Fact-Check: No, RSS did not build India’s 2nd largest COVID-19 care centre

On October 13,2021, a hashtag named #RSS_देश_की_शान begun trending on Twitter. Within this hashtag, users who support RSS came forward and voiced their support for the Hindu nationalist organisation. Within this hashtag users particularly used an image of a compound stating that RSS workers built India’s second largest COVID-19 care facility with 6000 beds and […]

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Fact-Check: Anti-India and hashtags on Kashmir trend on Middle-Eastern Twitter with false claims

Since October 10,2021,  many hashtags related to India and Kashmir started to trend on Middle Eastern Twitter. These hashtags include #india_is_the_terrorist_country,  #help_Kashmir, #Modi_is_a_terrorist  , #save_kashmir, #free_kashmir. Each of these hashtags were supplemented with their Arabic versions as well.  The hashtags on Kashmir called for the people to come together and stop India from ‘terrorizing’ Kashmir. […]

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Fact-Check: Shah Rukh Khan becomes the target of fake claims and communal hate through #शाहरुख_खान_गद्दार_है

On October 11,2021, a hashtag named #शाहरुख_खान_गद्दार_है started to trend on twitter with over 34,000 tweets. Within this hashtag, users have made grave accusations against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, whose son Aryan is currently in the middle of a highly publicised narcotics investigation.  Users felt it necessary to drag Khan into the situation with […]

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In a massive move, YouTube changes its policy on Health Misinformation

On September 29, 2021, the Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube amended its community guidelines to fight misinformation related to health and particularly vaccines. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube were at the forefront of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and combating misinformation with regards to COVID-19, its effects and vaccines used. YouTube released these updated guidelines […]

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