Delhi’s Nizamuddin has emerged as a coronavirus hotbed after numerous people who attended a Tablighi Jamaat meet in mid-March tested positive for the viral infection. Since the news broke out, the issue has been massively communalised on social media and by a number of mainstream media outlets. In the latest attempt,......
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A WhatsApp message has gone viral. It claims that 52 cases have been registered by Dadar cybercrime police against WhatsApp group administrators for sharing misleading forwards. The message credits the information to “Ravi Nayak, principal secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs.” The viral text reads, “Be......
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A video is massively viral on social media with the claim that people mass sneezed in Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin mosque to spread coronavirus infection. Below is a Facebook post by one Anita Saxena which has drawn 24,000 views and 1,700 shares. In Hazrat Nizamuddin mosque in Delhi Purposefully sneezing in mosque to &h......
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A group of images have been going viral on social media, claiming that people in Italy have given up on money due to the ongoing severe COVID-19 pandemic. However, the story is false and misleading...Read more: ......
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Two images of health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan have gone viral. The first image shows him playing ludo with his wife and the other shows him chopping vegetables in a jovial mood. Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared the images while questioning his behaviour during the nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus …......
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On March 27, Shilpa Bodke, who describes herself as the Maharashtra Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee Social Media State Coordinator, tweeted two images with the message, “ ,, ”. She further wrote, “Had the government shown even 10......
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A video is viral showing Police with weapons in hand, trying to contain passengers in a Metro Train. It’s claimed to be from China, trying to contain COVID-19 (Corona virus). “ ...Read more: ......
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A message is viral on WhatsApp claiming PM Modi, under Swachh Bharat, is giving our free masks to all Indians against Corona Virus. “ ...Read more: ......
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A photo is viral showing many people lying on the ground claimed as dead bodies of CoronaVirus victims in Italy which no one is ready to pick up. “ ...Read more: ......
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A video is viral showing a man shooting people on an airport while police is trying to save people claimed as current situation in China because of the Corona virus panic. “Corona ...Read more: ......
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A video has been circulating on social media, which shows police thrashing people claiming to be from Spain for breaking the lockdown. The video shows law enforcement forces scattering a horde of p...Read more: ......
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At times, it’s difficult to Fact Check a satire or a meme. A news channel looking screenshot is viral showing a Lion on a road surrounded by cars in a city with no human around. “RUSSIA...Read more: ......
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A Prank video is viral, tweeted by few media houses and journalists claimed to be recent and from Goa. It shows a man wearing a ghost looking suit jumping suddenly in front to a motorcycle on a bri...Read more: ......
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A message requesting the receiver not to go out of the house between 10 PM to 5 AM ‘tonight’ as a medicine will be sprayed by helicopter to kill the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is viral for ...Read more: ......
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A set of images that shows piles of cash on a street has gone viral on social media. A Facebook user posted two such images along with the caption, “People in Italy threw their wealth on the streets. They say it’s of no use anymore. ( …Read more: ......
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Several misleading images, videos and audio clips have lately been circulating on social media promoting misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. A set of images of an abnormal newborn child is now viral. It has been shared with the claim that the baby was born in Garoth village and her mother died after …......
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