Fact check: Is this JNU attacker from the Left, as claimed by state-controlled Prasar Bharti?

Alt News has found that the assaulter, wearing red, is an ABVP member and the man who was assaulted, in green, is a member of AISA.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

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Pratik Sinha, AltNews.in

· Jan 07, 2020 · 06:30 pm

PIB sets up fact-checking unit to tackle spread of fake news related to government

The government urged the public to send across any information that they wanted verified.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 29, 2019 · 05:44 pm

Group that sponsored MEPs’ travel to J&K linked to India-based global fake news lobby network: NGO

The network is allegedly run in more than 65 countries to influence international institutions and turn public perception against Pakistan.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 14, 2019 · 01:49 pm

Fake news more dangerous than paid news, causes deaths, says I&B minister Prakash Javadekar

He said there was no regulatory authority for OTT platforms, which include news websites and streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 03, 2019 · 08:02 pm

Pakistan minister shares edited clip that falsely claims to show official brutality in Kashmir

Syed Ali Haider Zaidi is his country’s federal minister for maritime affairs.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Aug 19, 2019 · 09:51 pm

Infocalypse now: How can media users protect themselves from the fake news superstorm?

In the age of ‘alternative facts’, fact checking and digital literacy education is key.

Anurag Mehra

· Jul 26, 2019 · 06:30 am

Facebook and YouTube to take action against medical misinformation on their platforms

The social media platforms announced they were taking steps to limit the reach of these false, and often dangerous, health claims.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 03, 2019 · 03:04 pm

Facebook user who spread fake news of Tripura CM’s divorce sent to three-day police custody

Anupam Paul was arrested by a special team of Tripura Police Crime Branch in New Delhi on June 10.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 17, 2019 · 09:56 am

As girl is murdered in Aligarh, social media rumours fuel the outrage

The victim was not raped, the police clarified.

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in

· Jun 07, 2019 · 09:23 am

How an IAS officer’s sarcastic tweet about Gandhi’s killer became the target of mistaken outrage

Despite her clarifications mainstream media continued to misreport the matter, even as politicians called for administrative action against her.

AltNews.in

· Jun 05, 2019 · 02:59 pm

Hit by a spate of malicious viral videos, Gujarat school struggles to stop falling admissions

In two years, clips showing violence against children from across the world have been falsely attributed to RMVM School in Valsad.

Nivedita Niranjankumar, BoomLive.in

· Jun 05, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Fact check: Video in which kids abuse Modi as Priyanka Gandhi looks on has been maliciously clipped

It fails to show Gandhi asking the children to stop when they shout an obscene slogan.

Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in

· May 01, 2019 · 07:55 pm