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3 weeks ago | 
thequint.com | Aishwarya Varma |Abhishek Anand |Abhilash Mallick
If you look at this video below, you would spot a young woman fainting at the sight of an elderly man sitting next to her. Its caption suggests that they got recently married and the user takes a dig at the Muslim community with the word 'मजाहब' (a wordplay of the Arabic word मज़हब — which means a school of thought). But here's the problem. The video is scripted and does not show real visuals, which was also pointed out by multiple fact-checking organisations.
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2 months ago | 
thequint.com | Aishwarya Varma |Abhilash Mallick
These ads openly advertise features to undress people. Shortly after actor and model Poonam Pandey appeared on YouTuber Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent, the latter’s show on YouTube, a video of the two went viral. This video showed the actor sharing a kiss with Raina, gathering over four lakh views on this post alone. But this never happened.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
thequint.com | Aishwarya Varma |Abhilash Mallick |Also ReadMigraine
(This report is completed as part of the pilot study "Gendered Disinformation: Deepening Perspectives and Designing Responses," an initiative led by Meedan in collaboration with The Quint, Digital Rights Foundation, and Chambal Media. Funding was provided by the Sexual Violence Research Initiative. The purpose of this study is to better understand local and hyperlocal manifestations of gendered disinformation in South Asia.
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
thequint.com | Abhilash Mallick
The deceased shooter was identified as a 20-year-old Pennsylvania resident Thomas Matthew Crooks. A claim going viral on the internet states that the shooter who shot at former US President Donald J Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, was identified as one "Antifa member" named Mark Violets. The claim accompanied by a photograph of the supposed shooter. The information has been attributed to the Pennsylvania police department. More such posts can be found here and here.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
thequint.com | Saptarshi Basak |Abhilash Mallick
The top donor in this sector — Yashoda Hospital — donated more than its share to the BRS. New data uploaded by the Election Commission of India, provided to it by the State Bank of India, shows that pharmaceutical and healthcare firms bought electoral bonds worth hundreds of crores for the BJP, the BRS, and the Congress party.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
thequint.com | Aditya Menon |Abhilash Mallick
The State Bank of India on Thursday, 21 March, submitted to the Election Commission the Alphanumeric Code data of Electoral Bond donations to political parties. The EC subsequently published the data on its website. This has helped us connect which company gave donations via electoral bonds to which political party. The BJP received electoral bonds worth over Rs 8700 crore, more than all the other parties put together. So who are the top donors of the BJP? 1.
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Nov 18, 2023 | 
thequint.com | Abhilash Mallick
Shortly after OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman's ouster from the company, Mira Murati's name started trending on social media as it was announced that she would be temporarily taking over the company from Altman. What is the claim: Several social media users, including some media houses, incorrectly reported that Murati is an Indian-origin person. Hindi news channel News24 misspelt her name as "Meera Murthy".
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Nov 4, 2023 | 
thequint.com | Abhilash Mallick
The video dates back to 9 May when supporters of Imran Khan attacked and vandalised several government buildings. The Quint DAILYFor impactful stories you just can’t missA video showing a Pakistani aircraft set on fire has gone viral as visuals of the recent terrorist attack on Mianwali Training Air Base of the Pakistan Air Force, on Saturday, 4 November. What is the claim: People linked the video with the terrorist attack on Saturday, said, "Pak Airforce fighter jets up in flames.
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Oct 22, 2023 | 
thequint.com | Abhilash Mallick
The video was shot in January 2021 and was captured after India won the Border-Gavaskar tournament. For impactful stories you just can’t missA video showing a person wearing the Australian cricket team's jersey and raising "Vande Mataram" and "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" slogans is being shared by several people on social media, including Sudarshan News – a right-wing propaganda portal, which has been called out for sharing disinformation on multiple occasions.
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Aug 27, 2023 | 
thequint.com | Abhilash Mallick
The video of US President Joe Biden has been edited to add the abuses. For impactful stories you just can’t missUS President Joe Biden recently visited Hawaii to assess the extent of the damage caused by wildfires. A video of him reaching Hawaii has gone viral on the internet with the claim that people hurled abuses at the Presidet. What are people claiming: Those sharing the video have claimed that people in Hawaii were angry at Biden and shouted profanities when he reached.
