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#WebQoof | A video is going viral on social media, falsely claiming to show BJP MP Kangana Ranaut observing Karwa Chauth for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | An AI-generated video is going viral on social media, claiming to show a newly married woman on duty as a loco pilot, dressed in a saree. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | From AI-generated visuals to old and unrelated videos being linked to Cyclone Arnab, here's a recap of some of the most viral claims we fact-checked this week.
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#WebQoof | An old video of a tornado in Odisha is being widely shared on social media with claims that it shows visuals of Cyclone Arnab. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | An old, unrelated video is being falsely shared as one showing visuals of the impact of Cyclone Arnab. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | An old video is being shared to falsely claim that it shows the PLA capturing an Indian soldier after the recent skirmish in Arunachal Pradesh. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | An AI-generated video is going viral on social media, claiming to show a real video of Israelis singing the Hindu Shloka 'Hanuman Chalisa' in Hebrew at a Tel Aviv beach in Israel. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | An AI-generated image is going viral on social media, falsely claiming to show an RSS march through the Red Fort in Kannur, Kerala. Read our fact-check here.
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As protests escalated in New Delhi this month, an entrenched online network worked to link AISA President Neha Bora (@neha_aisa) to foreign actors. Our investigation tracks the data, the synchronised accounts, and the origins of the "French connection" claim. Read here.
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#WebQoof | An AI-manipulated video is being shared to falsely claim that the DGTA Lt Gen Girish Kalia admitted that China was controlling parts of Arunachal Pradesh. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | A deepfake of NSA Ajit Doval is being shared to falsely claim that they took obscene photographs of CJP leaders before releasing them from detention. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | A video is going viral on social media, falsely claiming to show Maharashtra FDA chief Tukaram Mundhe at an anti-CEC protest. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | An AI-altered image is going viral on social media, falsely claiming to show Sonia Gandhi sitting across a table from Jeffrey Epstein. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | A video is going viral on social media, falsely claiming to show recent footage of PM Narendra Modi reacting to the anti-CEC movement and calling out INC leaders. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | An AI-altered video is being shared to falsely claim that US Senator Richard Blumenthal called India a failed state. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | From an unrelated image being shared to show a Bangladeshi couple who were executed for carrying out 'indecent acts' in Saudi Arabia's Mecca to an AI-altered image claiming to show Shashi Tharoor with Neha Bora, here are five of the viral pieces of misinformation we fact-checked this week.
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#WebQoof | A video is going viral on social media, falsely claiming to show luxury goods looted by French protesters from stores in France being sold on the streets. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | A video from Odisha showing a protest by tribal women against illegal liquor is going viral on social media, claiming to show a protest by women against the BJP government. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | Unrelated and AI-generated videos are going viral on social media, falsely claiming to show the Palestinian flag being hoisted at recognisable landmarks in European countries amid the protests in Europe. Read our fact-check here.
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#WebQoof | A fake image is being shared to falsely claim that the BBC published an article about Indian Gen-Z being 'too lazy' to burn down the country. Read our fact-check here.
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