Grandma’s Viral Pole Vault? An AI-Generated Stunt
September 12, 2026 7:00 pmA 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...
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From Civic Sense to Crime: How Japan-Based X Accounts Target Indians
September 11, 2026 1:10 pmJapan’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...
How Media Is Fueling Misinformation About the Recent Indonesian Volcanic Eruption
September 10, 2026 3:51 pmA 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...
Fake Flood: AI Videos and Old Footage Exploit Nepal’s Disaster
September 9, 2026 3:53 pmFrom AI-generated destruction to a scripted entertainment clip and footage from Japan, unrelated visuals are being presented as scenes from Nepal’s devastating floods. Here’s what...
Joseph Vijay’s Deepfake Universe: Following the Pakistan Connection
September 9, 2026 1:20 pmWhat connects AI videos of Joseph Vijay speaking Hindi, promises of lakhs for weddings and house construction, and Facebook pages carrying Pakistani phone numbers? A...
Flooded With Misinformation: Viral Nepal Visuals Debunked
September 7, 2026 5:02 pmOld photographs, unrelated footage and an apparently AI-generated video are being shared online as scenes from the devastating 2026 Nepal floods.
Nepal Floods: Unrelated Old Vietnam Video and AI-Generated Rescue Visuals Go Viral
September 3, 2026 4:23 pmOld footage from Vietnam and an AI-generated rescue video are being shared as visuals from the recent Nepal floods. OBC traced the first video to...
How a Local Dispute Turned Into Online Hate: Onam Becomes a Communal Flashpoint Again
September 1, 2026 6:13 pmA local dispute in Kayamkulam was quickly interpreted on social media as an attack on a man dressed as Maveli by a Muslim shopkeeper. While...
Who Decides What Gets Published? Penguin India Under Scrutiny
September 1, 2026 5:59 pmThe dispute over Sonia Gandhi’s memoir has put Penguin Random House India’s editorial choices under the spotlight. As the publisher denies external pressure, earlier controversies...
From Murder to Hate: How the Rangpur Killings Became Fuel For Anti-Muslim Narratives
August 30, 2026 9:51 amA family of four was murdered in Rangpur, Bangladesh. Before the investigation could establish what happened, social media had recast the crime as a ‘Hindu...
Rocky Rebooted by AI: Stallone’s ‘Real Life’ Stunt Was Never Real
August 29, 2026 3:11 pmSylvester Stallone's viral stunt video has garnered millions of views, with fans convinced that the 80-year-old is still performing his own career-defying stunts. However, the...
How Onam Is Turned Into a Communal Battleground on Social Media
August 25, 2026 6:01 pmOnam has long been a festival that brings Malayalis together, cutting across religion, caste and community. But over the past few years, social media has...