There is a relative lack of data on the intersection of misinformation and misogyny in Indian politics. In our previous pieces, we have tried to highlight a few ways in which misinformation and disinformation impacts women differently than men and how members of the LGBTQ community and cis-gender women from all backgrounds are more adversely […]
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On August 18, 2021, a video was posted by the handle @Asmaparveen77 of what looked like demolition of a building. The video was captioned to suggest that it was the demolition of a mosque named ‘Bilal Masjid’ in Faridabad, Haryana. The caption seemed to suggest that the demolition of this mosque was an attack on […]
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A video was shared by many users across all social media platforms which showed burqa-clad women protesting on the streets. The video by many was labelled as women protesting the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan. Fact-Check: Upon reverse searching the individual frames of the video, we were led to various news reports filed by Iranian news […]
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Recently, an extremely viral video has been making rounds on Twitter and Facebook. The video shows alleged members of the terror outfit Taliban, jumping on trampolines. The video has been posted by a number of verified handles and has been viewed millions of times on social media. The video posted by this handle has been […]
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Unlike other persecuted groups, Uyghur Muslims rarely become a topic of discussion among Muslims. Even though the reality is that Uyghurs are facing the worst kind of persecution at the hands of Communist regime of China in East Turkistan or Xinjiang province. They are actually facing a cultural and demographic genocide, but unfortunately, their plight […]
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Many horrifying videos from Afghanistan have been resurfacing online on social media platforms. Because the situation is still developing, almost everything claimed to be from inside Taliban controlled Afghanistan is going viral. One such video going viral is said to be showing the scenes from inside Kabul airport where a massive hoard of people can […]
Continue ReadingIn the last couple of days, there is a growing concern for women and women’s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban has seized control of the country. Many images and videos are going viral which is understandable because this is a developing situation and Afghanistan is extensively on the news 24/7. Recently, a graphic image […]
Continue ReadingUttar Pradesh elections are getting closer by the minute. This has prompted the resurgence of fake news and misleading claims about the parties and people involved in the elections. On August 19,2021, Zubair Menon made a claim targeting the lack of alliance building in Uttar Pradesh. He used a picture of what looks like Akhilesh […]
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Several Twitter and news media channels from different countries are posting the video of Ashraf Ghani leaving Afghanistan. Some well-known media channels like FRESH News (Cambodia’s news channel) and Orient TV (Turkish news channel) also posted the viral video without checking whether it is related to recent incident or past. Upon checking all the accounts, […]
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As Afghanistan is taken over by Taliban, it is in a total disruption. Afghans are fleeing to other countries by any means possible. Tens of thousands of Afghans swarmed Kabul airport in hunt for an airplane to flee the country from Taliban and their ideologies. Some even clung to the undercarriage of a military transport […]
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