On social media, video of group of people is going viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Meanwhile in Spain Thousands of Moroccans continue to flood unabated across the border into Spain If it looks like an invasion, if it smells like an invasion, then it probably is an invasion”. Link Fact Check On […]
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Pak users on social media are claiming that the killing of LeT Commander, Riyaz Ahmad Dar in Pulwama, Kashmir is an ‘Extra Judicial Killing’. Many users were found sharing the above the claim. Fact Check On investigation, we found the claim is False. According to media reports, Top Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, including commander Riyaz Ahmad Dar, […]
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On social media, video of two Wrestler is going viral. While sharing the video users claim “Dubai: The final of the women’s wrestling championship was won by a Pakistani wrestler. He mocked the Indian women watching the match and challenged them to fight, then Tamil Nadu’s Kavitha Vijayalakshmi took up the challenge, defeating the Pakistani […]
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On social media, an image of a man lying on a stretcher is going viral. While sharing the image users claim that “Peace loving Rahmatullah of Haryana’s Mewat had made the n#de photo of Maa Sita viral on social media, then a mentally ill youth Naveen attacked him, now this Rahmatullah is resting in the […]
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An image has recently surfaced on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) with claim that “a 24 year old Muslim girl Humarah from Baramulla converted to Hinduism and married with Hindu boy Sagar Pradeep Singh Parihar of Navi Mumbai”. The image has been shared by some Pak handles on X. An account with the username […]
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Palestine is expected to submit its application to join the BRICS, a group of emerging economies, after its upcoming summit in October in the city of Kazan, southwestern Russia. In its aftermath, misinformation has begun to proliferate on social media platforms. One such claim alleging that India asked BRICS to not include Palestine in BRICS […]
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On social media, a video of making juice is going viral. While sharing the video, users wrote, “Hygiene is illegal in India”. Link Fact Check On investigation, DFRAC found that this video is from Bangladesh. We found a video on the YouTube channel ‘Foodie Incarnate’ uploaded on June 12, 2023, titled “Unique Fruit Drink of […]
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X handle of IPRI shared an image ” Kashmir Bulletin” carrying a claim that JKCCS notes that the destruction of civilian property by the armed forces has become normalized. Over 1,119 civilian structures have been burned down. Fact-Check To investigate the above shared claim, the DFRAC team conducted a keyword search on google in this […]
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On social media, a video of a group of people beating an elderly man at a school in Badlapur, Maharashtra, is going viral. While sharing the video, users claim that “Two 4-year-old girls were sexu@lly abused in a school bathroom in Badlapur, Maharashtra. School sweeper Ashraf Hussain has been arrested in this case. The mob […]
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As digital media continues to shape public opinion, distinguishing truth from disinformation is becoming ever more crucial—especially on platforms favored by today’s youth. This issue took center stage during a webinar titled “How to Investigate Disinformation Campaigns on Telegram,” hosted by the Digital Forensics Research and Analytics Center (DFRAC) in collaboration with the Media Innovation […]
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