Social Media Fact-Check

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

News Reports

The Quint transforms an engineer to a doctor, peddles fake news saying India is already in the middle of community transmission of Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2020

Dr Girdhar Gyani is not even a 'doctor' as claimed by 'journalist' Poonam Agarwal of the Quint. He is an Engineer with a PhD degree.

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Did Gujarat company ‘CoSara’ become ‘the first and only’ company to get license to make Covid-19 testing kits? Here are the facts

Nupur J Sharma - 25 March, 2020

Saket Gokhale tweeted a thread where he alleged that he had found evidence of "corruption and favouritism during the Covid-19 pandemic

Social Media Fact-Check

Director of AltNews Nirjhari Sinha shares old picture to protest against PM Modi’s call to stay home amidst coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2020

Nirjhari Sinha posted an old photo from 2016 to express her disapproval of PM Modi's announcement of total lockdown even as the spread of coronavirus in India enters a crucial phase

Social Media Fact-Check

Caravan editor spreads fake news, claims Coronavirus tests are not free in India

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2020

Caravan editor Vinod K Jose claimed that while Coronavirus tests are free or very cheap in other countries, it is ₹4500 in India

Social Media Fact-Check

Coronavirus: AltNews founder, Shekhar Gupta and others spread unverified claims by a fake twitter account

OpIndia Staff - 24 March, 2020

Self-proclaimed fact-checker AltNews founder Pratik Sinha and ThePrint chief Shekhar Gupta today retweeted a tweet from a fake account, thereby spreading misinformation to millions amidst coronavirus outbreak.

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Shashi Tharoor shares dubious claims hailing Kerala govt from a hoax site, then refuses to delete it because ‘it is viral now’

OpIndia Staff - 23 March, 2020

The site Britishherald.com has long been debunked as a hoax site. Many Twitter users had pointed out the issues regarding the authenticity of the site to him.

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The truth behind “expert” Ramanan Laxminarayanan, who is being promoted by media to create Coronavirus panic

OpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2020

Ramanan Laxminarayanan, due to scale of current health emergency, perhaps now looking at opportunities to promote his commercial interests.

Political Fact-Check

TMC politician shares old picture of overcrowded railway station to allege mishandling of Coronavirus: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2020

The Wuhan Coronavirus has created havoc globally with over 3,00,000 cases and 12,948 deaths as of last evening.

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Posts claiming presence of swans, dolphins in canals of Venice after Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak turns out to be misleading

OpIndia Staff - 21 March, 2020

Despite the clarification, Kaveri has not deleted her misleading Twitter posts. Speaking to the NGC, she argued that her posts were still relevant because waters in Venice are clearer than usual a result of decreased boat activity and that is what mattered to her.

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