On social media, a news of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief’s Herzi Halevi has gone viral. While sharing the news users wrote “BREAKING Initial reports confirm the assassination of Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here […]
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Amid the misinformation of Middle East tensions, an image depicting the dead body of a man is making rounds on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Users are sharing this image and claiming that the man seen in the viral image is a journalist who might have lost his life during his reporting on oppressed […]
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A video is making rounds on social media platform X(formerly Twitter) depicting an Islamic leader delivering an anti-religious speech. Users are sharing this video and claiming it is from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. Taking to X, a user named Riddhima Sharma wrote: “Hindus keep reposting until you are arrested He should be jailed at any […]
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On social media, a reverse video of a man stepping into a roadside tunnel has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “heartbreaking images out of tel aviv today as a young man is forced to hide from the iranian bombardment”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The […]
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Some pak-based handles took to social media platform X(formerly Twitter) and claimed the Indian military had been attacked multiple times in Jammu and Kashmir in which 21 Indian soldiers were confirmed dead. Taking to X, a Pak-based account named Ironclad posted an image of an Indian Flag and wrote: “Multiple attacks on Indian military in […]
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On social media, a video of an explosion has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Huge explosion in Tel Aviv at Mossad headquarters”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the […]
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Bihar has been battling severe floods for a couple of weeks affecting around 1.5 million people. Thousands of residents facing shortages of relief materials. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has carried out multiple rescue and relief operations in the areas that the floods have ravaged. Amid this, a pak-based handle posted a video on the […]
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On social media, a video of missile launched has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Miracle in Lebanon: The missile launched at Israel returns to its source and blows up the launch pad and 5 barbaric Islamist terrorists”. Link Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the claim was false. We […]
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An image of a 500 rupee note with the star (*) symbol on the number panel of the banknote is being widely shared on social media platforms such as WhatsApp with the claim that this currency is fake and invalid. We received this post on DFRAC’s WhatsApp tiplineIn the post, it was written along with […]
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On social media, a video of buses on fire has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Do you know where this video is from? This is a video from Tel Aviv… And the artist of this art is Yemen”.(English Translation) Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The […]
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