Social Media Fact-Check

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

HW News resorted to fear-mongering by claiming that there were rumours of a pan-India lockdown afterPM Modi's public address

The viral photo dates back to June 12, 2011, when Baba Ramdev had ended his fast against black money in a Dehradun hospital.

Dhruv Rathee is not misinformed. On the contrary, it is his business to misinform, which he does in analysis of Delhi riots