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Fact Check: Flags of IUML waved at Congress Karnataka rally wrongly believed to be Pakistani flags
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIn one of the recent viral videos, a flag, green in colour and bearing the white crescent and star symbols is being waved at a Congress party rally in Tumkur, Karnataka. It is, however, the banner of a political party-based in Kerala, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Fact Check: Fake BBC survey claiming BJP's landslide victory going viral on social media, media firm confirms inauthenticity
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAs per the message which lists out the possible outcome in all the states and UTs, the worst-case scenario for BJP is 323 seats, and the best case scenario is 380 seats out of the 543 Lok Sabha seats up for a contest. The message says that the survey has been conducted by the CIA and the ISI, external intelligence agencies of the USA and Pakistan, respectively.
Fact Check: No, Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman is not wearing scarf with BJP symbol; lookalike's photo makes news
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe post is just an attempt to mislead people and trick them into favouring a particular party by endorsing a nationalist agenda through the use of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's name.
Facebook page of Postcard News deleted: Mahesh Vikram Hegde-headed propaganda website is known for spreading fake news
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Facebook page of Postcard News, an Indian media website known for peddling fake news, has been removed, reports said.
'No big communal riot' in past 4 years, claims BJP: Data shows 389 dead in over 2,000 incidents since 2014
Factchecker • 7 years agoUttar Pradesh — India’s most populous state — reported the most communal incidents (645) over the last four years, followed by the ninth-most populous, Karnataka (379), and second-most populous, Maharashtra (316).
Facebook will shrink fake news in the hopes that you won’t see it
Tech2 News Staff • 7 years agoThe struggling social media giant’s latest solution is to shrink fake news in the hopes that readers won’t notice it so easily.
Yogi Adityanath claims Uttar Pradesh govt gave farmers Rs 80,000 cr, when it actually gave 1/6th that amount
Indiaspend • 7 years agoUttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, in a television interview, talked about his government’s performance over the last 10 months, ahead of the investors summit held on February 21 and 22, 2018.
Fake news: Facebook is rolling out new tools to identify and report stories
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoFacebook has announced the rollout of new tools that will help the company fight the menace of 'Fake News.'