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BJP way ahead of others in political ad spending on Meta; proxy pages spent more than official ones

Abhishek Kumar2nd April 20242nd April 2024

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…

Exclusive: Meta allowed advertisement glorifying violence, ad shows live shooting

Abhishek Kumar22nd March 2024

[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…

‘NASA footage’, ‘Ashoka Stambh on lunar surface’: Fake visuals related to Chandrayaan 3 flood social media

Oishani Bhattacharya28th August 2023

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…

No, BBC did not criticize Chandrayaan 3. Old clip viral; false report by Times Now, India TV, Zee News & other outlets

Indradeep Bhattacharyya25th August 202325th August 2023

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…

Hate, harassment, misinfo–BeerBiceps interview of J Sai Deepak has it all, but YouTube refuses to take it down

Abhishek Kumar8th August 2023

‘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…

Return of suspended accounts, policy muddle make Musk’s Twitter a ‘free-for-all hellscape’

Kalim Ahmed2nd May 20232nd May 2023

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…

It’s safe to fill your fuel tank to the max in summer, viral Indian Oil notice is fake

Oishani Bhattacharya24th April 202319th February 2024

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…

BJP propaganda websites that went down after Alt News report are back live

Abhishek Kumar14th April 2023

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…

Exclusive: Network of shadow Facebook pages spending crores on ads to target Oppn are connected to BJP

Abhishek Kumar4th April 202317th April 2023

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…

Digital artist’s work posted on Instagram viral as close-up of Chinese spy balloon over US

Vansh Shah22nd February 2023

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…

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Fake news reports misusing photos of celebrities with phishing links inundate X

BJP proxy page ‘Maha Bighadi’ runs divisive communal political ads ahead of Maharashtra election