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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 202324th April 2023

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 not…

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…

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…

Scripted video falsely believed to be depicting genuine ‘FASTag scam’

Abhishek Kumar29th June 2022

A video of a young boy cleaning the windshield of a car is making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the boy stole money through the…

Facebook fails to terminate hate speech propagator Suresh Rajput, YouTube suspends his channel

Pooja Chaudhuri25th November 202111th February 2022

On November 9, Yati Narsinghanad disciple Suresh Rajput uploaded a video on Facebook about AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi, where he referred to Muslims as “pigs” and termed the violence against…

Video game showing MiG aircraft landing believed to be real

Kalim Ahmed12th July 2021

A video clip of a fighter jet landing on a dam is being widely circulated on social media with the claim that it is a “MiG aircraft”. The video is…

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

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