UP’s Madrasa Education Act: Arab news shares misleading claim of Madrasa being Banned in UP, Read the Fact Check

Multiple media outlets have published articles with the headline “India court effectively bans madrasas in big state before election”. Media outlets like Arab News, Reuters, The Independent and CNN have published the news with the headline. Fact Check We investigated the viral headline in association with the recent High Court order. The Allahabad High Court […]

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Recent Circulation of Video Depicting Elderly Man's Assault is 2 year old incident

Recent Circulation of Video Depicting Elderly Man’s Assault is 2 year old incident

A disturbing video has gone viral on social media platform X showing a group of men brutally assaulting an elderly man and cutting off his beard. The account named The Saviour with 201.7K followers shared the video. The user wrote the caption, “Elderly man brutally assaulted by Hindu extremists and forced to shave off his beard” The archived link can be […]

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Cow Worshippers to Pajeets: Analysing the Lexicon of Dangerous Hate speech online

In the vast expanse of cyberspace, speech flows with minimal restrictions, offering a seemingly utopian playground for the expression of ideas. However, this freedom often leads to the accrual of hate speech, particularly targeting identifiable groups. Our report delves into the realm of hate speech directed at Indian communities, aiming to dissect the lexicon used and its […]

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Fake Claim of Complete Shutdown Peddled Ahead of Prime Minister’s Visit to Kashmir

Soon after PM Modi’s Kashmir visit was announced,  Pakistan‘s propaganda accounts found a new task to flood the internet with misleading news. A claim was shared stating, “Complete shutdown Observed in Kashmir on PM Modi’s Visit Day”. Multiple Pakistani accounts were found to share this claim. Beside these accounts, Pakistan Media houses also published the […]

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