On July 25, a Facebook page called “Gomata Gau Seva Trust” posted a video of a buffalo running away and then eventually being shot by a group of people. The video has a staggering 2,00,000 views on Facebook and has been liked by 1,400 people and shared by the same number. The caption of the […]
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In the last two days, a video of a temple being demolished by a bulldozer in the presence of police officers is being circulated on Facebook. The users who are posting this video claim that MK Stalin’s newly formed government in Tamil Nadu is deliberately demolishing temple because the chief minister is Christian. The video […]
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On August 27, 2021, the news website Molitics posted a video that showed a group of men working at a dosa stall. The caption claims that this video is from Mathura and that the dosa stall’s name is “Shrinath”. In the video, a group of men can be heard and seen asking questions to the […]
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A ‘journalist’ going by the “काकावाणी” on Twitter has a notorious history with social media use. Currently, his handle @007QaQaAli has 15.5k followers on Twitter. He also has an Instagram and a Facebook account with massive followings. His Instagram handle is @007alisohrab and has 76,300 followers. On the other hand, his Facebook account has a […]
Continue ReadingOn August 23, 2021 the hashtag #हिंदुस्तान_धर्मशाला_नहीं_है (translation: Hindustan is not a public shelter) started trending on Twitter. Within a couple of hours the hashtag occupied a spot on India’s list of trending hashtags with over 20,000 tweets and retweets. Timeline of the tweets: The first instance of this hashtag was used on December 26, […]
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