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5Nov

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Fact Check: Fireworks Video From Argentina Posted As ‘Diwali Celebrations In Nagaland’

The Verdict: False The viral video captures football fans celebrating with firecrackers at Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is not from Nagaland, India. What is the claim? Amid recent Diwali celebrations, the Hindu festival of lights in India, a video showing thousands of people bursting firecrackers in a stadium has been widely shared on social media. The posts claim it depicts celebrations in Nagaland, a state in northeastern India. A user on X (formerly Twitter) claimed that the video (archived here) shows Diwali festivities at Dimapur Stadium in Nagaland. Several right-wing social media users, including known misinformation spreader ‘Megh Updates’, have circulated the video with the same assertion, linking it to the Christian-majority state. Multiple such posts have me...

5Nov

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Fact Check: Viral Notice Claiming Amit Shah Is ‘Wanted By Interpol’ Is Fake

The Verdict: Fake The viral image has been digitally altered. Interpol has not issued any such notice against the Indian Home Minister, Amit Shah. What is the claim? A photo purportedly issued by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) is circulating on social media, featuring a picture and the name of Indian Home Minister Amit Shah. The photograph is accompanied by a claim that Shah has been added to “Interpol’s wanted list.” The post surfaces amid recent allegations by a Canadian government minister that Shah ordered the targeting of Sikh separatists in Canada. India has since responded to the allegations, calling them “absurd and baseless”. The viral image displays text at the top that reads “INTERPOL WANTED”, along with the name “Amit Anilchandra Shah”, Age “60”, and ...

4Nov

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Elon Musk Is Spreading Lies Ahead Of US Presidential Elections? Here Are 3 Instances When The X

X owner Elon Musk has been involved in the ongoing US Presidential Election campaign quite vocally and a lot of rumours and fake news about the tech titan have also been making rounds on social media platforms. Imran Ahmed, head of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), told Deutsche Welle (DW) that since Musk took over X, the platform has 'devolved into a hellscape of hate and discrimination'. He alleged that much of the hate and discrimination comes from Musk himself. A recent report by the CCDH revealed that between January and July 2024, Elon Musk's false or misleading statements about the US election garnered 1.2 billion views on X. ALSO READ | Elon Musk To Face Deportation For Immigration Violation? Here's What The Billionaire Trump Supporter Has To Say Musk has often been ...

7Oct

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Fact Check: Viral Video Claiming To Show ‘NH-44’ In Jammu & Kashmir Is Actually From China

The Verdict [False]The video features China’s Beipanjiang Bridge, which connects Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and is unrelated to Jammu and Kashmir in India.What is the claim? Social media users have shared aerial footage claiming to show a bridge on Jammu and Kashmir’s National Highway 44 (NH-44). The 14-second video includes overlaid text with names of various towns and cities in Jammu and Kashmir, such as Leh, Patnitop, Baramulla, and Samba. A verified user on X (formerly Twitter), Explore Bharat, shared the video with the caption: “Jammu & Kashmir NH 44, Jai Hind (sic).” The post garnered approximately 3,800 shares and 16,000 likes. Divya Bhaskar, a Gujarati-language daily, also shared the video, claiming it is from Jammu and Kashmir. Archived versions of similar claims can b...

30Sep

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MPox Doesn’t Exist? Report Falsely Claims There Is No Scientific Evidence For Monkeypox

The Verdict [False] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not make such a statement. Mpox is a real viral illness. Context Users on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) shared an article (archived here) by Slay News, a website known for spreading fabricated and misleading stories, headlined "FDA Admits There's 'Zero Scientific Evidence' That 'Monkeypox Virus' Exists" (example archived here). The article was shared with captions like "Newly unsealed documents have revealed an explosive confession from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the so-called "monkeypox virus" (example archived here). The X post has over 400 thousand views. Other users remarked, "FDA pushes "testing" and "vaccines" for a virus that—by the FDA's own words—does not exist" (example archived here). Acc...

24Sep

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Fact Check: No, That’s Not Kamala Harris With Jeffrey Epstein On A Beach, It’s A Fake Image

The Verdict [Fake]The visible inconsistencies in the image, combined with results from multiple detection tools, strongly suggest it was digitally created using AI. What’s the claim? Ahead of the 2024 United States presidential elections, a photo allegedly depicting Vice President Kamala Harris posing with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has circulated widely on social media, accompanied by the text, “Old photos don’t lie.” A user on Facebook shared the image with the claim, “#KaMana & #Epstein who ain't #dead.” An archived version of the post can be found here. Harris is the Democratic nominee for the upcoming elections, facing off against the Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump. The image also gained traction in July 2024, with users on X (formerly Twitte...

23Sep

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Viral Social Media Posts Falsely Connect Pakistani Firm To Tirupati Laddu Prasad Row

The Verdict [False]A Pakistani company, A.R. Foods (Pvt) Ltd, was wrongly linked to the Tirumala Tirupati temple controversy, fueled by a misleading communal narrative.What is the claim? Amid controversy over the alleged use of animal fat in the prasad (a food offering to a deity, later distributed to devotees) at the Tirumala Tirupati temple, an image circulating on social media falsely claims to show profiles of Muslim individuals as evidence that the ghee supplier for the temple is Muslim-led. One user on X (formerly Twitter) posted, “These are the top management names of the Tamil Nadu-based company that supplies Desi Ghee to Tirupati Balaji.” Archived versions of such posts can be found here, here and here. Screenshots of the social media posts. (Source: X/Modified by Log...

10Sep

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Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi Image With Journalist Given False ‘George Soros’ Spin

The Verdict False The image shows Rahul Gandhi with Amulya Gopalakrishnan, a columnist and wife of Congressman Amitabh Dubey, not Manmohan Singh's daughter Amrit Singh. What is the claim? An image of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi standing with a woman in a brown shirt has been shared on social media, claiming that the woman is former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's daughter Amrit Singh. The post also includes Singh’s photo at the bottom right. One such post on X (formerly Twitter) sharing the image with the caption, "Hi #RaulVinci. Where were you travelling with Amrit Singh, Director, Accountability, Liberty and Transparency of Open Society Justice Initiative - a project funded by George Soros?" At the time of writing this fact-check, the post has garnered 389,400 views, 13,00...