Mejbel Al Sharika, a well-known Kuwaiti social activist and Director of the Center for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law has posted a video from his twitter account @MJALSHRIKA, having 185K Followers on 30th Oct, 2021 in which two men are seen harshly beating a person lying on ground. This video has been uploaded with […]
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On October 29,2021, a popular facebook page named ‘Gorakhpur Graphs’ posted a video of an Indigo flight where the pilot was addressing the passengers. In the video, it can be seen that the pilot was greeting the passengers in Bhojpuri. Gorakhpur Graphs captioned the video saying that the video is from Kushinagar. The video has […]
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On October 24,2021, as the violence in Bangladesh began to settle a bit, an image of thousands of people gathered in a field started to go viral on Facebook. As per users, this image was taken in Assam where Hindus from all over the area gathered to protest the conditions of Bangladeshi Hindus. Fact-Check: We […]
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Amidst the ongoing communal violence in Tripura, many videos and images have been circulating online to show just what is happening in the state. However, amongst these posts there is a lot of misinformation and fake news as well. On October 28, users began posting videos of a massive procession stating that this rally was […]
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On October 24,2021, India and Pakistan played their first match against each other at the T20 World Cup in Dubai. India suffered a huge setback and lost the match to Pakistan. Post the match, many users on Twitter began sharing a photo stating that ‘love jihad’ is taking place in Dubai. The image shows a […]
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On October 24,2021, a video started to circulate online which looks like CCTV footage of a restaurant. In the footage, it can be seen that the police intercepts a meal between a man and a woman and asks the boy to empty his pockets. Upon emptying his pockets, the police arrest him for attempting to […]
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Every once in a few months a recurring claim about Sweden seems to make rounds on social media. This claim suggests that Sweden is soon going to become completely cashless. The government is going to abolish all physical cash and shift the model completely to online transactions. Fact-Check: While Sweden has been mostly cashless for […]
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In the recent couple of days, a video of an interview has been posted on social media. In the video a man can be seen questioning the images released by NASA of earth from space. The man can be seen questioning the nature of these images calling them photoshopped and repurposed. In the video, the […]
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On October 22,2021, a claim started to circulate online that an international taekwondo referee of Indian origin has converted to Islam in Iran. The people who posted this claim also said that the man is an officer of the Indian air force and posted his pictures along with it. Fact-Check: Upon reverse searching the image, […]
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Amidst the ongoing Cordelia drug case which has implicated children of Bollywood actors including Aryan Khan whose arrest has been much publicised in the media, many fake claims and misleading facts are flying around on social media. Actress Swara Bhaskar remains a contentious figure on Indian twitter known for being outspoken against the central government. […]
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