Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist revealed her identity as the whistleblower and told the US Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the social media giant Facebook ‘promotes global division and ethnic violence’, including in India. Haugen was earlier a part of “civic integrity tram” which used to monitor election interference […]
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On October 11,2021, a hashtag named #शाहरुख_खान_गद्दार_है started to trend on twitter with over 34,000 tweets. Within this hashtag, users have made grave accusations against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, whose son Aryan is currently in the middle of a highly publicised narcotics investigation. Users felt it necessary to drag Khan into the situation with […]
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The Himachal Pradesh by polls are just round the corner, taking place on October 30,2021. The seat for the constituency named Mandi is going to be the one to look at as the seat has been vacant since the death of Ramswaroop Sharma in March. Many on twitter and Facebook are claiming the Bollywood actress […]
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Since the morning of October 9,2021, two images have been circulating on social media. These two images show injured soldiers making their way through a rocky region and the second seems to be showing a skirmish of some sort. One user from Pakistan claimed that one of the soldiers in the picture is Indian Air […]
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On February 14 and 25, 2021, an advertisement about PM Modi’s Awas Scheme was featured in newspapers such as Prabhat Khabar and Sanmarg. The ad took up half of the page of the newspapers prominently featuring PM Modi and a woman. The text in Bengali roughly translates to how the woman along with 24,00,000 families […]
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On October 6,2021, a picture of Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg’s status began to get posted by many people on Twitter and Facebook. In the screenshot, it can be seen that Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram will shut down again for a period of seven days. The post was shared by panicked individuals […]
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On October 6,2021, a graphic image of a woman on the ground along with a picture of a wedding card started to get circulated on Facebook and Twitter. Some posts included a picture of a girl posing as well. People claimed that this girl’s name was ‘Prerna Vyas’ and she was killed after being lured […]
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Sushant Sinha, a renowned journalist working with India TV, NDTV and News India tweeted about the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre on October 5, 2021, “वायरल वीडियो को पहली बार में देखिए तो लगता है कि ऐसे ड्राइवर को (अगर पीट पीटकर उसे मार न दिया गया हो) तो कड़ी सजा मिलनी चाहिए लेकिन फिर गौर से […]
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On October 5, 2021, many users on Twitter and Facebook began posting a newspaper clipping of a newspaper report on the death of Hindu boy after he was burnt alive by his girlfriend’s Muslim family. People seemed to claim that this incident was extremely serious and was not being reported by any major news media […]
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On October 6,2021, many users on Twitter and Facebook began posting an image of a boy stating that this 13 year old boy hacked into Facebook servers which led to a worldwide shutdown of Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram. They claimed that many outlets such as Reuters have reported that this boy’s name is Sun Jisu […]
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