Yearly Archives: 2022

As tensions escalate in Ukraine with Russian troops edging closer to the capital city Kyiv, a flood of misleading and false information is circulating across online platforms. Nepali social media has not remained immune from the misinformation surrounding the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Two videos—one allegedly...

Many misleading and false posts surrounding the developments in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion are circulating online. Social media platforms have become the gateway not just for spreading the useful and correct information but also false or misleading content online as more and more people...

Ever since Russia launched an all-out attack on Ukraine, many unrelated images, videos, and false information regarding the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict are making their way online.  No wonder that this virtual trend has made it difficult for many people to distinguish between what’s true...

As the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military has grabbed the global attention, social media platforms across the world are flooded with many unrelated and unsubstantiated visuals along with speculative claims about the attacks. One such video, purporting to show visuals from the...

As Nepal’s Department of Railways is making the final preparations to kick-start the much-awaited train service along the Janakpur-Jayanagar route, a video allegedly showing one of the new trains engulfed in flames, has gone viral on the video sharing platform TikTok. Newschecker found that...

As the US government’s grant to Nepal under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has brought geopolitical interests of global powers to the fore, with Chinese and the US officials issuing statements against each other, social media users in Nepal are falling for the misinformation...

At a time when the issue of US grant under Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has snowballed into one of the most hotly debated topics in the national media, many social media users in Nepal have been jumping into the bandwagon of weaving misinformation and...

Even as the dilemma over parliamentary ratification of the US grant under Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to Nepal continues, misinformation, click-baits and fabricated contents surrounding the issue are being widely shared by Nepali social media users. Lately, a video claiming that the US has...

At a time when the issue of parliamentary ratification of US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)’s Nepal compact has left the ruling coalition sharply divided, misinformation and manipulated contents surrounding the issue are being widely shared among Nepali social media users. Two videos allegedly showing...

As the February 28 deadline for parliamentary ratification of the US grant under Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) draws closer, many fabricated contents and misinformation regarding the US aid project are going viral online. A video purporting to show an argument between Prime Minister Sher...