Countering Disinformation:

Real Life Application

Project by Rehana
 Quite often, we see that tweets are being sent in the names of
various politicians. These fake tweets can sometimes become
viral.

For example- Mr. Pawan Kalyan, president of the Jana Sena

Party, issued a statement on three options. Furthermore,
minister Mr. Ambati Rambabu shared a screenshot of TDP
leader Devineni Uma's tweet.

TDP claims that this tweet is a complete fabrication. Here, the

question arises: did someone make a fake tweet under the name
of Denineni Uma? Or did Uma himself tweet and delete it
immediately?

Social media is critical.

The ABCs of
Verification

PROCESS:
ALTERNATE OPTI ON:
Step 03: I called minister Ambati
Rambabu to cross check his opinion
Step 01: Firstly, I put Ambati
regarding the issue Tools: politwoops.com,
Rambabu's tweet as a breaking along

projects.propublic.org,
with the screen shot as proof.
Step 04: I enquired with TDP sources

about the tweet. Later, an official press Conclusion: Fake tweet claim
Step 02: Meanwhile TDP leaders
conference was also held
condemned that tweet

02

First and foremost, thoroughly examine the video. Then, look at

each frame of the video again for hints.

It was a forest area, and there was a tower on which a young

person sat, trying to protect themselves from the herd, while a
couple of people nearby took videos. Next, carefully observe
the people in the video, their features, clothing, etc. Also, pay
close attention to voices and background noise. Try figuring out
which language they were conversing in. Here, it is evident that
there were a lot of elephants. In light of the number of elephants
in Tirupathi District, this was not a convincing frame. Take screen
shots of the video to debunk it.
Applied reverse image search
(other similar tools can also be
used).
Conclusion
Following this, many videos VIDEO IS NOT FROM
CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF
uploaded on Youtube could be ANDHRA PRADESH.

found.

One person claimed that the video

was from Chattisgarh, another
claimed it was from Jharkhand and
a third from Palamaneru of Chittor
district.
Rating of fact check - FALSE (in the Evaluating
context of Andhra Pradesh)

Rating of fact check - false (in AP context)

U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad

U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad
Osmania University

Osmania University
SOURCES:
02 URLs: https://youtu.be/W-cw5kLEKyo
https://youtu.be/Mircco5IWXI
https://youtu.be/_JU3id4u89g
SOURCES https://youtu.be/lQMOOP2k8Ro
https://youtu.be/KeEOKEJ5qc
URLs: https://youtu.be/W-cw5kLEKyo
https://youtu.be/Mircco5IWXI
https://youtu.be/_JU3id4u89g
https://youtu.be/lQMOOP2k8Ro
https://youtu.be/KeEOKEJ5qc
THANK
YOU!