On the death of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, copy-pasting trend emerged on Twitter to incite hate, started by Suresh Chavhanke of Sudarshan News

Famed separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away at the age of 92 on September 1, 2021. He advocated for Kashmir to be separated from India and faced a lot of flack from the right wing community in India. Upon his death, several memes and messages were posted on social media. Some celebrated his […]

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How Sudarshan News repeatedly uses hate speech to incite anger and get attention: A data analysis report

On July 28, 2021, three hashtags were trending on Twitter. These three hashtags were  #सुदर्शन_एक_बाप_की_औलाद_नहीं (Sudarshan does not have a father), #सुदर्शन_गद्दारों_का_बाप_है(Sudarshan is the father of all traitors) and #ArrestSureshChavhanke. These hashtags were all trending simultaneously with various heinous comments made on the TV channel Sudarshan News and its owner Suresh Chavhanke as people accused […]

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Fact-Check: Video posted by Sudhir Chaudhary and Republic TV, of man hanging from a helicopter was not executed by the Taliban

On August 31, 2021, a video of a helicopter went viral on social media. This video vaguely showed a man hanging from the helicopter. This video was claimed to be from the Taliban occupied Afghanistan. The video was repeatedly tweeted by multiple sources including Sudhir Chaudhary who tweeted the video. The video was played on […]

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Fact-Check: Image of gravely injured man is not from the recent farmer’s protest incident

On August 28,2021,the ongoing farmers protest turned violent when the police conducted lathi charge on the farmers protesting outside an event where the Chief minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar was in attendance. Lots of images of injured farmers were subsequently posted on social media along with a graphic image of a man’s skulls with […]

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