The trend of parody accounts proliferates on social media platforms, giving rise to misinformation and antipathetic narratives on the digital landscape. This DFRAC Exclusive report will examine the scenario of parody accounts on social media platforms and their brief analysis. Masquerading under the names of prominent and well-known personalities, these accounts have attained a substantial number […]
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On social media,a video of a group of women walking with Indian flag has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Power of our national flag Now the people and women in Palestine are leaving Palestine with the tricolor in their hands because Israel does not fire on the tricolor Not just Israel, […]
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Some Pak-based handles took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and shared news claiming that a cyber attack occurred on multiple Indian nuclear power plants and an emergency was declared. A pak handle “Ironclad” posted an image of nuclear power plants and claimed: “#BREAKING Cyber attack on multiple Indian nuclear power plants, emergency declared” […]
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On social media, the thumbnail featuring Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat along with the text: “they wanted to record me Modi’s call had come, if Nita Ambani wanted…Vinesh told these things for the first time on camera” has gone viral. While sharing the thumbnail users wrote “Oh my god! This is the thumbnail on the YouTube […]
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A pak-based handle shared a screenshot of a news article and claimed that the confiscation of Bilal Ahmad Lone’s property by Indian authorities was part of a wider campaign to displace Kashmiris in their own land. An account with username @AtbanHanif posted a screenshot of a news article and wrote: “The confiscation of Bilal Ahmad […]
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On social media, video of forces laying down on the ground has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Israel has caught Hezbollah terrorists and their back will be demolished”. Link Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the video was from Russia. We found a similar video on Telegram channel of […]
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On social media, video of massive destruction has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Iran has successfully destroyed 30 Israeli F-35 fighter jets. These jets were used to massacre 40,000 children”.(English Translation) Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here […]
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The Israel-Hamas conflict began on October 7 and has escalated in an ever-widening web of countries and militias, from Lebanon to Iran. The situation is becoming more severe gradually drawing the need for a ceasefire. Additionally, it has also added fuel to the misinformation in the digital landscape, Recently, a video showing a tank blown […]
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On social media, video of a fighter jet being attacked has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “#BREAKING: Iran attacks Israel”. Link Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the claim was baseless. We found a similar video on YouTube channel of ‘Compared comparison’ uploaded on 12 April 2021 with the […]
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On social media, the video of blast has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Missiles are landing in Tel Aviv”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found that this video was from […]
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