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New FIR over “hate speech”: Journalist Zubair produced before court

Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair was produced in a court in Sitapur of India’s Uttar Pradesh state today (July 4, 2022) in connection with a new FIR lodged against him for allegedly calling Hindu seers "hate mongers".

Exposing disinformation is a crime in Modi’s India

In early 2017, when I was mulling over launching BD FactCheck – the first fact-checking initiative in Bangladesh – we looked for who else in the region was already working in this field.

Zubair’s arrest: Account that flagged tweet “doesn’t exist anymore”

The Twitter account that filed an official complaint by tagging the Delhi Police was removed days after Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News, was arrested because of a tweet he posted in 2018.

July 4, 2022
July 4, 2022

New FIR over “hate speech”: Journalist Zubair produced before court

Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair was produced in a court in Sitapur of India’s Uttar Pradesh state today (July 4, 2022) in connection with a new FIR lodged against him for allegedly calling Hindu seers "hate mongers".

July 1, 2022
July 1, 2022

Exposing disinformation is a crime in Modi’s India

In early 2017, when I was mulling over launching BD FactCheck – the first fact-checking initiative in Bangladesh – we looked for who else in the region was already working in this field.

June 30, 2022
June 30, 2022

Zubair’s arrest: Account that flagged tweet “doesn’t exist anymore”

The Twitter account that filed an official complaint by tagging the Delhi Police was removed days after Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News, was arrested because of a tweet he posted in 2018.