In October 2021, Sukmawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia converted to Hinduism. In connection to this, many users in India posted a claim that the ‘princess of Indonesia’ converted to Hinduism following which 50,000 Indonesians did the same. Indonesia has the world’s largest population of Muslims. pic.twitter.com/4qsiSxhz94 — Nilesh Nilkanth Oak निलेश ओक (@NileshOak) November 25, 2021 […]
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Three people from Karnataka’s Kodagu district have been booked for morphing and spreading a video with a fake claim that Muslim women were raising “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans in front of police officers. The original video of the Muslim women raising ‘Ambedkar zindabad’ claims is said to be edited to make it seem like they were […]
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CJ Werleman, describes himself as a Global Correspondent for Byline Times, Columnist for Inside Arabia and activist against Islamophobia. But is he really a journalist or a propagandist or he is giving a platform to terrorists or really an activists exposing atrocities on minorities? Let’s us have a look at some angles! What other journalists […]
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Several known troll accounts on Twitter have posted the claim that Up government’s unemployment rate was 17.5 % in 2017 before Yogi Adityanath’s government. The claim was posted by Rishi Bagree, who is known to post fake news and misinformation a lot. The claim was then subsequently picked up by many users who used the […]
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Recently a video of a woman speaking at a CAA NRC protest is going viral on social media. The video is said to be of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece who can be heard criticising PM Modi’s government. The woman can be heard saying in Hindi, “They (Britishers) did a lot of bad but at least […]
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After the 3 contentious farm laws were repealed, the people who participated in the year long protest celebrated that their hard work was successful. The farmer’s protest is known to be vehemently opposed to the policy. However, a seemingly odd hashtag began to go viral on Twitter. The hashtag labelled #FarmersWithModiji showed a completely different […]
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As we have written previously, fake news and misleading information is being peddled by everyone as the UP elections are coming closer. A promotional poster regarding the construction of a dam in Bundelkhand is being posted by several prominent BJP leaders. The posts claim that a dam is being constructed in Bundelkhand by Yogi Adityanath’s […]
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A video of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is going viral on social medi related to the recent program in Bhopal attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It can be seen in the viral video that Shivraj Singh is seen walking with PM Modi but suddenly he is stopped by someone and Modi […]
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As the UP elections are coming closer, the amount of fake news circulating online regarding it is also increasing. Recently, a hate-mongering song seems to be going viral on social media. In this song it can be seen that the singer is talking about what will happen if Akhilesh Yadav comes into power. According to […]
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Comedian Vir Das has been receiving a lot of criticism and also praise for his comedy special titled “I come from two Indias” performed in the US. Many Indians took offence to his words and he was trolled relentlessly on Twitter for it. Amidst this, people claimed that his name was “Vir Abdullah Das” claiming […]
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