Soon after PM Modi’s Kashmir visit was announced, Pakistan‘s propaganda accounts found a new task to flood the internet with misleading news. A claim was shared stating, “Complete shutdown Observed in Kashmir on PM Modi’s Visit Day”. Multiple Pakistani accounts were found to share this claim. Beside these accounts, Pakistan Media houses also published the […]
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A video showing some police officials maltreating a woman inside a car is doing rounds on social media platforms. Users are sharing this video and claiming it to be a recent one. A user named Sulaiman Ahmed who is better known for disseminating misinformation, has recently shared this video on X. Following Sulaiman Ahmed, several […]
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Anant Ambani and Radhika merchant’s Pre-wedding bash has been hitting the headlines these days featuring the presence of various prominent personalities including Bollywood stars, tech billionaires etc. Amid this, a video showing famous Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez arriving at an event is making rounds on social media platforms with the claim that finally […]
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Claim: On March 4th, 2024, @ShaykhSulaiman posted a video on X (formerly known as Twitter) alleging that Nike had released shoes featuring the Israeli flag, the Star of David. His post was later reposted by several others. @DrLoupis goes viral again for sharing the same video, her post garnered over a million views. Fact Check: […]
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Claim: In the first week of March 2024, a picture went viral on X (formerly Twitter), showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a hospital bed. Users claimed that Netanyahu had fallen sick after contracting a mutated form of the coronavirus Fact check: The Dfrac team conducted a Google reverse-image search and found that the […]
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News has taken the Internet by storm claiming that Bollywood Actress Yami Gautam’s recent Political thriller ‘Article 370’ has been banned in Gulf Countries. Sharing an Image carrying text( Article 370 banned in Gulf Countries) on X(Twitter), a user named Waheed Khan wrote: “India uses propaganda movies to promote its narrative by depicting its actions..such […]
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Sharing a video of a statement made by Spokesperson Mumtaz Baloch on X(Twitter), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Pakistan wrote: “Pakistan’s condemnation of India’s decision to ban Kashmiri political parties in Jammu and Kashmir”. In the video, Baloch can be heard saying: Pakistan denounces the decision of Indian authorities to ban the Muslim Conference […]
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An X user recently shared an image showing a quote directed at UK Government’s treatment of Scotland over Brexit claiming it to be of France’s president Macron. The account Isla MacGregor, on X(Twitter) shared an image and wrote: “Do you agree with Macron?” Fact-Check To determine the authenticity of the shared quote, the DFRAC team investigated it […]
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A video showing a Police officer severely thrashed by an individual is making rounds on social media site X(Twitter). The video has also been shared by the Pak- Based Handle on X(Twitter) The INDOCOM Bureau, an account on X(Twitter) operating from Pakistan shared this video on X and wrote: “A Hindu man beats a Muslim […]
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A video has been going viral on X (formerly Twitter) and other social networking platforms showing hundreds of thousands people gathering in the city Hamburg, with claims that the protest is against the ongoing war in Gaza with captions as “Hamburg, #Germany. Because even the Germans do not accept the #GazaHoloucast !” Fact Check Upon […]
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