Digit Eye Fact Checker of News & Social Media

Following US President Joe Biden’s administration announcing on Oct. 15, 2021 that a plan to develop large-scale wind farms along nearly the entire coastline of the country by 2025, the old debate that wind turbines lead to death of birds has come under focus again. Soon after the announcement of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland at a wind power industry conference in Boston, several ...

A cover page of TIME magazine featuring PM Narendra Modi’s image with “Delete Fascism” written on it is going viral on social media. It was being shared widely including Hasiba Amin, who claims to be former state president of NSUI (Congress’s student wing) and currently National Convener of Congress. Click the right button. Make the right choice. pic.twitter.com/kjnUSKDsuH — Hasiba ...

A video showing some people raising the pro-Khalistan slogan is going viral on Twitter. They are seen raising slogans such as ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ and also insulting the Indian flag. See the video: आंदोलन कारी फर्जी किसान😡😡😡 pic.twitter.com/qKV3YwJwD1 — Rahul Singh (@Raahulsingh96) October 4, 2021 The message claims that the farmers agitating in Chhattisgarh tore the Indian flag and raised anti-national ...

A Twitter image is going viral with the claim that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected by a forum in Britain as the chief among 53 heads of different countries. 200 साल तक हमे गुलाम बनाने वाले ब्रिटेन मे कल 53 देशों के अध्यक्षो के बीच “ मोदी महा अध्यक्ष ” थे यह दृश्य देखकर हर भारतीय का सीना ...

A viral social media message claimed that the popular Sri Lankan singer, Yohani De Silva, has been appointed the cultural ambassador by the Indian High Commission in Colombo. Yohani became popular after the number “Manike Mage Hithe” hit more than 130 million views on YouTube. Yohani has now become the Cultural Ambassador of the two countries 🔥❤️ congratulations❤️🇱🇰 pic.twitter.com/R31dnWrSlb — ...

The Bharat Bandh by farmers’ unions observed on Monday, Sept 27 demanding repeal of the three controversial agriculture laws generated numerous false claims and visuals. One such video attributed to farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait is making rounds. Soon after the bandh, Tikait claimed that the Bharat bandh was a success. However, a video clip of him started going viral in ...

A message in Hindi is making rounds on WhatsApp and the same was received by Digiteye India for a fact check. It’s being shared on social media warning readers that crackers made in China are being filled with carbon monoxide to spread asthama among Indians as a conspiratorial attack. Here’s the message:   Its Hindi translation reads: “A Serious Alert … ...

Social media is abuzz in the wake of Indian Prime Minister’s return from a 3-day visit to the US and the United Nations claiming that he was accorded praise by the New York Times (NYT). A clipping shows the NYT front page titled, “Last, Best Hope of Earth” with a picture of Modi and a summary at the bottom reads: ...

A video is going viral on social media, in which a person, identified as the chief secretary of Taliban, is giving a lecture to the audience about Indian politics, including RSS and BJP, describing them as the most powerful organisation in India. Digiteye India received the video as below with a request for checking its authenticity.   The video is going ...

Some viral images have surfaced on social media showing ammunition in an apple bag with a claim that a Congress leader of Assam was smuggling them and plotting an attack on Hindus in Assam. #कोंग्रेस_आतंकियों_के_साथ☹️ असम का कोंग्रेसी नेता #अमजत_अली सेब की पेटी में हथियार और गोलियों के साथ हिरासत में लिया गया। हिंदुओ से भाईचारा निभाने का प्लान था ...