#भाई_नही_चारा_हो trends with fake news and hate, causes violence in Maharashtra

About a week ago, violence suddenly began to erupt in Maharashtra’s Amravati followed by Malegaon, Nanded and Parbhani. The violence was communal in nature where about 8,000 people gathered on the streets of Amravati to participate in it. The aftermath of Tripura violence led to some Muslim organisations to organise a protest in these towns […]

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Fact-Check: Old clippings of Rahul Gandhi used within #राहुल_गांधी_गद्दार_है

  The hashtag #राहुल_गांधी_गद्दार_है is trending on Twitter with thousands of tweets. Within this hashtag Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is being criticised and slandered upon with a great ferocity. Apart from the hate, a lot of fake and old news is also being shared by many users.  Amongst these posts, we found that a newspaper […]

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Outspoken women often trolled by Right-wing

Indian Twitter has become very abusive towards outspoken and vocal women who use the platform to speak on issues including prominent personalities like Barkha Dutt, Rana Ayyub, Richa Chadha, Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Sania Mirza, Taapsee Pannu, Safoora Zargar, Kavita Krishnan, Saba Naqvi, Rohini Singh, Swati Chaturvedi and Swara Bhaskar. This report shows the hatred for […]

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Fact-Check: Yogi Adityanath’s media advisor posts a misleading video after Pak vs Australia match

On November 11,2021 Australia and Pakistan played a semi-final match in the T20 World Cup resulting in Pakistan losing the match.  Owing to the rivalry between India and Pakistan cricket fans, many Indian users on social media celebrated the loss of Pakistan and congratulated Australia.  Amidst this, Shalabh Mani Tripathi, the media advisor of Chief […]

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