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5 Signs That WhatsApp Forward Is Fake and the 60-Second Verify Check That Settles It

Sign 1: The Message Tells You to Forward ItAny message that ends with "forward this to 10 people" or "share before it's deleted" is engineering urgency, not reporting news. Legitimate government advisories, hospital notices, and news alerts do not come with forwarding quotas. The instruction to share is itself the…

Times Life

As CJP protest wrapped up, media found its ‘villains’ and buried all victims

July 20, 2026, is a day that will be remembered for a long time. Not just because of the massive response to the call given by the Cockroach Janta Party to march to Parliament. Not just because of the recorded evidence of police brutality on young, mostly peaceful protestors. But…

Newslaundry

Tamil Nadu honour for Mohammed Zubair | Recognising a fact-checker

Tamil Nadu has sent out a message by conferring an award on AltNews founder Mohammed Zubair

The Hindu

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Nobel Peace Prize 2022 | AltNews cofounders Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair among favourites

AltNews journalists Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair and Indian author Harsh Mander were included in an unofficial shortlist of favourites for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, ahead of the announcement of the winner on October 7

The Hindu

Indian fact-checkers believed to be among front-runners for Nobel Peace Prize

Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair have been running a campaign debunking misinformation in India since 2017

The Independent UK

Why did India's media ignore Wired story on police planting evidence against Bhima Koregaon activists?

News is always “breaking" and stories are sometimes “broken”. But then you also have important stories that are “broken” but are quickly forgotten. Not always deliberately, although sometimes that is the case. Quite often because there is just too much news breaking all around us, genuine and fake. As a…

Newslaundry

14 days’ judicial custody for Zubair; now Lakhimpur police too seek his mobile, laptop

Bail plea moved in Lakhimpur, fresh bail plea in Delhi case to be heard on Tuesday

The Hindu

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Journalist bodies express concern over cases registered against many scribes

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The Hindu

Over 100 concerned citizens demand immediate release of Mohammed Zubair

“We apprehend that police may tamper with the seized material and build a false conspiracy to implicate him”

The Hindu

Denied bail, Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair sent to 14 days in judicial custody

Delhi Police update media about order before court ruling

The Hindu

Twitter account that led to Zubair’s arrest back online

The account’s June 19 tweet, its first since its creation in Oct. 2021, formed the basis for the FIR

The Hindu

Chronicling the online campaign to jail Mohammed Zubair

On June 27, Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair was arrested for allegedly hurting Hindu religious sentiments. The supposed reason: a satirical post from four years ago that a now-deleted Twitter account called Hanuman Bhakt apparently found offensive and flagged to the Delhi police on June 19.

Newslaundry

Journalist bodies demand Alt News co-founder Zubair’s immediate release

Alt News’ alert vigilance was resented by those who used disinformation as a tool to polarise society: Editors Guild of India

The Hindu

Why Prasar Bharati’s tweet-rebuttal to Alt News is lame and lazy

If reality spoke for itself, Prasar Bharati would probably dispute it.

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