attending @ledeprog // prev: researcher @AltNews // my work revolves around technology, information ecosystems, and narratives.
May 2 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Mini thread alert 🧵🚨 -
If you look up "Journal of Molecular Pharmaceuticals and Regulatory Affairs" on google, you'll come across a website with a [.]in TLDs. The website has a very basic appearance, similar to what you'd find in pre-2000s internet
Screenshot below
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Interestingly, the domain name is called "mattjournals[.]in" and there's another domain which is matjournals[.]com, both have same physical address
we will come back to this, but for now a slight detour
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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
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
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
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. 2/n
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”. 2/n