Avani Pai, Author at SM Hoax Slayer Swachh Social Media Abhiyaan by Pankaj Jain

A clip from 2015 movie Youth shared with false claims relating to Diego Maradona

June 5, 2020 Avani Pai Fake News, Maradona, old video, Roly Serrano, Youth movie

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A video of a movie based on veteran footballer Diego Maradona’s life went viral on social media recently. The 22

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Fake Government Wrong Caption

Old Video of lockdown violation in Pakistan shared as from Uttar Pradesh

June 3, 2020 Avani Pai Fake News, lockdown violation, Mansehra, pakistan, police, Punishment, Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath

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A video is making rounds on social media in which a bunch of people can be seen walking around a

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Fake Government Politics Wrong Caption

Old image of Congress party member Alka Lamba viral with false claims

June 2, 2020 Avani Pai Alka Lamba, Attacked, Bhim Army, congress, Congress MLA, Fake News, Fake news buster

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An old photo of Congress party member Alka Lamba has gone viral with the claim that she was attacked for

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Brands Fake Wrong Caption

No, Nestle is not selling beef flavored Maggi in India

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Avani Pai Beef, Fake News, Maggi, Maggi India, Nestle, wrong caption

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Maggi has been a household name for instant noodles in India. Around mid- May various photos of this Nestle product

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Fake Government Wrong Caption

No, Qatar did not cancel all Vande Bharat Flights

May 29, 2020 Avani Pai Air India, Evacuation, Fake News, Qatar, Vande Bharat

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Vande Bharat mission was launched on May 7th to bring back all the stranded Indians in various countries back to

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Government Religion Wrong Caption

A cropped video of CM Uddhav Thackeray is viral with a misleading claim.

May 28, 2020 Avani Pai COVID, Fake News, Maharshtra, misleading, Religion, Uddhav Thackeray

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Yet another case of “नरो वा कुजरों वा”. Like many times before, another complete speech is trimmed and smaller trimmed video

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Fake Humor Photoshop

A mock-up design of TIME cover featuring Donald Trump viral

May 27, 2020 Avani Pai Donald Trump, Edited, Fake News, Photoshopped image, TIME, Time...to go

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An image of what appears to be the cover of Time magazine has gone viral on twitter. The image claims

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Others Wrong Caption

Video of a man setting himself on fire viral with Misleading Caption

May 27, 2020 Avani Pai Fake News, fire, Hyderabad, Suicide

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Amidst shortage of food and water due to lockdown, a lot of fake news has been floating around. Recently a

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Crime Fake

Did Unnao Rape accused ex BJP MLA Sengar get bail? No, victim’s uncle did.

May 26, 2020 Avani Pai Fake News, Sengar, Unnao, Unnao Rape, Uttar Pradesh

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A post related to the accused person of Unnao rape, which happened in June 2017, is viral on social media.

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Fake Government Wrong Caption

Old photo is viral falsely claiming HM Amit Shah has been arrested, hiding handcuffs under handkerchief.

May 26, 2020 Avani Pai Amit Shah, Fake News, sohrabuddin encounter

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A photo of Amit Shah went viral recently garnering thousands of shares on Facebook falsely claiming he has been handcuffed,

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