Fake News Library

A massively widespread message claims that Muslim-owned hotels in highways across Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra are mixing the food served to Hindus with tablets that cause impotence. It further alleges this step is being taken to reduce the population of Hindus in India and adds that Muslims are also secretly mixing meat in the food.…More

A photograph of a man has been shared on social media with the claim that he is “the owner of Himalaya Ayurvedic products, Mohammed Menal”. The man is being accused of donating 10% of his income to “jihadists”.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Pooja_Chaudhuri&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1364046923779297283&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in%2Ffake-messages-claiming-himalaya-founder-funds-terrorists-viral-on-social-media%2F&sessionId=9459298d6975d49cbd78209b8ea14b68cc2c4e20&siteScreenName=AltNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&width=550px The tweet below by @REAL___HINDUVT garnered over 2,600 likes and close to 1,300 retweets.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Pooja_Chaudhuri&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1364046923779297283&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in%2Ffake-messages-claiming-himalaya-founder-funds-terrorists-viral-on-social-media%2F&sessionId=9459298d6975d49cbd78209b8ea14b68cc2c4e20&siteScreenName=AltNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&width=550px It is also…More

On March 27, over 900 people died due to novel coronavirus in Italy in a single day. The state’s death toll has now crossed 9,000. Meanwhile, in Iran, the virus has taken the lives of more than 2,000 people. In the midst of the disturbing news, a video is viral on Facebook and Twitter which shows people coming out…More

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, a video of a man…More

Several Facebook and Twitter users shared a 45-second video of a vegetable vendor beaten up by another man who is accompanied by at least three other persons. He asks the vendor for an identity card and his name. The vendor responded that he does not have an ID card at the moment and his name is Mohammad Saleem. Thereafter, Saleem…More

Several Arabian Gulf users recently took to Twitter to criticise India over the discrimination against Muslims in the country. Old, racist tweets by BJP parliamentarian Tejasvi Surya targetting Arab women had sparked the outrage. Another tweet by Princess Hend Al Qassimi, a member of the UAE royal family, calling-out an Indian national working in Dubai for posting…More

A set of photographs of an injured, bloodied sadhu is viral on social media. Posts and tweets claim that the Hindu ascetic was murdered by “Bangladeshi immigrants” in Vrindavan. They also suggest that the incident was communally-motivated as a “Hindu sadhu was killed by Muslims”. One Vikas Gaur, who self-identifies as an RTI activist, was…More

The official Twitter handle of the SC department of the Indian National Congress posted an image of a man carrying an old woman on his back with a message targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government. “.@narendramodi जी, क्या आप इनके चेहरे की बेबसी को आप पढ़ पा रहे हैं? कुछ तो करो सरकार.. (@narendramodi, can…More

A photograph of a man with his foot on a shivling is circulating on social media with the claim that he is from the Muslim community. Alt News has received several verification requests for the photograph on its official mobile application. The photograph has been making rounds on Twitter since 2019 along with a picture of two other…More

On September 2, several Facebook and Twitter users shared an image of a charred idol of Hindu deity Kali. As per social media claims, the idol is from a temple in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Several social media users claimed that “jihadists” attacked the temple and destroyed the idol. Vice president BJP Bengal and MP Arjun Singh shared multiple images…More