Fake News Library

A video of men wielding sticks and swords, where they can be heard raising slogans against PM Narendra Modi, Bajrang and Shiv Sena is being circulated on social media. Twitter user Sushil Kumar posted the video with a message, “भारत का डरा हुआ, खौफजदा, पीड़ित समुदाय, हाथों में तलवार लेकर शिवसेना हाय हाय और बजरंग दल हाय हाय…More

गुजरात में एक मस्जिद से पकड़े गये हथियार:- आखिरकार ये मुस्लिम करना क्या चाहते हैं?? वैसे देशभर में मस्जिदोंकी चेकिंग की जाए तो ऐसे ही हथियार मिलेंगे? Translation: Weapons seized from a mosque in Gujarat:- What do these Muslims want after all? If mosques all over the country are checked, will such weapons be recovered?…More

गुजरात में एक मस्जिद से पकड़े गये हथियार:- आखिरकार ये मुस्लिम करना क्या चाहते हैं?? वैसे देशभर में मस्जिदोंकी चेकिंग की जाए तो ऐसे ही हथियार मिलेंगे? Translation: Weapons seized from a mosque in Gujarat:- What do these Muslims want after all? If mosques all over the country are checked, will such weapons be recovered?…More

A video of a woman caught by a mob that interrogates her on suspicions of child-kidnapping has emerged on social media. It has been shared with the claim that gangs of Rohingya Muslims are on a prowl to lift children at night. https://www.facebook.com/v2.8/plugins/video.php?app_id=298431377239806&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df110baf909c82e8%26domain%3Dwww.altnews.in%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.altnews.in%252Ff2fb5971282484c%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=300&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmanoj.dhakad.75%2Fvideos%2F1405942682886175%2F&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&show_text=true&width=350 In the video, one among the mob says that the woman was…More

First-time parliamentarian, TMC’s Nusrat Jahan, recently celebrated Durga Puja with her husband Nikhil Jain in Kolkata. Soon after, news reports by mainstream media flashed headlines stating that a Darul Uloom Deoband cleric ‘Mufti Asad Qasmi’ attacked Jahan for participating in the celebrations of a Hindu festival. The headline of an article in Firstpost read, “‘Nusrat Jahan defaming Islam’:…More

On December 14, Business Standard reported that Rashtriya Janata Dal (JRD) had called for a Bihar bandh on December 21 in protest against the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The bandh took a violent turn when two groups clashed in Phulwari Sharif, Patna in the view of protests against the CAA. According to a December 22 report in Hindustan Times, violence…More

A video has been circulated on various social media platforms with the claim that ‘terrorists’ attacked ISKCON Netrakona Muktarpara Temple in Bangladesh, seriously injuring three devotees. The video shared on Facebook page FM Hindu shows the alleged attack. The accompanying caption reads, “বাংলাদেশের নেত্রকোনা জেলার ইসকন মুক্তারপুর মন্দিরে হামলা চালিয়েছে মুসলিম জিহাদী বাহিনী। তিনজন ভক্ত মারাত্মকভাবে আহত হয়েছে।”…More

A photograph of two men donning skull caps burning the Indian national flag is circulating on social media. The text inscribed in the image reads, “शाइन बाग मैं मुसलमानों ने CAA NRC के विरोध में तिरंगा जलाया है मुसलमान आतंकवादी देशद्रोही है अब मुसलमानों को भगाना है पाकिस्तान में, हिन्दू भाई एक हो जाए, जाऊ श्री…More

On January 15, Bharatiya Janata Party social media head Amit Malviya tweeted a video of a group of men talking about the Shaheen Bagh protesters. They alleged that women participating in the sit-in protest are being paid to demonstrate against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens. A man in the…More

Earlier this week, multiple social media users shared a list of names of “13 navy personnel” who were accused of spying for Pakistan. One of the prominent among them was Advocate Prashant Bhushan. On February 18, Bhushan shared a hitherto unknown website by the name of AajTak Media published an article naming the accused in the spy racket…More