The G7 Summit held on June 11 to June 13, 2021 in the UK aimed at uniting leading democracies to help global recovery from the coronavirus and create a greener, more prosperous future. The summit took place in Cornwall. There is currently a surge in cases in all of United Kingdom and some verified media […]
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It is becoming increasingly difficult to trust even the most reputable news media outlets online. Misinformation seems to be the order of the day. News outlets are something on which we depend on our daily news to know what is happening in this world and our country. If even these credible outlets start spreading fake […]
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A viral picture of Mirabai Chanu standing in front of a banner is making rounds on Twitter and Facebook. In this picture, Mirabai Chanu can be seen standing with members of the Sports Ministry including Anurag Thakur. The banner behind them seemed like a standard banner with PM Modi’s picture and with the text “Felicitation […]
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A few days ago, a picture of a poster advertising houses ‘for sale’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad started to make rounds on social media. This prompted many verified social media handles to raise their concerns that a Hindu ‘exodus’ was happening in this neighborhood. According the claim, the 81 houses in this locality were being […]
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A fake account of former Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi has been consistently spreading fake news and hate on twitter. The username of this account is @THEGOGAI. This account was created in October 2019 and has a whopping 1,00,000 followers. The account’s content has got nothing to do with the figure it is impersonating […]
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A new innovative way for internet scamming has emerged on reselling websites such as Olx. Olx serves as a platform for individuals to sell and buy second-hand appliances and goods where one can even advertise and facilitate direct communication between the buyers and the sellers. With the advent of payment applications such as Paytm, GooglePay […]
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A video is going viral on social media with the claim that the Yogi government has bulldozed the mosque of Maulana, who claimed the Hindu pilgrimage, not Badrinath but Badruddin Shah. Claim: बद्रीनाथ को मजार बताने वाले मौलाना की मस्जिद अवैध निकली। बाबाजी ने JCB चलवा दिया। This video was widely shared on Twitter and […]
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Nisar Siddiqui (Research Fellow DFRAC) Fake News is a type of hoax or deliberate spread of misinformation with the intent to mislead in order to gain financially or politically. Fake News is related to propaganda whose purpose is to spread information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicise a particular […]
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Creating divisiveness through fake news and misinformation has become the norm amongst popular right wing twitter accounts. These accounts primarily target minorities by twisting the information as well as simply creating conflicts out of thin air . On June 22, 2021, twitter user @Krishna29892392 posted a screenshot of a newspaper advertisement that expressed a supermarket’s […]
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On June 18,2021, PTI reported that a study conducted by IIT Gandhinagar and 8 other schools found traces of COVID-19 virus in water bodies. Many news sites and channels immediately took this story up because of its sensational nature. Samir Abbas, Executive Editor, TV9 Bharatvarsh tweeted that people need to be aware about the fact […]
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