A ‘journalist’ going by the “काकावाणी” on Twitter has a notorious history with social media use. Currently, his handle @007QaQaAli has 15.5k followers on Twitter. He also has an Instagram and a Facebook account with massive followings. His Instagram handle is @007alisohrab and has 76,300 followers. On the other hand, his Facebook account has a […]
Continue ReadingA video of a massive explosion started going viral on social media soon after a series of blasts were reported near Kabul airport on August 26,2021. The blast itself killed at least 70 people and turned the desperation witnessed at the airport to a scene of terror and chaos. Many news reports and raw footage […]
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On August 26 2021, TOLO News, a news agency from Afghanistan tweeted that a TOLO news reporter was beaten up by the Taliban. They also attached a link to a news report on the incident from their website. This tweet when translated from Persian to English read “TOLO News reporter killed by Taliban”. The tweet […]
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On August 5, 2021, a Facebook post about a child prodigy began to go viral on Facebook. The posts claimed that an 11 year old girl from Pakistan called Tara Baloch passed an IQ test administered from Mensa scoring 162 points. The post also claimed that this score is higher than that of Stephen Hawking […]
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With a massive amount of news coming out of Afghanistan, there is also a steady stream of fake news that also seems to be spreading. Recently, a picture of a few people painting a mural was shared hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter. People claimed that the people supporting the Taliban are painting murals […]
Continue ReadingResearch done by TransUnion tells us a lot of revealing facts about the extent at which online scams are taking place in India. The research shows that the number of fault attempts and cases rose by 28.3% from March 2020 to March 2021. The research is proprietary in nature and provides us with a detailed […]
Continue ReadingShefali Vaidya is a popular Indian author who has 5 lakh followers on Twitter. Shefali regularly posts about her views on politics and society. On August 18, Shefali posted a picture of what looked like a man with two women in chains and wearing burqas. Her caption seemed to suggest that this is an image […]
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There is a relative lack of data on the intersection of misinformation and misogyny in Indian politics. In our previous pieces, we have tried to highlight a few ways in which misinformation and disinformation impacts women differently than men and how members of the LGBTQ community and cis-gender women from all backgrounds are more adversely […]
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