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Amid #farmprotests in Delhi , there is a rise in Fake News and propaganda. Here is a thread on fake news debunked by @NewscheckerIn team #Newschecker #FakeNews #FarmersBill_2020 #Farmprotest2020
1) Several SM users shared a photo of a man wearing a turban claiming that a Muslim man disguised as a Sikh farmer to discredit the protests. This is not true.The viral photo was posted in April, 2020 much before the protests https://punjabi.newschecker.in/fact-checks/muslim-person-disguised-as-sikh-in-farmer-protest-false-claim-viral/
2)SM users posted a picture of a group holding placard and claimed that protesting farmers want article 370 and 35A to be restored in Kashmir. The reality is that the image was published on the Facebook account “Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar” in 2019. https://punjabi.newschecker.in/fact-checks/2019-picture-of-protest-against-article-370-passed-off-in-context-with-farmer-protest
3)Users posted a video claiming that Muslim man dressed as Sikh farmer was arrested by police in Farm Protests. The video is from a incident happened outside PCA stadium Mohali in 2011 The man was actually a Sikh only. https://punjabi.newschecker.in/fact-checks/misleading-video-claim-it-shows-muslim-man-disguised-as-sikh-man-in-farm-protests/
4) @KanganaTeam posted a photo of an elderly woman and claim that she is Bilkis Bano,the daadi who was part of the Shaheen Bagh protests held in 2019 against the CAA. This is not true. Bilkis Bano's son rubbished the claims. https://punjabi.newschecker.in/fact-checks/no-she-is-not-bilkis-bano-dadi-in-farmers-protest-kangana-ranaut-spread-fake-news
5) @MrsGandhi and others shared a video of video of group of members raising pro-Khalistan slogans claiming that it is from the ongoing farmers protest. The video is from Leeds Stadium during the Cricket world cup,2019 https://punjabi.newschecker.in/fact-checks/2019-cricket-world-cup-video-of-pro-khalistan-slogans-passed-off-in-context-with-farmer-protests/
BJP Leader @gauravtiwarirau and SM users shared a photo of Dr Rajkumari Bansal, who was seen at the residence of Hathras rape victim. In reality, both women are not the same. The picture was posted on FB in February 2020 much before the farm protests. https://punjabi.newschecker.in/uncategorized/hathras-victim-bhabhi-farmer-protest-misleading-claim-viral/
