Social Media Fact-Check
Social Media has empowered the voiceless, yet, it is often the cesspool of fake news. Read before you believe.
AAP supporters share picture of Jagannath Puri’s Rath Yatra to claim massive public support for Arvind Kejriwal following his arrest
The image of the large religious gathering has been circulating in the media and social media for more than a year before Kejriwal's arrest.
Fake claims of Adani owning Navayuga surface again after ECI publishes Electoral Bonds data, Opposition trolls clutch at straws to smear Gautam Adani
The claims that Gautam Adani owns Navayuga or Navayuga is a subsidiary of Adani Group are false.
Nadeem enters Afzal’s house to molest his daughter, gets beaten by the family: Islamists share video claiming ‘mob lynching of a Muslim’
OpIndia fact-checked this matter to discover that the fight involved two groups of Muslims and no Hindu person was involved in the matter. OpIndia also obtained a copy of an FIR registered in this case.
Popular X user asks Elon Musk why no ‘community notes’ for Indians, gets stamped with wrong ‘community note’ to his post. Read how Indians...
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X user highlighted how X is biased against Indians in giving them permission to write Community Notes
Amethi: DM says govt land secured from illegal encroachment, busts false claims that state razed elderly woman’s private property by Mohammed Zubair & his...
Countering the misleading claims that the elderly woman's property was built on private land, the district administration clarified that it was government property and only an illegally built wall had been demolished
‘Fact-Checker’ Md Zubair spreads fake news after Sanjay Singh wins election to become WFI president, claims he was ‘appointed’ by BJP
‘Fact-Checker’ and Alt News cofounder Md Zubair spreads fake news that Sanjay Singh was appointed as WFI president by BJP, not elected
Routine action against encroachment in Lucknow being peddled with misleading claims of harassment and assault of Kashmiri vendors, UP Police issues clarification
Clearing the air, Lucknow Police took to their official X (Twitter) handle and noted that the authorities took routine action during an anti-encroachment drive as the bridge is also a sensitive route for VIP movement.
Press release announcing Mahanth Balaknath Yogi as next CM of Rajasthan is fake: State BJP
Taking to X, BJP's Rajasthan unit called out fake letter circulating as its press release appointing new leadership in Rajasthan.
No, Shakib Al Hasan wasn’t beaten up on his return to Bangladesh after the World Cup: Here’s the truth about the viral video
An old video of Shakib Al Hasan beaten up by a group of angry fans is passed off as a recent one after the Bangladeshi cricketer returned from the World Cup.
Welfare Party of India may be an example of communist stupidity in supporting terror, but they didn’t use the Italy flag to support Palestine:...
The Welfare Party of India didn't carry Italian flag in pro-Palestine protest in Kerala, they carried their own flag which is very similar to the Italy flag
