Executive Summary On October 20, 2024, Kashmir’s Ganderbal district witnessed a brutal attack by The Resistance Front (TRF), claiming the lives of six construction workers and a doctor, underlining TRF’s evolving tactics in Kashmir. The TRF—a group backed by Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI—immediately claimed responsibility, marking yet another event in its mission to destabilize […]
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Several pak-based handles took to social media platform X(formerly Twitter) and claimed that India unofficially surrendered 14,000 square kilometers of land to China quoting BBC reports as its source. A pak-based handle operating under the name of @NavCom24 posted an image of the Chinese President Xi Jinping and wrote: “#BREAKING India unofficially surrendered 14,000 square […]
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On social media, a video of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “The Naz! German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived to China where no one met her No one has to deal with vicious criminals.” Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The […]
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Jammu and Kashmir have been witnessing a surge in terror activities in the past couple of weeks leading to the rise in misinformation and fake news on the digital landscape. Recently Some pak-handles took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and shared a claim that Indian soldiers had been killed in J & K’s […]
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On social media, a video of a jet has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Iran is Ready, Israel finish?” Fact-check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the claim was false. We examined this video carefully and found that this video is actually a computer game as it features symbols from virtual […]
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On social media, a video of Indian soldiers and Chinese soldiers has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “India & China begin DISENGAGEMENT at Depsang and Demchok.” Link Fact Check During the fact check DFRAC found that the video was misleadingly shared. We found multiple media reports regarding this video. According to […]
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On social media, an image of explosion has gone viral. While sharing this image users claim that “BREAKING NEWS: Israel is currently attacking Iran in what officially starts a regional war.” Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here Fact Check During the […]
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On social media, a currency note featuring the flags of BRICS member nations has gone viral. While sharing this note users wrote “New Banknote of the single BRICS Currency.” Aditya Raj Kaul, Executive editor of TV9 Network shared an image of currency note and wrote “New Banknote of the single #BRICS Currency.” Link Moreover, several users […]
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Zakir Naik, a polarising Wahabi preacher with a history of contentious statements and radical affiliations, recently made headlines with his visit to Pakistan in October 2024. Officially invited by the Pakistani state, his visit has sparked concern, not just for its timing—just ahead of Pakistan’s hosting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit—but also due […]
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A video of firecrackers burning in water has gone viral on social media. While sharing the video users claim that “Brand Bengaluru hot water is lucky. What’s wrong with us, government without money.” Moreover, other users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here and here. Fact-check During the investigation, […]
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