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How Fake News and Hate Speech Malign Democracy

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How Fake News and Hate Speech Malign Democracy

DFRAC Editor September 11, 2021

Nisar Ahmed Around the world, and more specifically in India, disinformation is spreading and becoming a successful...

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Fact-Check: No, the collapsed madrasa in Bihar did not result in deaths of 7 bomb makers

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Fact-Check: No, the collapsed madrasa in Bihar did not result in deaths of 7 bomb makers

DFRAC Editor September 10, 2021

On June 10, 2021, a Facebook page by the name of Hindu Sena posted pictures of a...

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Fact-Check: Viral video of Ganesh statue reveal at Lalbaug shared by Amitabh Bachchan is from 2016

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Fact-Check: Viral video of Ganesh statue reveal at Lalbaug shared by Amitabh Bachchan is from 2016

DFRAC Editor September 10, 2021

On the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, Mumbai is known to celebrate the festival with great vigour. Amidst...

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Fact-Check: Viral video of girl students making rotis in school is from Uttar Pradesh not Bihar

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Fact-Check: Viral video of girl students making rotis in school is from Uttar Pradesh not Bihar

DFRAC Editor September 9, 2021

On September 7, 2021, the Facebook page Aryavarta posted a video of what looks like a group...

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Fact-Check: The image of ‘loot’ procured by the Taliban in Panjshir is old

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Fact-Check: The image of ‘loot’ procured by the Taliban in Panjshir is old

DFRAC Editor September 9, 2021

On September 6,2021 , a page by the name of Rising Pakistan posted a picture on twitter...

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Fact-Check: Video of child meditating in boiling oil gaining 1 million views on Twitter, is fabricated and old

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Fact-Check: Video of child meditating in boiling oil gaining 1 million views on Twitter, is fabricated and old

DFRAC Editor September 8, 2021

On September 7,2021, twitter user @iSandeepBisht posted a video on twitter of what looks like a child...

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Fact-Check: Tv9 Kannada uses footage from Gaza Attack to depict it as visuals from Panjshir

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Fact-Check: Tv9 Kannada uses footage from Gaza Attack to depict it as visuals from Panjshir

DFRAC Editor September 8, 2021

On September 7, 2021, TV9 Kannada’s YouTube channel posted a video of what looks like an area...

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Fact Check: Photograph of the July 2016 attack in Una is being used to represent the condition of Muslims in India.

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Fact Check: Photograph of the July 2016 attack in Una is being used to represent the condition of Muslims in India.

DFRAC Editor September 8, 2021

Claim: A Bangladeshi Facebook account named Md Belal has posted an image with the description “এই হলো...

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Misinformation, propaganda shrinking space for reason

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Misinformation, propaganda shrinking space for reason

Mohd Fahad September 7, 2021

Mohd Fahad Populist leaders want us to believe that news they don’t like or news they want...

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Fact-Check: Old video used to claim that Israeli forces captured Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Fact-Check: Old video used to claim that Israeli forces captured Al-Aqsa Mosque

DFRAC Editor September 7, 2021

A viral video first circulated 16 weeks ago has once again started making rounds on social media....

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