Claim: a video posted by Khaled Beydoun on Instagram showed a big crowd offering namaz prayer with the caption saying “ Ramadan prayer in India wow. This is how Muslims in India respond to Islamophobia”. Khaled Beydoun is a lawyer and an activist having a platform with over 2.2 million followers on Instagram. Click here to […]
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Amid the catastrophic event of the US Bridge collapse, a claim is making rounds on social media site X(Twitter) stating that the incident was indeed a terrorist attack perpetrated by PM Modi and the company. Taking to X, an account by the username of @Carefreebong wrote: “Endian.@JoeBiden @StateDept @CIA @FBI please give befitting response to […]
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An Xuser, ShaykhSulaiman, recently shared a video claiming it to be of Jordanians protesting on the streets of Gaza with the caption, “BREAKING: JORDANIANS ARE ON THE STREETS OF GAZA PROTESTING AGAINST THE GAZA GENOCIDE.” Fact-check: To determine the authenticity of this claim, DFRAC team investigated it via reverse image search after screenshotting a snippet of […]
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Taking to X(Twitter), China Daily EU Bureau Chief, Chen Weihua wrote: “The fact that U.S. and other Western leaders have said nothing about the horrible terrorist attack in Moscow yesterday exposed their total disregard for innocent civilian lives. Maybe they see those terrorists as allies?” Fact-Check To investigate the above claim, the DFRAC team searched […]
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Claim Recent news of Terminator actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger getting a pacemaker and his three open heart surgeries have gotten anti-vaxxers patting themselves on the back. X (formerly known as Twitter) users attached the news headline with a video of an interview with CNN back in August 2021 during the COVID pandemic in which he urges […]
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Amid Holi celebrations, a video showing a man thrashed inside a restaurant for forcefully colouring a lady is going viral on social media site X(Twitter). Users are fervently sharing this video and claiming that this time even Hindus are not spared. Sharing this video on X, a user by the name of Tanvir Rangrez wrote: […]
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Multiple media outlets have published articles with the headline “India court effectively bans madrasas in big state before election”. Media outlets like Arab News, Reuters, The Independent and CNN have published the news with the headline. Fact Check We investigated the viral headline in association with the recent High Court order. The Allahabad High Court […]
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A video showing a journalist groped by a mob during live reporting has recently surfaced on social media site X(Twitter). The video has drawn a heavy backlash on X. Users are sharing this video and raising questions about the civility of Indian citizens. Sulaiman Ahmed is an investigative Journalist as per his X’s bio, having […]
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An image has been going viral on X (formerly Twitter) and other social networking platforms which suggests that Google would be placing its Scheduling apps on “view only” mode i.e. users will no longer be able to create new or edit existing appointments on any platform, including the web, iOS, and Android platforms starting from […]
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A picture of Virat Kohli watching Rahul Gandhi’s press conference on the freezing of all Congress bank accounts is going viral on social media. X (formerly Twitter) user @CaptainGzb posted, “It appears like Virat Kohli was watching the Press Conference of Rahul Gandhi, where RG is talking about the “Freezing of Congress Bank Accounts”. As […]
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