Social Media Fact-Check
Social Media has empowered the voiceless, yet, it is often the cesspool of fake news. Read before you believe.
Truth about the ‘haunted’ park in Jhansi, UP, where people alleged ‘ghosts’ were exercising on a swing that moved on its own
Jhansi Police said that the grease ensures that the swing keeps moving for a short while after its movement has once been initiated.
Alka Lamba uses a 4-year-old stock image to claim temples were opened after lockdown to collection donations
Alka Lamba defamed Hindu temples by claiming that they were opened after the lockdown for the sole purpose of collecting donations
Fact check: Dalits beaten, tonsured, paraded with shoes around their neck by upper caste men in Lucknow’s Barauli? Here is the truth
The media reports had stated that the Dalit men were beaten, tortured by villagers for stealing from the house of a 'Brahmin man'. The police have denied any caste angle in the case and have stated that the accused were from both upper and lower castes.
Fact check: Is India going under lockdown again from June 15? Here are the facts
The Press Information Bureau has categorically denied that no such order of reimposing lockdown starting June 15 has passed by the Ministry of Home Affairs
Fact Check: No, a Muslim man was not forced to lick the spit of a Hindu. Here is the truth
While torturing the victim, the accused could be hearing saying, "Kyu bola Ramzan ka Naam? Aab bolega Ramzan ka naam? Tere ko DCP ko du kya?"
No, Brahmins did not severe tongue of a 16-year-old girl as a sacrifice to protect village from Coronavirus: Here is the truth
Kamran alleged that owing to superstitious beliefs that the village would be protected from the wrath of the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus, the Brahmins in the village cut off the tongue of a Class 8 student as religious 'sacrifice'.
Congress leader Archana Dalmia passes off an old image from 2017 as recent one, deletes it after being caught
Archana Dalmia claimed that the woman had died by the railway tracks of the MP's Damoh and she was spotted by people in the state
News of Chhota Bheem ditching Chutki to marry princess Indumati is fake, clarifies maker of animated show after netizens outrage over ‘betrayal’ by Bheem
Netizens launch #JusticeForChutki campaign after news spread that Chhota Bheem is ditching best friend Chutki to marry princess Indumati
Fact-check: Did Antifa rioters break into a zoo and let loose giraffe, tiger and hippopotamus on the streets in America
On Monday, images of hippopotamus and giraffe roaming on the streets went viral on social media with various claims that these animals were spotted in various parts of America after the violence over African American man George Floyd's killing.
Old photos of wildfires all over the world used to falsely claim severe wildfire in Uttarakhand, police to file FIR against fake news peddlers
Images shared on social media sites soon drew traction and many media houses reported that Uttarakhand has been burning in a forest fire for the last four days
