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formerly @AltNews, working at the intersection of information ecosystems and narratives. Diversity Fellow @IRE_NICAR 21’ & Scholar @DFRLab’s Digital Sherlocks
May 28, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
Building upon this thread to help prove that the smiles are AI generated

first, check this area in the image, there is an odd bokeh-like effect

1/n Image Now check the dimple on Vinesh Phogat's face. The image on the right is from her Instagram

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Apr 1, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
My twitter thread documenting BJP legislator Raja Singh delivering objectionable speeches across Maharashtra has been withheld in India.

Mother of democracy is very angry with me 👍🏽

You can still read those reports on AltNews’s website, I’ll link them below. Report 1

altnews.in/blatant-calls-…
Feb 22, 2023 23 tweets 7 min read
Thread 🧵
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During a recent event in Latur, T Raja Singh, a legislator from Telangana, gave a speech in which he made blatant calls for violence against Muslims. This was the second time in a month T Raja delivered such a speech.

2/n continuation of the Latur speech.

Note: these videos highlight only The relevant portions. There’s also a limit on the length of video you are allowed to upload on twitter

Feb 22, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Second anniversary of Battle of Baghpat where Einstein chacha came up as the last man standing For those who missed it
Dec 14, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
So many ads man, this place has become useless
Oct 8, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
This is a good example of how to promote a set of false ideas without saying it explicitly. Why did he say “I can understand about Rahul Gandhi…”?
This is to further push theories about Rahul’s ancestors being Muslims or Christians. It doesn’t take a genius to understand Image Even lot Indian journalists who present themselves as “liberals” do this in different cases. They will say they’re concerned that the xyz regime did not stand for Uyghur Muslims. Without saying explicitly they’re hinting to the idea that you should be grateful…
Apr 25, 2022 23 tweets 8 min read
On April 22, this user tweeted a video with the claim that Muslims pelted stones at a train after it "interrupted" their prayers. He later added two more videos to back his claim.

So what's the truth? let me break it down for you in this thread 🧵 1/n Video 1: Youth pelting stone

For this video, I simply broke down the video into keyframes and performed a Google reverse image search. This showed two results that had thumbnails similar to the viral video.
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Apr 9, 2022 20 tweets 6 min read
A video where a man can be seen making threatening remarks was claimed to be from Karauli town in Rajasthan. Our investigation found this claim to be false, the video was recorded in Nizamabad, Telangana in these coordinates (see image). How? Let me explain in this thread 🧵
1/n this man recorded himself making some threatening remarks. He says this is just outside "Star Hotel" and pans his camera a little towards the signboard.

So, we stitched the frames together (see image) turns out the board reads, “Star Hotel”, “SPL, and “Green Tea”.
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