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No, Snorting Dried Ginger Won’t Prevent COVID

Can snorting dried ginger help prevent catching the Coronavirus? That’s what a viral WhatsApp forward sent to Newschecker claims. The video showing a man,...

Viral Video Of Indonesia Airlines’ Plane Crash Landing Is Fake

A video allegedly showing a Garuda Indonesia airlines’ plane stumbling and crash-landing on a runway in Iran is doing the rounds on social media platforms.

David Bowie Predicted Impact Of Internet In 1999? Viral Video Is A Satire

A video claiming to show English singer-songwriter David Bowie predicting the “Impact of the Internet” in an interview with BBC Newsnight...

Misinformation On YouTube: Fact Checkers Demand More Accountability

New Delhi: Calling upon YouTube to commit to meaningful transparency over misinformation, over 80 fact checking organisations from across the globe have written to...

An Open Letter To YouTube CEO From The World’s Fact-checkers

Ms. Susan Wojcicki, It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The world has seen time and time again how destructive disinformation and...

Viral Message On Omicron Attributed To Kiran Mazumdar Shaw widely Shared Out Of Context

A WhatsApp message, attributed to notes taken by Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw during a lecture by Dr Edward Ryan of Massachusetts General Hospital...