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Oct 4, 2022 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
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The official Twitter account of the High Commission of India in Canada falsely claimed that a signboard at the Shri Bhagavad Gita Park in #Canada was vandalised. The tweet did not specify what was vandalised but called it #hatecrime👇(1/n)
Many Indian news outlets picked up the allegation & aired the story with the @HCI_Ottawa tweet. @TimesNow@ZeeHindustan_ went a step further and claimed the name Shri Bhagavad Gita Park from the signboard was erased and replaced with an outline of a flower. (2/n) #fakenews