic imagery.  Several users have shared images of the body of a young woman found on the Yamuna Expressway, with the claim that she…

Fact-check: Is viral video actual footage of a ‘hatman’ killing woman in Mumbai?

Kalim Ahmed12th November 202212th November 2022

A 1:34-minute-long CCTV camera clip is being widely circulated on social media in which viewers can see a woman getting down from a car outside a residential complex and as…

YouTube fails to moderate scripted child-kidnapping videos stoking fear and making money

Mahaprajna Nayak11th November 202214th November 2022

Trigger Warning: Violent Content. Viewer discretion is advised. Over the past few months, rumours of child kidnapping have spread like wildfire in many parts of the country based on purported…