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

Beware! Deepfakes of famous personalities promoting betting apps, fraud investments

Expressing his anguish, Tendulkar said that the ‘rampant misuse of technology is disturbing.’ He asked social media platforms to be alert and...

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 15 Jan 2024 10:28 PM IST

Fact Check: Old speech of Bhojpuri star Khesari Lal shared as actor criticising current JDU-RJD government in Bihar

The video is from 2021 when Bihar had a Nitish Kumar-led government in alliance with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 13 Jan 2024 3:02 PM IST

Fact Check: Old video of Houthis bombing Saudi warship shared as attack on US Navy in Red Sea

The video shows an attack on a Saudi warship off Yemen’s coast in 2017

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 12 Jan 2024 5:41 PM IST

Fact Check: Viral video of children doing drugs is from Bihar, not Andhra Pradesh

The video is from Bihar. The Telugu audio in the video has been digitally added to mislead the people of Andhra Pradesh.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 11 Jan 2024 7:49 PM IST

Fact Check: Old videos passed off as attack on NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad after controversial remark on Lord Ram

NewsMeter found that both clips in the video are old and are falsely linked to Awhad’s remark.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 9 Jan 2024 6:05 PM IST

Fact Check: Deepfake shows Nirmala Sitharaman announcing partnership with crypto trading platform

NewsMeter found that the video is a deepfake. In the original video, she could be heard speaking Tamil.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 6 Jan 2024 5:40 PM IST

Fact Check: Claim of 95,040 ration cards being cancelled in Telangana’s Medchal−Malkajgiri district is false

Uttam Kumar Reddy, minister for Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies in Telangana government clarified on X that the claim of cancellation of ration...

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 5 Jan 2024 7:07 PM IST

Fact Check: Old video of drunk driving in front of bus falsely linked to new hit-and-run law

The video is from October 2023 and is falsely linked to the new hit-and-run law.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 4 Jan 2024 7:24 PM IST

Fact Check: Old images falsely linked to recent earthquake in Japan

The images are old and do not show the visual of destruction from the recent earthquake.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 4 Jan 2024 10:26 AM IST

Fact Check: Old video of blast in Pakistan falsely linked to rumoured death of terrorist Masood Azhar

The video shows an explosion in Dera Ismail Khan’s Tank Adda in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on November 3, 2023.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 2 Jan 2024 5:29 PM IST

Fact Check: Old video shared as Muslims doing namaz at New York’s Times Square on Christmas Day 2023

NewsMeter found that the video is old and the claim is misleading.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 28 Dec 2023 5:06 PM IST

Fact Check: Video of domestic violence falsely shared as caste abuse incident in Rajasthan

NewsMeter found that the claim is misleading. The video shows the harassment of a tribal woman by her husband in Rajasthan.

By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 27 Dec 2023 8:26 PM IST

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