Md Mahfooz Alam works as a Fact-Check journalist at the NewsMeter. A news buff with a keen interest in politics and history. He enjoys working on investigative stories and debunking mis/disinformation. He learned Fact-Checking skills at The Quint and has been monitoring and busting fake news/claims for the last two years.

Md Mahfooz Alam

Md Mahfooz Alam works as a Fact-Check journalist at the NewsMeter. A news buff with a keen interest in politics and history. He enjoys working on investigative stories and debunking mis/disinformation. He learned Fact-Checking skills at The Quint and has been monitoring and busting fake news/claims for the last two years.

Md Mahfooz Alam

Fact Check: EC is yet to announce poll schedule for 2024 LS elections; viral dates are from 2019

Fact Check: EC is yet to announce poll schedule for 2024 LS elections; viral dates are from 2019

The Election Commission of India has yet to announce the dates of the General Elections.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 20 Feb 2024 3:56 PM IST

Fact Check: 2018 video falsely shared as assault on woman in Sandeshkhali, WB

Fact Check: 2018 video falsely shared as assault on woman in Sandeshkhali, WB

The video is from 2018 and is being falsely linked to the Sandeshkhali issue.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 19 Feb 2024 6:07 PM IST

Fact Check: Video of women being sexually harassed is from UP in 2017, not West Bengal

Fact Check: Video of women being sexually harassed is from UP in 2017, not West Bengal

The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur in 2017.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 16 Feb 2024 6:46 PM IST

Fact Check: Old video of tractors crossing water body falsely linked to farmers’ protest in 2024

Fact Check: Old video of tractors crossing water body falsely linked to farmers’ protest in 2024

NewsMeter found that the video is from 2023.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 15 Feb 2024 6:57 PM IST

Fact Check: Viral image of modified tractors is AI-generated, not from farmers’ protest in Delhi

Fact Check: Viral image of modified tractors is AI-generated, not from farmers’ protest in Delhi

NewsMeter found that the vehicles in the viral image are AI-generated.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 13 Feb 2024 8:03 PM IST

Fact Check: Viral video of Rahul Gandhi inaccurately adding 50 and 15 to 73 is edited

Fact Check: Viral video of Rahul Gandhi inaccurately adding 50 and 15 to 73 is edited

NewsMeter found that the viral video was edited to make it look like Rahul Gandhi made a wrong calculation.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 12 Feb 2024 4:01 PM IST

Fact Check: Viral video of Narayana Murthy announcing project ‘Quantum AI’ with Elon Musk is a deepfake

Fact Check: Viral video of Narayana Murthy announcing project ‘Quantum AI’ with Elon Musk is a deepfake

The video is a deepfake. The audio was inserted into the video using voice cloning technology.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 3 Feb 2024 6:57 PM IST

Fact Check: Video of Nirmala Sitharaman speaking to media is from 2023 post-budget press conference, not 2024

Fact Check: Video of Nirmala Sitharaman speaking to media is from 2023 post-budget press conference, not 2024

The video is from a 2023 press conference after the budget was presented.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 2 Feb 2024 5:18 PM IST

Fact Check: News about Indian cricketer Virat Kohli’s mother being seriously ill is fake

Fact Check: News about Indian cricketer Virat Kohli’s mother being seriously ill is fake

NewsMeter found that the claim of Kohli’s mother being ill is false.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 1 Feb 2024 5:16 PM IST

Was Netaji’s ‘Subh Sukh Chain’ the old National Anthem of India? Read the fact-check

Was Netaji’s ‘Subh Sukh Chain’ the old National Anthem of India? Read the fact-check

The song, “Subh Sukh Chain” is the Hindustani translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata” written in Bangla.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 31 Jan 2024 9:01 PM IST

Fact Check: Viral video does not show Maldivian president Mohamed Muizzu being thrashed in Parliament

Fact Check: Viral video does not show Maldivian president Mohamed Muizzu being thrashed in Parliament

The video shows the clash between two Maldivian Members of Parliament.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 30 Jan 2024 6:48 PM IST

Fact Check: BJP did not launch phone number to ask support for UCC through missed calls

Fact Check: BJP did not launch phone number to ask support for UCC through missed calls

The number was launched by the BJP in 2023 for people to join the party’s ‘Jan Sampark Se Jan Samarthan’ campaign.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 29 Jan 2024 6:56 PM IST

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