On October 6,2021, many users on Twitter and Facebook began posting an image of a boy stating that this 13 year old boy hacked into Facebook servers which led to a worldwide shutdown of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram. They claimed that many outlets such as Reuters have reported that this boy’s name is Sun Jisu […]
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Social media is flooded with news that Varun Gandhi, an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has removed BJP from his Twitter account after the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre. The news went viral when the names of Varun Gandhi and his mother Maneka Gandhi were missing from the list of BJP’s national executive announced […]
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The hashtag #मंदिर_विरोधी_केजरीवाल was trending on twitter on 5 October 2021. Upon analyzing the 100 Tweets, it was found that 8% were the original tweets, 85% were retweets and 7% were replies. It’s clear that most people are just amplifiers out there to retweet. Upon further examination of the tweets, it was found that most of […]
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On October 3,2021, news of a major accident in UP’s Lakhimpur area went viral. Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son allegedly ran over protesting farmers in the area, killing 4 of them. The incident claimed the lives of 8 people and caused a nationwide uproar against the minister and his son. The incident was on all […]
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On October 2,2021 users on Twitter started posting two videos of what looks like a crowd running on a street and throwing stones forward. Users claimed the videos were taken in Jaipur and insinuated that Jaipur is turning into Kashmir, adding a communal spin to the video. The videos were posted with similar captions on […]
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On September 29,2021, some users on Twitter started posting a video showing a group of people running after a couple of black cars. The users claimed that this was a convoy of PM Modi and he was being chased away by US protestors who supported the farmers’ protest in India. They claimed that this was […]
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On September 26,2021, several verified blue-ticked accounts on Twitter started to use the hashtag #FreeTemples to vocalize their contempt on the issue of temple taxes in India. They claimed that only Hindu temples in India have to pay taxes whereas the same does not apply to churches and mosques. Users such as Elvish Yadav, Gaurav […]
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On September 30,2021, news websites reported that former Chief Minister of Punjab, Capt. Amarinder Singh removed the word ‘Congress’ from his bio on Twitter. Singh resigned in the middle of a very public battle within the Congress party. This was reported by NDTV, Hindustan Times, Zee News, The Tribune & India TV Fact-Check: We went through […]
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In the last 5 days or so, a newspaper clipping of Jansatta has been going viral on Facebook and Twitter. The newspaper clipping shows a picture of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan along with a little bit of text which says that he credits of his success and fame to his Muslim brothers and that […]
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On September 25,2021, a video started to go massively viral on social media concerning the public beating of a police officer. The video shows a police officer beaten up in public on a street. The claim that was posted along with this video was that Muslims in Bareilly were mercilessly beating up a policeman just […]
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