Mohd Fahad Populist leaders want us to believe that news they don’t like or news they want to reject is fake simply because it is critical of them and their policies. The world is littered with such examples. As they are popular, almost cult-like, in their personalities, their fanbase, their voters tend to believe all […]
Continue ReadingFamed separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away at the age of 92 on September 1, 2021. He advocated for Kashmir to be separated from India and faced a lot of flack from the right wing community in India. Upon his death, several memes and messages were posted on social media. Some celebrated his […]
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On July 28, 2021, three hashtags were trending on Twitter. These three hashtags were #सुदर्शन_एक_बाप_की_औलाद_नहीं (Sudarshan does not have a father), #सुदर्शन_गद्दारों_का_बाप_है(Sudarshan is the father of all traitors) and #ArrestSureshChavhanke. These hashtags were all trending simultaneously with various heinous comments made on the TV channel Sudarshan News and its owner Suresh Chavhanke as people accused […]
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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 ReadingTwo days ago, a news clipping of Indian Olympic javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s interview started to go viral on social media. In an interview with Time of India, Chopra said, “ “I was searching for my javelin at the start of the final (in Olympics). I was not able to find it. Suddenly, I saw […]
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, […]
Continue ReadingResearch done by TransUnion tells us a lot of revealing facts about the extent at which online scams are taking place in India. The research shows that the number of fault attempts and cases rose by 28.3% from March 2020 to March 2021. The research is proprietary in nature and provides us with a detailed […]
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There is a relative lack of data on the intersection of misinformation and misogyny in Indian politics. In our previous pieces, we have tried to highlight a few ways in which misinformation and disinformation impacts women differently than men and how members of the LGBTQ community and cis-gender women from all backgrounds are more adversely […]
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Unlike other persecuted groups, Uyghur Muslims rarely become a topic of discussion among Muslims. Even though the reality is that Uyghurs are facing the worst kind of persecution at the hands of Communist regime of China in East Turkistan or Xinjiang province. They are actually facing a cultural and demographic genocide, but unfortunately, their plight […]
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In the last couple of weeks India has managed to administer 54 crore doses to Indian citizens. Out of which approximately 28 crore doses have been administered to men and 25 crore doses have been administered to women. There seems to be a huge gap of 3 crore people between the two sexes. According to […]
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