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Unseen Hands: Facebook Ads, Funding, and Election Disinformation in South India
In this report, we aim to analyse the political ads run on Meta ahead of the Indian general elections by shadow pages supporting the BJP and the...
By Dheeshma Puzhakkal Published on 8 July 2024 2:15 PM IST
Fact Check: āItalianā remark on Rahul Gandhi made by BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma, not MP CM
The claim is false as the video does not show MP CM Mohan Yadav but BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma from the Huzur Assembly Constituency of Bhopal, Madhya...
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 6 July 2024 3:46 PM IST
Fact Check: Claim that only Muslims were arrested in NEET (UG) 2024 paper leak case is misleading
The claim is misleading as there have been arrests of Hindu individuals also.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 5 July 2024 8:13 PM IST
Fact Check: Misleading claim about electricity rates for Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu goes viral
A photo comparing the electric charges for temples, mosques, churches and a common citizen in Tamil Nadu is being widely shared.
By Sibahathulla Sakib Published on 4 July 2024 7:04 PM IST
Fact Check: Diogo Costa did not credit match-winning penalty saves to Ronaldo; claim is false
Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved three penalties to take his team to the Euro 2024 quarter-finals.
By Sibahathulla Sakib Published on 4 July 2024 6:32 PM IST
Fact Check: Naresh Agarwal linked Hindu deities with alcohol in 2017 Rajya Sabha as SP member, not BJP
The claim is misleading as Agarwal recited the poem in Raj Sabha as a Samajwadi Party MP in 2017.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 4 July 2024 5:52 PM IST
Fact Check: AI photo of Israeli Army dog attacking elderly Palestinian woman shared as real
A photo of an elderly Palestinian woman being attacked by a dog has gone viral.
By Sibahathulla Sakib Published on 4 July 2024 5:41 PM IST
Fact Check: Clipped video of PM Modi speaking in Lok Sabha shared with misleading context
NewsMeter found the claim misleading as the video is clipped and does not show the PM correcting his pronunciation for āMuqablaā (competition).
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 3 July 2024 7:38 PM IST
Fact Check: 2007 World Cup winning team met both PM and Sonia Gandhi; viral claim is misleading
Along with Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh, his wife Gursharan Kaur, and other Congress leaders were also photographed with the 2007 T20 World...
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 1 July 2024 6:00 PM IST
Fact Check: Deaths of five Indian soldiers in recent accident falsely shared as killings by Kashmiri militants
The deaths of the five Indian Army soldiers were not from a militant attack but due to an accident during a river-crossing exercise.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 29 Jun 2024 6:51 PM IST
Fact Check: Image of TMC MPs Mahua Moitra, Sayani Ghosh āsleepingā in Parliament is misleading
The viral image is a screengrab from a specific moment in a video, and the video does not show them sleeping.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 28 Jun 2024 8:59 PM IST
Fact Check: NEET paper leak accused not arrested from Congressā Deoghar office
A video has gone viral claiming that these accused were hiding in the Congress office in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
By Sibahathulla Sakib Published on 28 Jun 2024 12:35 PM IST
