Fake news reports misusing photos of celebrities with phishing links inundate X
Recently, fake ads misusing the identities of Indian celebrities have proliferated on social media. Well-known personalities such as singer Shreya Ghoshal and actress Rashmika Mandanna have been targeted in these...
BJP proxy page ‘Maha Bighadi’ runs divisive communal political ads ahead of Maharashtra election
Assembly elections are scheduled in Maharashtra for this year, with polling set to take place in a single phase on November 20, followed by vote counting on November 23. However,...
With the 2024 Lok Sabha elections barely a few weeks away, political campaigns have reached a fever pitch both on the ground and virtually. With India ranking very high on…
[Trigger Warning: Violent and graphic content] As India gears up for the general elections 2024, the polling for which is to be held in seven phases from April 19 to…
On August 23, India made history as Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed near the south pole of the moon. Soon after this, as the mainstream and social media saw a deluge of…
In a historic first, India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s Vikram lander touched down near the moon’s little-explored south pole at 6.04 pm on August 23. Following the incident, a clip from a…
‘BeerBiceps’ is a YouTube channel with more than 58 lakh subscribers. The founder of this channel is Ranveer Allahabadia, who was in the headlines recently for his video interviews with…
In April 2022, Twitter announced that it had accepted tech mogul Elon Musk’s offer to acquire the company at a whopping $44 billion, following which it would become a privately…
A public interest announcement apparently made by the Indian Oil Corporation is viral in different languages on various social media platforms. The said announcement warns vehicle owners and users against…
In an in-depth report published on April 3, Alt News exposed how 23 websites hosted on a single IP address (13.232.63.153) spent crores of rupees creating ‘disclaimers’ to run political…
For the last few years, political propaganda on social media has been a part and parcel of electoral politics across the world. Alongside that, advertising has become an important tool…
The US Military shot down what they called a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on February 4, 2023. The US government had been tracking this balloon…