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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TMC, Kashmiri Journalist and propagandists found posting fake images and videos amidst Covid-19 crisis

OpIndia Staff -
TMC's campaign handle 'Banglar Gorbo Mamata' was found spreading deliberate lies and fake news during the Covid pandemic.
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Pro-AAP vlogger Dhruv Rathee spreads fake news about only BJP campaigning for Bengal elections, gives clean chit to TMC, Left, and Congress

OpIndia Staff -
While TMC, Congress and the Left are all continuing with rallies and crowded election campaigns, Dhruv Rathee made a ranting Facebook post blaming only the BJP. He did not share it on Twitter.
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Congress leaders, others share old picture of Yogi and Amit Shah in Kumbh, accuse them of spreading Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Alka Lamba shares old picture of Kumbh to malign Yogi Adityanath and BJP, Netizens follow suit
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The truth behind video shared by Manjinder Singh Sirsa claiming Pakistani Army officials tortured an Indian soldier

OpIndia Staff -
Video of Pakistani soldiers torturing a Baloch man shared by Manjinder Singh Sirsa claiming that the victim is an Indian soldier
News Reports

Has Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray tested HIV positive? A fact-check

OpIndia Staff -
The news of Aaditya Thackeray testing positive for HIV/AIDS sent social media users into a tizzy. The claim turned out to be untrue
News Reports

Fact Check: Did AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal threaten to make India an Islamic country. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The video speech by Badruddin Ajmal during Lok Sabha elections was doctored to retain only few lines to make it a communal speech
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Fact-Check: Has BJP opened a ‘branch’ in Sri Lanka too? Know what is ‘Sri Lanka Bharatiya Janata Party’

OpIndia Staff -
An image has gone viral on the internet with claims that the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling political party in India, has launched a 'branch' in Sri Lanka.
News Reports

Congress caught trying to pass off old video of mock drill as police shooting CAA protesters to malign BJP govt in Assam

OpIndia Staff -
Assam Congress uses a video from mock drill by police in Jharkhand which was earlier also used several times to spread fake news
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Trolls use fake, photoshopped images to attack Kangana Ranaut for pictures of a fruit smoothie

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana Ranaut faced troll attack after sharing a photo of a smoothie she had made. Trolls claimed that she had copied food image from the internet.
News Reports

Congress tries to pass off multiple images of tea gardens from Taiwan as that of Assam, gets fact-checked by BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party used two photographs from tea gardens in Taiwan for its Assam Bachao campaign on Facebook
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