A video circulating on X (formerly Twitter) raised concerns about the Indian military. It alleges that during a March 2013 large-scale military exercise, Indian paratroopers faced challenges, resulting in tragic accidents, fatalities, and some individuals missing due to parachute deployment struggles. View here View here View here Fact Check The DFRAC team performed a reverse […]
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A video showing a man hanging from a tree upside down has recently surfaced on the social media site X(Twitter). Users have shared this video and claimed that this is how Muslims are treated in India. An X account named The Saviour which created a history of sharing misleading videos on X, has recently shared […]
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Ratha yatra took place in the Durgaparameshwari fair in the Bappanadu district of Dakshina Kannada recently. Amidst this, a video has gone viral showing the tumbling up of a car during the yatra. Sharing the video, the users claimed, “This is how Hindu devotees in Karnataka reacted when even after multiple requests a Muslim refused […]
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A picture is going viral on X (formerly Twitter) seemingly showing destruction following the recent earthquake in New York on 5th of April with 4.8 magnitude. The New York Times reported “little damage” in its report of earthquake. Fact Check Upon investigating, however, via reverse searching the image, the DFRAC team found that the picture being […]
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Taking to X(Twitter), a Pakistani media outlet named ‘Naya Pakistan’ has shared an image carrying the text: “India announces 2000km sea bridge which will connect Mumbai to Dubai” and claimed that India is going to connect Mumbai to Dubai by way of a 2000 km bridge in the sea. Subsequently, several users shared this image […]
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A disturbing video is being shared online where a man can be seen beaten up by a group of people on the street. The users are sharing the video and claiming that a Muslim man is being beaten up by Hindus. Frequent peddler of fake news and hateful content, Crime Reports India (@asiandidgest) has shared […]
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Recently, Taiwan witnessed the biggest earthquake in at least 25 years that caused massive destruction and prompted tsunami warnings for Japan and the Philippines. Not only this, but the recent earthquake claimed the lives of nine people and left more than one thousand injured. Amid this, misinformation concerning the recent earthquake is rife on social […]
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A claim has been shared by frequent fake news peddler Sulaiman Ahmed(@shaykhsulaiman) with a video. It has been claimed that Lower caste Indian man humiliated by higher-caste individual. In the video, a man can be seen licking the shoe of the other man. Fact check We investigated the viral claim by using keywords to search. […]
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Claim An X (formerly known as Twitter) users took to the platform on April 3rd 2024 to comment on the latest earthquake that hit Taiwan on the same day. Images of the waters of a river swaying were captured to showcase the potential impact of the quake. View here View here Fact Check The DFRAC […]
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A claim has gone viral about an incident that happened in UP’s Ghaziabad. It has been claimed by an X user, “3 Hindus brutally killed a Muslim boy with a sharp axe in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad. They asked Momin to chant “Jai Sriram” which he refused to do. So they killed him.” Fact Check We investigated […]
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