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A picture is circulating on social media in which a group of men is seen offering namaz (prayer) on a railway track. Along with this picture is text which says ‘Rail route blocked for Namaz. Sad that students who were travelling in this train got delayed and couldn’t appear for the NEET exams (translated).’ The text is in Tamil…More

Hindu khatre mein hai? How the fake news ecosystem targets minorities to create a fear psychosis  BY ARJUN SIDHARTH Share Tweet Social media has become a convenient medium for purveyors of misinformation. Fake news has grown manifold, a large proportion of which is dominated by information which is communal in nature and inciteful in tone, seeking…More

A Facebook user Hindu Akhilesh Gupta, on August 31, shared an image of a woman stripped naked, chased down the street and beaten by a group of men. The narrative used to circulate the photograph suggested that a Hindu woman was thrashed by Congress workers for chanting pro-BJP and pro-Modi slogans at their rally in West…More

Postcard News, synonymous with misinformation in the garb of news, continues to post with impunity content which is communal in nature, provocative in tone and mostly untrue. In 2017, Alt News had chronicled numerous instances of fake news posted on this website. The fact that Postcard News has been exposed repeatedly seems to have made no dent in its…More

Rishi Bagree describes himself on Twitter as ‘an ordinary tax paying citizen’. His 99,000 followers on the social media platform include top functionaries of the ruling party and the Central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. That moment when you finally meet your favorite Leader in person ,and he is as awesome as you…More

“Friends, today I will tell you a way to get Muslims out of India…Play ‘Vande Mataram’ in the entire nation and all Muslims will leave.” This was a post circulated by Facebook page Jay Modiraj (“जय मोदीराज”)‘ in 2013. Jay Modiraj was created in 2012 and has since managed to gather a following of over 1.4 million. The “info and ads” section of the…More

Alt News Home / News / No, OpIndia, Rajasthan Police did not declare a true incident as ‘fake news’17TH DECEMBER 2018 / 8:35 PM / LAST UPDATED: 18TH MARCH 2019 No, OpIndia, Rajasthan Police did not declare a true incident as ‘fake news’  BY POOJA CHAUDHURI Share Tweet On December 17, OpIndia published an article titled – ‘Rajasthan Police ends up declaring a true incident…More

#बुलंदशहर_इज्तेमा के बवाल के बाद कई स्कूलों में बच्चे फँसे है, रो रहे है, लोग जंगल में है, घरों के दरवाज़े बंद कर के लोग सहमे हूए है- सुदर्शन से लाईव बातचीत में स्थानीय लोग। #बुलंदशहर_में_बवाल @SudarshanNewsTV पर लाईव “(In the unrest following the Bulandshahr Ijtema, children are stuck in schools and crying, people are in the…More

“डरावनी खबर – हिन्दू का कतल कर उनका मास खा रहे रोहिंग्या, मेवात का मामला, खबर विचलित कर सकती है (Horrfying News – Rohingyas are killing Hindus and eating their flesh, a case from Mewat, this news may send shivers down your spine -translated),” read the headline of an article published by fake news website Dainik Bharat on…More

2018 marked yet another year when confidence and trust in mainstream media took a hit. There were a number of instances where top news organisations ended up disseminating misinformation, wittingly or otherwise. Disturbingly, on numerous occasions, reportage by media outlets ended up furthering the communal divide. 1. Provocative media reports fuel communal hatemongering on murder…More