Usually, we tend to trust all the known news outlets who have a verified account on Twitter. However, these accounts are not always exempt from spreading fake news. In a recent case, several media houses such as The Times of India, The Economic Times, Times Now, etc. reported that the Deputy Leader of the Norwegian […]
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On 4th March 2023, a verified Twitter account run by the name of ‘Rishi Bagree’, who has a following of almost 300k, posted the following tweet: The tweet quotes an article with the headline ‘Cambridge slips to lowest-ever place in world university table’ and writes ‘Is this a coincidence’. In the replies to this tweet, […]
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Manish Sisodia, former Delhi deputy Chief Minister, who also held several portfolios like Education and Health, has been arrested and sent to CBI custody for his alleged role in “Delhi Liquor Scam” till March 4. His arrest has led to a misinformation match between Sisodia’s parent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party which […]
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Swami Nithyananda, a rape accused and fugitive from India, figured in news debates and memes on social media on Monday as a so-called representative of a his fictional country ‘United States of Kailasa’ called him as a ‘persecuted’ man at the 19th United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. His […]
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