A screenshot of an article from The Wire has been widely shared on the social media platform X(formerly Twitter). It reads: “China is all set to annex Arundachal Pradesh and Sikkim as a part of South Tibet after Modi govt was successfully coerced by Beijing,” featuring FORCE magazine editor Pravin Sawhney as its author. Fact-check […]
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Some pak-based handles took to social media platform X(formerly Twitter) and claimed that Indian forces have detained two young Kashmiris in separate incidents – a youth in Pulwama by Rashtriya Rifles & CRPF, & 27-year-old Shahid Saleem Lone at a Kupwara checkpoint. Alleged “pro-freedom activism” is cited, but many see these actions as attempts to […]
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On social media, a news from Starbucks has gone viral. While sharing the news users claim that “Over 100 starbucks stores close in Malaysia amid Boycott”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the […]
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Several pak-based handles took to social media platform X(formerly Twitter) and claimed that India unofficially surrendered 14,000 square kilometers of land to China quoting BBC reports as its source. A pak-based handle operating under the name of @NavCom24 posted an image of the Chinese President Xi Jinping and wrote: “#BREAKING India unofficially surrendered 14,000 square […]
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On social media, a video of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “The Naz! German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived to China where no one met her No one has to deal with vicious criminals.” Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The […]
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Jammu and Kashmir have been witnessing a surge in terror activities in the past couple of weeks leading to the rise in misinformation and fake news on the digital landscape. Recently Some pak-handles took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and shared a claim that Indian soldiers had been killed in J & K’s […]
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On social media, an image from the book has gone viral. While sharing this image users claim “OBC, ST and SC girls should be trapped in love traps and turned into prostitutes! Is this true? Can anybody be so disgusting? (English Translation) Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can […]
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On social media, a video of a jet has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Iran is Ready, Israel finish?” Fact-check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the claim was false. We examined this video carefully and found that this video is actually a computer game as it features symbols from virtual […]
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On social media, a video of Indian soldiers and Chinese soldiers has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “India & China begin DISENGAGEMENT at Depsang and Demchok.” Link Fact Check During the fact check DFRAC found that the video was misleadingly shared. We found multiple media reports regarding this video. According to […]
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On social media, an image of explosion has gone viral. While sharing this image users claim that “BREAKING NEWS: Israel is currently attacking Iran in what officially starts a regional war.” Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here Fact Check During the […]
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