Fact Check: Video showing French protests against Muslim street prayers is from 2017
A French teacher was brutally murdered and beheaded by an 18-year-old Muslim refugee, Abdoullakh Anzorov, in the suburbs of Paris on 16 October. He...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 27 Oct 2020 5:38 AM GMT
Fact check: Old video of woman assaulted by lawyers in Pakistan shared with false communal narrative
Twitter user @Pradeep5424243 shared a video of a woman being assaulted by lawyers and claimed that this video is from Pakistan and the woman is a...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 26 Oct 2020 6:57 AM GMT
Fact check: Crowd at 2014 Modi's Kolkata rally passed off as UP CM Yogi Adityanath's public meeting in Bihar
Several users on social media shared an image of a massive crowd along with a claim that it is from UP CM Yogi Adityanath's recent rally in Bihar. The...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 23 Oct 2020 6:34 AM GMT
Fact Check: Old Durga puja pandal 'entertainment' video from Mumbai shared with communal narrative
Hyderabad: A video of a man entering a Durga puja pandal and disrupting festivities has gone viral on social media. In the video, the man can be...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 21 Oct 2020 3:02 PM GMT
Fact Check: Old incident of murder of gang-rape victim, her mother from UP passed off as recent
Hyderabad: Video of two women bodies lying on the road became viral on social media. Users claimed that a gang-rape victim and her mother were killed...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 20 Oct 2020 5:22 AM GMT
Fact Check: 3YO video of waterlogged in Mexico passed off as Hyderabad airport
Unprecedented rains in Hyderabad in the past few days has affected several people and flooded major parts of the city. Amidst all this, several...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 15 Oct 2020 2:52 PM GMT
Fact check: Mob thrashing man in viral video is not MP Congress leader, but BJP activist from Bengal
A video of a mob thrashing a person is going viral on social media. Netizens claim that he is Phool Singh Baraiya, a Congress leader from Madhya...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 9 Oct 2020 4:45 AM GMT
Fact check: BJP leader falsely shown as father of accused in Hathras rape
Several users on social media shared photographs of a man with prominent politicians including PM Modi. They identified him as a father of Sandeep,...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 3 Oct 2020 7:18 AM GMT
Fact check: Video of a cruise ship from Greece is passed off as ferry service started by PM Modi
Hyderabad: Twitter user @RenukaJain6 posted a video of a cruise ship and claimed that it is the service between Bhavnagar to Bharuch in Gujarat...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 30 Sep 2020 10:01 AM GMT
Fact Check: Digitally recreated time-lapse video of Japanese bullet train shared as real
Hyderabad: A video of a Japanese bullet train is being widely shared on social media along with a claim that it travels at a speed of 4,800km/ hour...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 29 Sep 2020 1:25 PM GMT
Fact check: Four year old video of Chinese loudspeaker is not related to Ladakh standoff
Hyderabad: Video of an alleged loudspeaker is being shared on social media along with a claim that it is being used by the Chinese army to target...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 29 Sep 2020 6:43 AM GMT
Fact check: Image of a Rohingya refugee girl shared with false communal and xenophobic narrative
Hyderabad: The image of a girl holding an infant was shared on social media identifying her as a Rohingya refugee and a mother of two children. The...
By Vamsi Krishna Pothuru Published on 28 Sep 2020 12:00 PM GMT
