Twitter is a powerful platform through which a bottom-up spread of hate is generated, shaped, and reified by millions of users who tweet every day. DFRAC has always been watchful on hate mongering and hashtags, where such campaigns on social media have seen a string of successes recently, painting an entire community as the “enemy”. One such […]
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A video clip from the KBC show has gone viral. Sharing the video, users are claiming that the contestant lost Rs 7.5cr when he answered wrongly about the Mahakaal corridor being built by Shivraj Chauhan. A User on Twitter, Shantanu(@shaandelhite)shared a video of the show where a contestant is seen losing to the question for […]
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The attempts to restore peace in the conflict-ridden state of Manipur faced another setback on Friday when intense gunfire erupted in Molnoi near Pallel in the Tengnoupal district. A claim has gone viral about the Heavy gunfight between the Manipur state security forces & the armed Kuki militants at Molnoi Village in Pallel of Tengnoupal […]
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The Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan on 2nd sept was cancelled because of rain. Amidst this, a misleading claim went viral about cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and his comment on BCCI. A user on twitter named Hassan shared a tweet with the caption, “Sunil Gavaskar on NDTV: It should be a matter of utter shame […]
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A video is going viral with a claim that ISRO Chief Somnath was felicitated at the RSS office, Bangalore. The video with the viral claim was shared by X user, Mr Sinha who gave the caption as,” ISRO Chief Somnath at the RSS office, Bangalore. It will give solid heartburn to Italians/IsIamists/commies.” His tweet received […]
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Mamta banerjee was in news recently after her mixing up Astronaut Rakesh Sharma to the bollywood actor and director Rakesh Roshan amid the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3. Once again a video is going viral, where Mamata Banerjee can be seen to claim that the Hindu epic Mahabharat was written by Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. […]
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On August 23, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved a significant milestone by successfully landing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the lunar south pole. This remarkable accomplishment has gained global recognition and praise on social media platforms. However, there is also a significant rise of videos with fake claims, circulating regarding Chandrayaan-3. A video of […]
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Amidst the G20 summit in India, a claim is circulating. It claims the Indian government intends to purchase 50 bulletproof Audi cars for the event, potentially incurring a cost exceeding Rs 400 crore. DNA News published the article regarding the viral claim. Subsequently, it was shared on X by Saket Gokhale, a Member of Parliament […]
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A video is circulating widely, claiming to depict the alleged crash of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane, chief of Wagner Military Private Group. The claim is going viral after Yevgeny Prigozhin was suspected to have died in a plane crash on August 23. Multiple social media users were found to share the video with the claim of […]
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A video depicting a spacecraft traversing the moon’s expanse and gently touching down on its surface is currently circulating on various social media platforms. This occurrence follows the recent triumph of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission, which achieved a successful lunar landing. Shobhna Yadav, Anchor at @ZeeNews, has shared the video with […]
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