A video and an image is going viral on social media where A North Eastern man being beaten up in Delhi is claimed to be Meitei and attacked by Kuki Community. Social media users are sharing the posts and the video claiming,” As usual the blame goes to kuki-Zo Community.” Fact check Dfrac team investigated […]
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The J&K Police on 15 September 2023, Friday, arrested journalist, Majid Hyderi after they lodged a case against him following a court’s order, in Srinagar. Below is their tweet. Following his arrest news, Mehbooba mufti shared a tweet on 15 september, where she claimed ,”Majid Hyderi was dragged from his home like a wanted terrorist without following […]
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The intense clash began in the early hours of Wednesday, 13 September, when the army and police initiated a joint mission to track down terrorists in Kokernag. Soon after the encounter, an image was shared with Multiple Claims about the recent loss of Indian soldiers at Anantnag, majorly by Pakistan operated accounts. An account named […]
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A claim has gone viral on social media , where users are claiming that footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has oped the doors of his hotel, Pestana CR7 for the Earthquake victims in Morocco. Morocco is suffering from the deadliest earthquake disasters, where the magnitude 6.8 quake hit Marrakesh and many towns on Friday night. Cristiano’s hotel […]
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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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