A viral video of mysterious lights over Tehran has sparked UFO theories. OBC traced its origins, examined the footage—and found clues that helped pinpoint where...
A viral video falsely claims that Muslims and Christians were appointed as priests in Kerala temples. OBC traced the footage to an Ayyappa puja in...
IPS officer Bushra Bano was transferred a day after backlash over her video on her UPSC journey. OBC traces how the video was amplified on...
AI-generated images and old videos were passed off as real visuals from the 18th BRICS Summit. Here’s what the viral claims got wrong.
A viral video purporting to show a 95-year-old woman performing a pole vault has garnered millions of views, with users praising her as a fitness...
Japan’s proposed India-Japan workforce exchange has become a target for online anti-Indian narratives. OBC traces how Japan-based X accounts use isolated incidents, recycled videos and...
A viral video claiming to show Indonesia’s latest volcanic eruption spread across social media and mainstream media. But the footage was AI-generated, exposing how quickly...
What connects AI videos of Joseph Vijay speaking Hindi, promises of lakhs for weddings and house construction, and Facebook pages carrying Pakistani phone numbers? A...
Old photographs, unrelated footage and an apparently AI-generated video are being shared online as scenes from the devastating 2026 Nepal floods.
A local dispute in Kayamkulam was quickly interpreted on social media as an attack on a man dressed as Maveli by a Muslim shopkeeper. While...
A family of four was murdered in Rangpur, Bangladesh. Before the investigation could establish what happened, social media had recast the crime as a ‘Hindu...
Onam has long been a festival that brings Malayalis together, cutting across religion, caste and community. But over the past few years, social media has...
