Amid Iran’s retaliation in response to a suspected Israeli strike Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria. Misinformation in the form of video clips & images is widely shared by some users on social media site X(Twitter) Here’s the report showing recent misinformation associated with Iran and Israel conflict. Misinformation 1 A video has been shared by […]
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An image is going viral on X (formerly Twitter) which seemingly shows the seizing of an Israel-linked cargo ship by the Iranian forces. It is said to have 25 crew members on board and was steering towards Iran. Click here to view. Fact Check Upon reverse image searching however, the DFRAC team found that the […]
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A video is being shared on social media sites with the claim that Iran’s Shaheed drones have reached Israel. While sharing the viral video, a user has also written that confirmation of the video has been provided. Link Fact-check: The DFRAC team reverse searched some key frames of the viral video. During this time, the […]
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An image has been going viral on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption that Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, has been arrested. He is further mentioned to have been transferred to Black Dolphin Prison in Russia with high security. Click here to view. Fact Check Upon checking further, however, via reverse image search, the DFRAC team […]
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Tensions are rising between Israel and Iran. Israel is preparing to deal with possible missile or drone attacks from Iran following the killing this week in an airstrike of senior Revolutionary Guard commanders in Syria. Amidst the tensions, a video is shared with massive convoys on the internet. Users while sharing the video are claiming […]
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An X, (formerly known as Twitter) user @Ricky89841208, shared a viral video of a well-lighted city getting bombed along with the claim, “Kiev is beautiful but Zelensky will ruin it . What do you think ? WWIII”. This tweet has over 100 reposts and 700 likes. Following the user, other X accounts also shared the […]
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Claim: a video posted by Khaled Beydoun on Instagram showed a big crowd offering namaz prayer with the caption saying “ Ramadan prayer in India wow. This is how Muslims in India respond to Islamophobia”. Khaled Beydoun is a lawyer and an activist having a platform with over 2.2 million followers on Instagram. Click here to […]
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An Xuser, ShaykhSulaiman, recently shared a video claiming it to be of Jordanians protesting on the streets of Gaza with the caption, “BREAKING: JORDANIANS ARE ON THE STREETS OF GAZA PROTESTING AGAINST THE GAZA GENOCIDE.” Fact-check: To determine the authenticity of this claim, DFRAC team investigated it via reverse image search after screenshotting a snippet of […]
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Claim: A picture on X (formerly Twitter) shows soldiers holding both an Israeli flag and an ISIS flag side by side. While sharing the picture, claims have been made suggesting that Israeli soldiers were working with ISIS. Fact Check: Upon conducting a reverse image search on Google, the DFRAC team has confirmed that the original […]
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An X (formerly known as Twitter) user, @OlgaBazova posted the platform by sharing a video of soldiers marching and claimed that those were the Estonian army moving towards the Ukrainian border. The post was reposted 314 times (at the time of writing the article) View here View here Other users too began sharing the video […]
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