Social Media Fact-Check
Social Media has empowered the voiceless, yet, it is often the cesspool of fake news. Read before you believe.
Fact-check: No, Govt of India is not selling 3 Khadi masks for Rs 999
On Friday, several social media users took to Twitter to share images of an advertisement put out by a certain seller, who claims to be selling three Khadi masks for Rs.999.
Times Now runs news claiming Amitabh Bachchan has recovered from COVID-19, Big B calls it ‘incorrigible lie’
Amitabh Bachchan stated that the claims made by Times Now are incorrect. He added that it is "irresponsible, fake and an incorrigible lie".
Video of activist-devotee of Padmanabhaswamy temple circulated as Travancore royal family member and ‘richest person in the world’
Shilpa Nair's video from 13 July where she was thanking the SC judges and lawyers for the Padmanabhaswamy Temple verdict was used in a WhatsApp share claiming she is from the Travancore royal family who has now become 'world's richest person'.
Fact Check: 6-years-old images of a Bangladeshi boy saving a young fawn from drowning being passed off as a recent one from Assam floods
The image widely shared on Internet about a teenage boy saving a baby deer is not from Assam but old image from Bangladesh
Fact-check: Did the Rs 263 crore Sattar Ghat bridge in Bihar collapse within 29 days of construction?
The barbs were not limited to the opposition parties. Some netizens also blamed Bihar govt for the Sattar Ghat Bridge collapse
Fact Check: Fake message circulating on social media alleges hidden agenda behind Amitabh Bachchan’s hospitalisation at Nanavati Hospital
Fake message claims that Amitabh Bachchan has mini-ICU at his home and he is director of company that owns Nanavati Hospital
Fact-Check: Is the West Bengal government recruiting only Muslims in its latest recruitment drive?
The WhatsApp message claims that only Muslims have been employed by the West Bengal government for a particular post.
The curious case of ‘Drone Boy’ who has made 600 drones using broken mixer grinders and televisions. A fact-check
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While 'drone boy' Prathap NM has claimed to have made 600 drones using e-waste, not a single photo or video of them exist
Sopore attack: Amnesty India preaches laws while blatantly violating the same laws to suit their agenda
Amnesty India has been regularly disclosing identities and photographs of minors, but objects when Kashmir Police did so
Fact-check: Was Wikipedia updated with time of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death even before he had died
Various social media users have come up with conspiracy theories surrounding Sushant Singh Rajput's death.
