Social media users claim that a viral video showing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife in a hospital bed urging people to stay home to avoid ending up seriously ill with COVID-19. A woman patient in the hospital bed says “If anyone is thinking of taking any chances, just take a look at me,” we […]
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Social media have come up with several home remedies to cure and prevent Coronavirus. This time social media users claim that there is home remedy to check whether you are positive for Coronavirus or not. An advisory attributed to the Stanford Hospital Board, claims that if you can hold your breath for more than 10 […]
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Social media is abuzz with the claim that the world’s cutest baby has been diagnosed with coronavirus. Photos of a beautiful girl child are being shared with the caption: Pray for the cutest baby in the world. She is suffering from coronavirus. Plz pray for this baby. Believing it true, many users are commenting for […]
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In the light of the health emergency concern, several false narratives are going viral on social media, which are creating panic among the citizens of different countries. Amidst this a viral image on social media claims that doctors and nurses in Italy are dying and are lying dead on the ground due to the Coronavirus […]
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Social Media is overflowing with home remedies regarding the cure of Coronavirus. Scientists all over the world are working to develop a vaccine for coronavirus that has already claimed 12784 people and infected almost 3 lakh globally according to the WHO’s situation report on 22 March 2020. Amidst this a post on social media is […]
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Social Media is flooded with absurd claims regarding Corona virus. The best way to prevent this disease is social distancing where people are requested to stay at home and not come out in public or take part in large gatherings. Several districts in India have gone under a lockdown as a practice of social distancing. […]
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Social media is playing a major role in creating panic among the masses by instigating fear about the country going into a lockdown due to the Coronavirus outbreak. We came across few images circulating on social media with similar claims. The images of a viral Press Release is circulating on social media claiming that this […]
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Coronavirus has claimed 7426 lives until now globally according to the situation report published by WHO on 17th March 2020. Social media is flooded with absurd home remedies for treating the Coronavirus infection. Amidst all the viral misinformation and chaos regarding Coronavirus, we came across a video, which claimed that COVID-19 could be killed by […]
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The World Health Organization declared Coronavirus a pandemic and health emergency on 11th March 2020. Social media is flooded with misinformation about Coronavirus and its cure. This virus has claimed 7426 lives until now globally according to the situation report published by WHO on 17th March 2020. Recently we came across a video, which claimed […]
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The World Health Organization declared Coronavirus a pandemic and health emergency on 11th March 2020. The virus has taken about 6606 lives globally until now. On 17th March 2020 we received a scanned copy of the printed edition of a leading english daily, Economic Times which claimed that “WHO has approved anti-malarial drug Chloroquine for the treatment […]
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There has been a situation of panic among the citizens due to the outbreak of COVID-19 amidst which the social media is flooded with hoaxes related to the disease. Recently we came across a viral audio sent to Fact Crescendo on our WhatsApp Number 9049053770 for verification. The audio clip in question is a recording […]
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Social media users are actively reporting number of Coronavirus patients in India. With the increasing number of Coronavirus patients, social media is filled with misreports of positive tested patients in India. Currently, as of 13th March 2020, 5 pm there are 81 confirmed positive coronavirus patients in India. We came across a viral post claiming […]
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We received a viral image on our WhatsApp number 9049053770 for Fact Check which claimed that Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as issued an office memorandum declaring compulsory holiday for the states of Maharashtra, Sikkim, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. The viral government office memorandum mention’s that, as a step towards containing the COVID-19 disease […]
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The World Health Organization declared Coronavirus a pandemic and health emergency on 11th March 2020. The virus has taken about 4292 lives globally until now. Amidst all the absurd social media posts claiming about different precautionary measure, remedies and cure for the virus.A viral message is doing the rounds on social media. According to the […]
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Social Media users have come up with very absurd claims regarding precautionary measures, remedies and cures for Coronavirus. Recently we came across several posts on social media, which claimed that eating onion with a pinch of salt followed by drinking one full glass of water after half an hour could cure Coronavirus immediately. The man […]
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Social Media users have come up with very absurd claims regarding precautionary measures, remedies and cures for Coronavirus. Recently we came across several posts on social media, which claimed that Japanese doctors have come up with a new way to treat patients infected with COVID-19. This treatment can also be used as precautionary measure for […]
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Social media is flooded with hoaxes related to the outbreak of Coronavirus in the world, which has taken 4012 lives until now. Let us make it very clear that Coronavirus has nothing to do with religion. The Novel Coronavirus 2019 can affect people belonging from any religion. Poynter says “There is no scientific data to […]
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The internet is flooded with misinformation and panic since December 2019 when the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak started. There is no cure for this rare and new virus that has taken more than 3000 lives till now worldwide. Internet is filled with cures and causes for this disease, while the most recent cure for this disease […]
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The internet is over flowing with social media users claiming that after the outbreak of Coronavirus in China, the Chinese government has started a mass extermination of human lives infected with coronavirus. We came across several videos, which claimed that the Chinese government has quarantined and locked up infected patient’s in their homes. As of […]
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The World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern. WHO has reported more than 2000 deaths from China due to COVID-19.We came across a lot of misinformation on social media, which claimed that the Chinese Government has locked up residents in Wuhan, which is the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic; […]
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The World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern, the internet is flooded with old and unrelated content adding up to the chaos among the masses. The internet is filled with content claiming to have the cure, cause, precaution of COVID-19. Wuhan, a Chinese city is believed to be the epicentre […]
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The internet is filled with various stories and claims related COVID-19 or Coronavirus. Social media users have also shared several advisories against buying Chinese products since China is the epicentre of the virus. World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern. According to WHO’s daily Situation Report on 20 […]
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Ever since the World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern, the internet is flooded with old and unrelated content adding up to the chaos among the masses. Social media is filled with false narratives related to Coronavirus among which there have been narratives connecting the disease with religion. […]
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Just few weeks after the death of basketball legend Late Kobe Bryant and his daughter in a chopper crash, social media is flooded with the news claiming that Late Kobe Bryant’s wife has committed suicide. A YouTube video with BBC’s logo claims that Vanessa Bryant, the wife of late Kobe Bryant is no more. The […]
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Social media is overflowing with several false narratives concerned with Coronavirus providing cures and causes of how the disease originated and spread around the world. There are several videos going viral of people falling sick claiming that it shows how people in China got infected with COVID-19. A video showing a bus driver vomiting blood […]
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Ever since, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus as a public health emergency of international concern, the internet is flooded with old and unrelated content adding up to the chaos among the masses. Social media is overflowing with several false narratives providing cures and causes of how the disease originated and spread […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus as a public health emergency of international concern. There are several false narratives providing cures and causes of how the disease originated and spread around the world. A report by news agency Press Trust of India on Thursday, 13 of February 2020 said that two passengers who […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Scientists have mapped the genomic sequence of the virus but are still researching the source of the virus. In light of the health emergency, social media is filled with several false narratives claiming to have found the source and […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Scientists have mapped the genomic sequence of the virus but are still researching the source of the virus. In light of the health emergency, social media is filled with several false narratives claiming to have found the source and […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Scientists have mapped the genomic sequence of the virus but are still researching the source of the virus. In light of the health emergency, social media is filled with several false narratives claiming to have found the source and […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Scientists have mapped the genomic sequence of the virus but are still researching the source of the virus. In light of the health emergency, social media is filled with several false narratives claiming to have found the source and […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Scientists have mapped the genomic sequence of the virus but are still researching the source of the virus. In light of the health emergency, social media is filled is with several false narratives claiming to have found the source […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Scientists have mapped the genomic sequence of the virus but are still researching the source of the virus. In light of the health emergency, several false narratives are going viral on social media, which are creating panic among […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Scientists have mapped the genomic sequence of the virus but are still researching the source of the virus. In light of the health emergency, several false narratives are going viral on social media, which are creating panic among […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Scientists have mapped the genomic sequence of the virus but are still researching the source of the virus. In light of the health emergency, several false narratives are going viral on social media, which are creating panic among […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Novel Coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Scientists have mapped the genomic sequence of the virus but are still researching for the source of the virus. In the light of the health emergency concern, several false narratives are going viral on social media, which are […]
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Since the outbreak of a new strain of human infecting Corona Virus (also known as Wuhan Virus) in China, more than 300 people have died. This virus has infected thousands across the globe and most of the infected are in China. WHO has declared the outbreak of Wuhan Virus a global medical emergency and many […]
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Hours after India confirmed its first positive case of novel coronavirus on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. In the light of the health emergency concern, several false narratives are going viral on social media, which are creating panic among the citizens of […]
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Hours after India confirmed its first positive case of novel coronavirus on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. In the light of the health emergency concern, several false narratives are going viral on social media, which is creating a panic among the citizens […]
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On 4th January 2020, a tweet was made by LG and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi of Puducherry in the morning, which contained a video. According to the video, ‘NASA has recorded the sound of the sun and NASA has received a reverberation of “OM” from the sun. Her tweet received thousands of responses and […]
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A gruesome and violent video of police action in the night is being shared on social media as UP police attacking a Madarasa. A Twitter account had tweeted this 2-minute video on January 3 and claimed that: Indian Official Terrorists (#uttarpradeshpolice) attacked a Madrasa in UP and opened fire on peaceful students and teachers of […]
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One of our readers sent us a video of torture of inmates by officials on our WhatsApp number 9049046809 for verification. The video was followed by a message that read as follows: “The camp of detention. Modi’s counterfeit report. Death by brutal torture. To live as human beings; Are they still too lazy to fight […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi sparked a heated debate on social media. While attacking the opponents of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), he urged protesters not to damage public property; instead, burn his effigy to show their anger. Many news websites reported this speech under the title- “Hate Me, But […]
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On 3rd November 2019, a Facebook user named “Lokenath Singha” posted a video captioned as “A bridge in the Pacific Ocean, located in Ecuador, South America. Feel the waves! What amazing engineering.” In this video, we can see a floating bridge over the water over which people are walking. Sharing this video, it is being […]
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On 2nd November 2019, a Facebook user named “Dhiraj Kumar” uploaded a video, captioned, “Yesterday evening the sea in Mumbai Marine Lines was in fierce form, entire Marine Drive became a water tank.” A scene showing massive waves on the beach has been shared on social media with the claim that the scene depicts the […]
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On 31st October, a Facebook user named “Sonu Pandit” posted a video captioned as “rajadhani Delhi mein hua #allaah bahut bada chamatkaar, bheekh maangate hue vikalaang yuvak ke hue pair theek.” A man can be seen crawling through the street in the video. It seems that this man is physically challenged. A woman along with […]
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On 29th October 2019, a Facebook user named “Jagatpal Singh” posted a picture, which reads, “ek aur avataar Hindu Hriday Samraat ka, pehele Kedaaraath me Baba bane the, aaj to Shekh Molavi ban gaye, matalab har roj naee nautanke aur ek naya role.” In this picture we can see Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing an […]
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On 23 October 2019, a Facebook user named “Braje ki Nagariya” posted a video and wrote in his headline that “A bullet has been stuck in his head, yet he has a smile on his face”. Such is our Indian Army, Jai Hind’s Army”. This video is of a soldier who has been shot on […]
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On 23rd October 2019, a Facebook user named “Mukul Dabholkar” posted a video, captioned “2009 song ‘Jai Ho’ choreographed by Chinese”. In this 45-second clip, many artists can be seen performing coordinated Martial Arts and shaping the Chinese national flag. This video has been made viral on social media, claiming that the performances of Martial […]
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On 28th August 2019 a Facebook user Aimim Varanasi shared a video in his post. In this video police are seen raiding the houses of some people. In the description of the post, it is written that, “Godi media is showing that people in Kashmir are at peace.” There are many types of claims on […]
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A picture of U-shaped road is being shared with the claim that an emergency road has been constructed in Japan to maintain the flow of traffic after a landslide within 24 hours. On 13 October 2019, a Facebook page called “Dontgetserious” uploaded a photo captioned “Emergency road was constructed within 24 hours after a disastrous […]
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A video showcasing a Cha Cha Dance sequence has been circulating on social media with the narrative that, “This is a 23 year old Television clip. This video is interesting not only because of the dance sequence. But, also because this boy is the current President of France Emmanuel Macron and the lady dancer is […]
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On September 14th 2014, a Facebook user named “Romakkkar” posted a picture, which was titled “Speechless”. The picture is from a news article published in the newspaper, in which we can see the picture of a child injured during the war. In war, young children end up losing their childhood and a photo depicting this […]
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On August 20th 2019 a post was posted on Facebook by a user named Sunil Dubey . In this post, many things related to Jawaharlal Nehru’s family have been allegedly taken from a book written by M.O. Mathai, being shared as truth. According to this post, it is being claimed that Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohammad Ali […]
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On 14th August 2019 a Facebook user named Ashit Dutta Biswas posted a video, captioned “request everyone to watch this one minute video without missing it to celebrate India’s Independence Day from Trafalgar Square London, Jai Hind.” This video has been made viral on social media claiming that the festival was held in Trafalgar Square, […]
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On 14th August 2019 a user from Facebook named Hindu Shakti shared a post. A video was shared in this post. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is probably addressing a press conference in this post. But a lot of noise is heard from the rest of the people present with the journalists. Imran got angry […]
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On 8th August 2019, we received a video link on our WhatsApp number 9049053770 by our reader Mr. Bhagat Singh Bisht who requested us to fact check this link. When we searched for this link we found a video shared on Facebook in which it was claimed that this video is of Saudi Prince Mohammed […]
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On 12th July 2019, a Facebook page named We Love Siliguri posted this video. The title of this video said this rockslide took place after heavy rainfall hit the region. It can also be seen that on 29th Mile NH 10, a massive boulder rolled down the hill and smashes into a moving car. So […]
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On 22nd July 2019, a Facebook user Mahesh Chatri Sagar uploaded a video on Facebook. The title of the video was “Pista House Old Hyderabad”. In the video, an annoyed customer can be seen complaining about the quality of the food being sold at the store. He can be heard telling the Manager of the […]
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On 17th July 2019, a Facebook user named Are bhaibhaibhai posted this picture. On the picture it was mentioned “लोगों द्वारा नजरअंदाज कियागया, कोईबड़ामुद्दानहीं, कोईमददनहीं, अपनेबिहारकासहयोगकरें … मुंबईयाकेरलकानहीं |दुखदवास्तविकता, बिहारडूबरहाहै” | In the picture, we can see a flooded submerged area. This post is being spread with the claim that this picture belongs to Bihar. […]
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On 11 July 2019, a Facebook user named Aliyar Khan posted a video titled “watch the fear of Allah Hu Akbar slogan. US President Donald Trump was giving a speech when somebody shouted from behind ‘Allah Hu Akbar’. After that, just see what happened. You can see in a 40 second long viral clip that […]
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On 1st July 2019, a Facebook user named Rahul Negi uploaded this video on Facebook. The heading of this video was “Air India flight with Hajjis. We can only sympathies with the cabin crew.” A 52 second long video is doing the rounds on social media. It shows a filthy aircraft cabin in which used […]
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On 12th July 2019, a Facebook page named We Love Siliguri posted this video. The title of this video said this rockslide took place after heavy rainfall hit the region. It can also be seen that on 29th Mile NH 10, a massive boulder rolled down the hill and smashes into a moving car. So […]
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On 6th July 2019, a Facebook user named Anand Damdiyal shared a video. The tile of the post was “Iranian man pouring milk on the Kaaba in Mecca and claiming that their ancestors were Hindus. The caption along with the video also says that he claims that the Kaaba is a holy Shivalinga. Is […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Chakrapani Sharma’ shared a post on 23 June 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “Pakistan’s extremely abominable move to defame India and Indians! The question is also for the peace messengers in this region that why are they expecting a brotherhood with such low lives.” As per this post’s […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Jhansi Times’ shared a post on 18 June 2019. A truck with the tricolour flag hoisted is shown in the video and the DJ is playing. There is a very famous Bhojpuri song played by the DJ – ‘Lollipop Lagelu’ and on that tune, the foreigners are dancing. The post as […]
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A Facebook page named ‘Sakshi’ shared a post on 18 June 2019. Some demonstrators appear in the photo with Pakistan’s flags and a green banner in their hands, which says – WE DON’T WANT KASHMIR, GIVE US VIRAT KOHLI. The post quotes, “Kashmir or Kohli for Pakistan?” As we are aware that currently the ICC […]
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A Facebook page named ‘Nation First’ shared a post on 11 June 2019. The post containd a photograph of AIMIM party leader and MP Asaduddin Owaisi. On the photo, it is written as a claim that Owaisi wrote a letter to the UN stating the Muslims in India are not safe. The answer came from […]
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A Facebook page named ‘Apni Khabren’ shared a post on 8 June 2019. The post headline as translated from Hindi quoted “Real sisters ended up getting married to their own brother, became mothers also together.” The post claims that the two women seen in the photograph are real sisters and have got married to the […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Mohd Shamim’ shared a post on 17 June 2019. The post contains a photograph with four people shown in it. Out of the four, three look like Muslims as they are wearing similar head caps like Muslims. The fourth person however, looks from the European country, wearing a suit. They look […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Shashi Bhanu Singh’ shared a post on 9 June 2019. The post shares a screenshot of BBC News. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “Narendra Damodara Das Gandhi will make mosques with a sum of 100 crores in the Maldives. Modi we did not expect this from you.” This post […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Parmeswar Karai’ shared a video on 17 June 2019. The video shows three men watching a cricket match in a room. A person asks second person to get something. The second person gets some metal object and a spitting pot. The first person gets very angry, takes both the objects and […]
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A Facebook page named ‘Life and Meditation’ shared a post on 30 May 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “Who says that the Taj Mahal is unique, our Shiv Temple is also unique.” The post claims that the photograph shown in the post is of a Shiv temple in India. Let us see […]
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Narrative on social media A Facebook page called Ottamoolikal had posted an image on June 14, 2019 with a caption in Malayalam claiming that the man seen in the image is Anwar Sadiq from Afghanistan and he is the tallest man in the world who stands 10 feet 9 inches tall. archived FB post The […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Arshad Ansari’ shared a post on 30 May 2019. The post consists of the photograph of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman. Post, as translated from Hindi, quoted “Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – If in India, Muslims are forced to chant ‘Jai Shriram’ slogans; then […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Mallick Jilani’ shared a post on 3 June 2019. There is a video shared in the post, in which the cops are beating some protestors. Police is beating women who look like students. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “The good days of education came in Gorakhpur yesterday on 1st […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Odia Hub’ shared a post on 13 June 2019. The post had a photograph of a woman and a tweet screen shot with a quote. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “Child rapists are also human, don’t they have any human rights? This pro-Hindutva government is bringing an ordinance to […]
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We received a Whatsapp request for Fact Check from 8446256754 on 12 June 2019. When we searched on social media with the claim received, we found many videos with the same claim on Facebook. Let us look below, different descriptions from our search. In the shared video, a man is beating up small children brutally. […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Sanjay Bhanarkar’ shared a post on 12 June 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “The temperature in the areas near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has risen to 62 degrees. May Allah save us!” As per this post, the claim is that the temperature of Saudi Arabia has risen to 62 […]
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While surfing online, we come across several bizarre news about incidents happening around the world. Most of the times these fascinating incidents turn out to be true but not every time what we read, is reality. Sometimes these news are a result of misunderstanding by the publisher. For example, a prank believed to be true […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Arvind Gupta’ shared a post on 8 June 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “This video is of Birmingham, UK. The Syrians came to UK as refugees. Instead of the opposition of the citizens, the UK government allowed them on the grounds of humanity. Whereas, it happened that the […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Sandeep Singh Somwanshi’ shared a post on 9 June 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “If this is their religion, then it is poison for us brothers.” As per this post’s claim, a Professor from Egypt’s Al Azhar University says that Allah gives permission to rape. Let us see […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Maithali Samaaj’ shared a post on 13 February 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “Sushma Swaraj had visited Kuwait recently. Shaikh Mubarak Al Rasheed sang a song in her honour and won our hearts.” As per this post’s claim, the singer sung a Ram Mandir song in front of […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Vikas Bhanudasrao Deshpande’ shared a post on 2 June 2019. The post as translated from Marathi quoted “Anywhere or anyone if found with a Pakistani Flag in India, then that person will be arrested under sedition law. Home Minister-Amit Shah.” As per this post’s claim, Home Minister Amit Shah has declared […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Kiran Sharma’ shared a post on 29 May 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “The empty land near Balrampur Railway Station has been inhabited by the Rohingya intruders. Immediate action is expected from the Uttar Pradesh administration; otherwise the entire scope of Law and Order will be disturbed.” Let […]
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A Facebook user named ‘The Army Wife’s Diary’ shared a post on 29 May 2019. The post as translated from Hindi quoted “Indian Soldiers guarding in the scorching desert of Rajasthan. Why did you stop now, say Jai Hind.” As per this post’s claim, the woman shown in the post is an Indian soldier. Let […]
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