Amid Holi celebrations, a video showing a man thrashed inside a restaurant for forcefully colouring a lady is going viral on social media site X(Twitter). Users are fervently sharing this video and claiming that this time even Hindus are not spared. Sharing this video on X, a user by the name of Tanvir Rangrez wrote: […]
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A video featuring Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan is being widely circulated on social media with the false claim that he praised the “Cockroach Janta Party” and announced that he would soon be joining the party. Several social media users shared the viral clip with captions claiming that Shah Rukh Khan had extended support to […]
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Over the past few months, videos of an artist called BV Singh have been going viral. The songs have political themes – praising Pakistan’s military, criticizing Indian officials by name, mocking Indian media, and supporting Khalistan. The videos say he’s a Sikh singer based in Calgary, Canada. The content looked professional. The view counts were […]
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Executive Summary In the present realm of social media, the trend to upload AI-created content is in full throttle. The AI-generated videos and images hold a massive cyberspace, even when the materiality of this content is erroneous. The trend continues to inculcate a large audience on social media about Indian street food. A recent course […]
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A number of social media posts and fringe websites have asserted that the Government of India arrested Lieutenant General M.V. Suchindra Kumar, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army’s Northern Command, for refusing to lead an “anti-Pakistan adventure” following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. Origin of the Misinformation Fact Check Upon investigation, we […]
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Claim A viral video shows how to unearth gold, silver, and coins after the Ganges’ water subsides from the river shore in Haridwar. Link Fact Check To verify the video, DFRAC did a reverse image search of a keyframe from the video. This led us to a YouTube video. It was uploaded on 23 October […]
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A video is being widely shared on the social media platform X(formerly Twitter) showing how an orange-clad man is beaten by other individuals in a public space. Users sharing this video have claimed that this secular Hindu has gone to give the message of brotherhood by attending iftar but ended up becoming a fooder. A […]
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Claim A viral video shows a news reporter Harsh Rajput slapping a District Magistrate in the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. The user who shared the video wrote: “well treatment for VIP. DM got slapped in Ram Rajya!” Fact Check To check the veracity of the video, DFRAC did a reverse image search of […]
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The Maha Kumbh Mela is going on in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It begun on 13 January and will end by 26 February 2025. Pilgrims from world over have descended upon the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati to take a holy dip. In this backdrop, a viral video on social media shows a scuffle […]
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A video has gone viral on social media featuring a dancer who closely resembles legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. While sharing the video, users wrote, “Muttiah Muralitharan dances better than he bowls.” Link Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found the claim to be false. We discovered a similar video on the official Instagram […]
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