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Fact Check: Is West Bengal Bulldozer Video Actually From Delhi?
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (56+ words) During its investigation, the DFRAC team found that the viral video is not from West Bengal, but from the Babarpur area of Delhi, and dates back to April. After conducting a reverse image search of the keyframes, we found the…...
Fact Check: No, White House did not deny Jaishankar's request to meet Donald Trump
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (23+ words) Several Pakistan-based accounts allege that the White House denied Jaishankar's request to meet U. S. President Donald Trump during the trip....
Fact Check: Viral image of bee attack on Shankaracharya is AI!
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (21+ words) Is the viral image of a bee attack on Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand in Varanasi real? A DFRAC fact-check reveals check now. ....
Video of murder in Telangana goes viral with communal claim
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (251+ words) Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center A video is widely circulating on social media. In the video, several youths can be seen attacking a young man with knives in the middle of a market. Sharing this video, users are claiming…...
The claim that Muslim minister was appointed in Tamil Nadu is fake
4+ day, 26+ min ago (232+ words) Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center In Tamil Nadu, the government of C. Vijay Joseph has proved its majority in the Assembly. Meanwhile, a claim is being circulated on social media regarding the Vijay government, alleging that it has appointed a…...
The Hindu news clipping related to Indira Gandhi's appeal is fake
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (249+ words) Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center Sharing the clipping, a user named Ocean Jain wrote, "That was the era of the Iron Lady Indira. When Modi Ji's appeal not to buy gold was printed in the newspapers of that time....
Akhilesh did not say he would join the BJP if BSP joins the alliance
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (227+ words) Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center Sharing this postcard, a user wrote: "Even the upper castes (#Swarnas) wouldn't harbor as much hatred for the #Dalit community as the #Yadav leader Akhilesh does." Meanwhile, another user shared the postcard on X…...
Maharashtra Video Falsely Shared as Attack on TMC Worker
1+ week, 3+ day ago (226+ words) Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center Reports of clashes and violence have emerged from West Bengal since the election results were announced on May 4. Amid this, social media users widely shared a video claiming that BJP-backed goons brutally assaulted a…...
Old video from Bangladesh goes viral with misleading claim
1+ week, 6+ day ago (189+ words) Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center A video has been shared on social media showing a large number of Muslims carrying belongings. Users are claiming that after the formation of a BJP government in West Bengal, Rohingyas and Bangladeshi infiltrators…...
Misinformation Machinery in the 2026 West Bengal Elections
1+ week, 6+ day ago (366+ words) Digital Faultlines: Unmasking the Misinformation Machinery in the 2026 West Bengal Elections'dfrac. org The 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections were not confined to traditional democratic processes such as political campaigning, policy debates, and voter outreach. Instead, they unfolded as a high-stakes digital…...