Fact Check Articles

Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh — Old Video Of a Couple Being Attacked, Resurfaced With Communal Claims: Fact-Check
The victims’ religious identities are highlighted in a disturbing and sensitive video that has gone viral, portraying the group of people beating up a couple on the street with sticks as a hate crime based on religion against a minority community. Verified accounts on twitter, including @ShaykhSulaiman tweeted “MUSLIM FAMILY BEATEN IN

No, This Boy Is Not Urinating In Food, Here is The Truth: Fact-Check
A brief video clip posted by a BJP worker shows that a boy appears to be urinating on food. Verified accounts on twitter, including @AsianDigest tweeted “Pajeet Food . Everything has to do with Piss & Shite” on March 7, 2024. The tweet has received an about 239.1k views on X.

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Was Not a Muslim but a Jew Mossad-trained Operative Elliot Shimon? Fact-Check
There’s a self-made narrative going around that says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of ISIS, was not a Muslim but actually born to Jewish parents and a Mossad-trained operative and actually an actor named Elliot Shimon. Verified accounts on twitter, including @ShaykhSulaiman tweeted “ISRAEL IS ISIS” and claimed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was

Sensitive Old Video Of Rape Victim Injured Girl Lying Down Resurfaced With False Claims: Fact-Check
Social media users are sharing a video of a girl who is unconscious and surrounded by people seeking for help while the crowd was just making videos of her instead of helping her. The video has gone viral. Verified accounts on twitter, including @NigarNawab tweeted “Watch this video, your soul

Vaishali, Bihar — Police Beat Up Dalit Minor For Taking Water From Tap Inside Police Station? Fact-Check
There are rumours circulating that a minor Dalit boy in Bihar was beaten up by cops for allegedly taking water from a tap within the police station premises. @AshokBuaddha claimed about this in a twitter post on March 20, 2024. The user added “Policemen beat Dalit minor badly after filling water from police station’s

Old Video Of Japanese Twitch Streamer Getting Harassed in Tokyo, Propagandists Falsely Linked to India: Fact-Check
It has been reported that a foreign female tourist was harassed in India based on a frightening video that has gone viral and shows a group of two to three people publically harassing a female in front of camera. Verified accounts on twitter, including @ShaykhSulaiman tweeted “FOREIGN FEMALE TOURIST SEXUALLY