An AI-generated video of a dog rescuing a baby under rubble is being shared as a real incident
https://youtu.be/dUj1afsXuX0 A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) claims to show…
Author Nitish Kumar Dhonge
A December 2024 video of fireworks from the 26th Gulf Cup opening ceremony in Kuwait is falsely linked to the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy semi-final on 04 March 2025
Update (10 March 2025): The same video (archive) is being shared on social media, claiming…
A 2021 video of an Australian fan chanting patriotic slogans with Indian fans is falsely linked to the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy semi-final on 04 March 2025
On 04 March 2025, India defeated Australia by four wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy…
An old scripted video of a man adulterating watermelons resurfaces with a false communal angle
https://youtu.be/9kbK4ACfLfk A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) claims to show…
‘మహాశివరాత్రి రోజున పులులకు మాంసాహారం పెట్టినందుకు ‘జూ’పై ABVP దాడి చేసింది’ అనే శీర్షికతో ఉన్న వ్యంగ్య వార్తను నిజమైన సంఘటనగా షేర్ చేస్తున్నారు
మహాశివరాత్రి రోజు పులులకు మాంసాహారం ఇచ్చినందుకు ‘జూ’పై ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad) వారు దాడి చేశారంటూ ఒక…
A scripted video of a burqa-clad woman claiming that her father is in a physical relation with her is shared as a real incident
https://youtu.be/vXNnKcbfA7M A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) claims that a…
A 2015 video of Indore police thrashing a group of men is falsely shared as that of Rajasthan police beating Anoop Mandal members for raising anti-Jain slogans
https://youtu.be/oXqUt8VoyAs A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) shows police officers…
A satirical newspaper clipping with the headline ‘ABVP attacked a zoo for serving non-veg to tigers on Maha Shivratri’ is shared as that of a true incident
https://youtu.be/DxxVJzeIrWg A post going viral on social media (here, here, and here) featuring a screenshot…
A scripted video showing a differently-abled man being harassed by a biker is shared as a real incident with a false communal narrative
A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) claims to show a…
The viral video shows the mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles in Odisha and is unrelated to the 2025 Prayagraj Mahakumbh
https://youtu.be/duHjyhqQwWs The 2025 Prayagraj Mahakumbh Mela is set to conclude on 26 February 2025. Meanwhile,…
