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Social media has been awash with claims that a minor girl was abducted, raped and killed in a village in Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The perpetrator, it was alleged, was a Rohingya Muslim named Muzaffar Ali who had been living under a Hindu name, Sheel Kumar. Founder of propaganda website Neo Politico, Shubham …
Nikki Haley, the Republican presidential candidate and former governor of South Carolina and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under the Trump administration, made false and misleading statements during a CNN town hall event on June 4th. She claimed that crime is at “all-time highs” when FBI data shows that the nationwide violent crime rate …
Soon after the tragic train accident in Odisha in which nearly 300 people lost their lives and over 800 were injured, a video of a ruptured gas cylinder being retrieved from railway tracks went viral on social media. Some social media users claimed that this incident could be part of a larger conspiracy to cause …
For decades, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has dutifully served as a frontline surveillance system for vaccine safety, detecting potential safety issues soon after a vaccine is authorized or approved in the United States. However, anti-vaxxers have exploited the publicly searchable database of VAERS, often citing unverified reports of health issues following vaccination …
A photo collage of a woman, allegedly an acid-attack victim, has been circulating on social media. Some users have cited the culprit as a Muslim, referring to the perpetrator as ‘Abdul’, while others attribute it to a Hindu man using the name ‘Ramlal’. On May 25, Twitter user 🇮🇳 Rupen Chowdhury 🚩(@rupen_chowdhury) shared the collage …
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie launched his campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination with a town hall meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire on June 6, where he made remarks that needed some fact-checking. In particular, he made false or misleading claims about former President Donald Trump, his main Republican front-runner. Christie accused Trump …
A group of miscreants vandalized almost a dozen idols of Hindu deities in four temples located in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh during the early hours of June 1. The incident took place at Baral village in the district. Videos of the vandalized condition of the idols were shared widely on social media, with some users claiming …
Pfizer’s maternal vaccine to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has passed an FDA advisory committee vote, supporting the vaccine’s safety and efficacy. The clinical trial data for the vaccine was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrating a vaccine efficacy of 81.8% against severe RSV-confirmed lower respiratory tract illness. The vaccine …
A video of men wearing skull caps has gone viral on social media, causing a stir. The clip shows individuals transferring money from what appears to be a donation box to sacks which are then moved to another room. People identified as boys in skull caps proceed to organise and count the currency notes. Netizens …
Rainbow Animation Celebrating Pride Month Misinterpreted on Social Media A video artist living in France posted an animation of an enormous rainbow winding through and coiling around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on June 1 as a celebration of Pride Month and support for the LGBTQ+ community. However, social media users falsely claimed that …