Social Media Fact-Check

Social Media has empowered the voiceless, yet, it is often the cesspool of fake news. Read before you believe.

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Was there an agreement signed that nobody will strip Imran Khan and rape him while in custody because he has piles: What we know

Raju Das - 11 May, 2023

Geo Fact Check confirmed that the 'agreement' signed by Imran Khan, Interior Secretary Yousuf Naseem Khokhar and US Ambassador Donald Blome is fabricated

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Rajasthan: Fake news peddlers, ‘Muslim journalist’ and The Wire columnist share fake news report to claim how ‘Hindus’ raped half-cremated body, police debunk lies

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2023

Fake news peddlers claimed five men raped half-cremated dead body in Rajasthan - a news that was debunked by the police

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Did the Olympics really ‘reserve’ Gold Medals for protesting Indian wrestlers?

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2023

Fact-check: No, the Olympics did not keep aside Gold Medals for protesting wrestlers.

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Was a poster put up in Rajasthan where CM Ashok Gehlot promised “free MILF”? Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2023

Netizens share posted showing Ashok Gehlot promising 'free milf', some think it is misspelt and should be 'free milk'

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Instagram uses unrelated fact-check from Boom Live to claim Azad Maidan riots where a Muslim youth kicked Amar Jawan Jyoti is fake news

OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2023

Instagram, like other Meta-owned platforms, has once again demonstrated a clear bias towards left-liberals and Islamists

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Maharashtra: 15-year-old Ghulam Mohammed found hanging in Beed, police dismiss communal angle as alleged by Islamists online

OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2023

SP of the Beed district said, "The police will initiate action against anyone spreading rumours about the incident and giving it a communal colour."

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Mufti explains how to perform Istinja (cleaning anus after defecation) during Ramzan fast so that water does not enter stomach: fact check of the...

Gopal Tiwari - 13 April, 2023

Some clerics believe that water can enter the stomach via the anus and this will invalidate Ramzan fasting, but others say it is not possible

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Another Congress supporter becomes Pappu to target PM Modi’s degree, claims former Gujarat University VC, who is alive, died before he became the VC

OpIndia Staff - 6 April, 2023

Congress supporter claims VC who signed Modi's degree in 1983 died in 1981, while that person is still alive

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How can a ‘Microsoft font’ of 1992 be present in PM Modi’s degree certificate of 1983? Don’t be a Pappu. Read to know how

Raju Das - 1 April, 2023

A Congress supporter claimed that Modi’s Gujarat University MA degree is fake because it is from 1983, and a font used in the certificate didn’t exist before 1992

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