On social media, video of a funeral procession has gone viral. While sharing the video users wrote “Israel returned the body of the terrorist with explosives. 100s of terrorist supporters eliminated on spot!”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here Fact Check […]
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The Israel-Hamas conflict started on Oct 7, 2023, has escalated in the past couple of months involving numerous Middle Eastern nations leading to massive causalities and substantial damage. Not only this, but the digital landscape has also been heavily affected by these tensions. Amid this, an image is making rounds on social media platform X(formerly […]
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On social media, an image of a UN truck with a Hezbollah flag on it has gone viral. While sharing this image users wrote “Here is a photo of an UNIFIL truck with a Hezbollah flag on it. Are all UN agencies helping terrorists”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The […]
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Amid the misinformation of Middle East tensions, an image depicting the dead body of a man is making rounds on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Users are sharing this image and claiming that the man seen in the viral image is a journalist who might have lost his life during his reporting on oppressed […]
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A video is making rounds on social media platform X(formerly Twitter) depicting an Islamic leader delivering an anti-religious speech. Users are sharing this video and claiming it is from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. Taking to X, a user named Riddhima Sharma wrote: “Hindus keep reposting until you are arrested He should be jailed at any […]
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On social media, a reverse video of a man stepping into a roadside tunnel has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “heartbreaking images out of tel aviv today as a young man is forced to hide from the iranian bombardment”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The […]
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On social media, a video of an explosion has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Huge explosion in Tel Aviv at Mossad headquarters”. 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 the […]
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Bihar has been battling severe floods for a couple of weeks affecting around 1.5 million people. Thousands of residents facing shortages of relief materials. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has carried out multiple rescue and relief operations in the areas that the floods have ravaged. Amid this, a pak-based handle posted a video on the […]
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On social media, a video of missile launched has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Miracle in Lebanon: The missile launched at Israel returns to its source and blows up the launch pad and 5 barbaric Islamist terrorists”. Link Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the claim was false. We […]
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An image of a 500 rupee note with the star (*) symbol on the number panel of the banknote is being widely shared on social media platforms such as WhatsApp with the claim that this currency is fake and invalid. We received this post on DFRAC’s WhatsApp tiplineIn the post, it was written along with […]
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