Viral but Misleading: Kabul Blast Video Is Old and Unrelated
January 23, 2026 6:55 amA video widely shared on social media claiming to show the January 19 explosion near a Chinese restaurant in Kabul is misleading. OBC’s verification shows...
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Who Spreads Hate Against A.R. Rahman? Known Actors, Coordinated and Bot-Like
January 20, 2026 7:54 amOne interview. 48 hours of hate. How coordinated bot networks and familiar right-wing accounts turned AR Rahman from maestro to target—and what it reveals about...
The Lie of 75,000 Missing Children: Another ‘Kerala Story’ in the Making
January 17, 2026 10:34 amA routine railway interception in Palakkad was swiftly transformed into a nationwide scare about missing children and forced religious conversion. By stitching together old data,...
Eid, Edited, Engineered: The Never-Ending Trail of Disinformation Against Kerala
January 13, 2026 4:57 amA private school’s Eid celebration was reframed online as proof of religious indoctrination in Kerala’s schools. The claim is false—but familiar. This fact-check unpacks how...
A Fake Image and the Fable that Destroyed Hugo Chávez’s Mausoleum- Fact Check
January 7, 2026 12:10 pmA wave of misinformation swept across social media after Nicolas Maduro's capture, with viral posts claiming the US demolished Hugo Chavez's mausoleum. Our investigation reveals...
Bloodied, Roughened-Up Maduro: How AI Fueled Drama Around the US-Backed Kidnapping of Venezuela’s President
January 6, 2026 5:28 amIn the midst of the US military action in Venezuela, AI-generated images and old videos are being circulated widely, even by political leaders and journalists,...
The Burden of Being SRK: Autopsy of Online Hate
January 5, 2026 6:42 amFrom online boycott campaigns to coordinated communal attacks, the signing of a Bangladeshi cricketer by KKR triggered a wave of digital outrage targeting Shah Rukh...
When Ads Turn Predatory: Tracing UPI Scams on Meta Platforms.
December 19, 2025 5:35 amAs ₹805 crore in UPI frauds pile up this financial year, scammers are weaponising Meta Ads to push fake government payouts.This OSINT investigation traces how...
Unpacking hate against Kerala: An open source intelligence driven probe
December 3, 2025 7:09 amAnti-Kerala sentiment online isn’t organic. It’s engineered. Using OSINT, we trace the accounts, tactics, and triggers driving the trend. A deep dive into the machinery...