Thread by @doctor_factual, Ohkey so here I am creating a thread on "Fake news" "fake [...]

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Ohkey so here I am creating a thread on "Fake news" "fake WhatsApp forwards" and their "consequences"

1) Fake News/WhatsApp forwards on "Tali thali"
(Sound waves/vibration will kill corona)
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/india-is-back-to-sharing-fake-whatsapp-forwards-and-visuals-about-nasa-after-janta-curfew-2546979.html

https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/coronavirus-amitabh-bachchan-tweets-fake-whatsapp-forward-despite-pib-fact-check-1658715-2020-03-23

The NASA Forward You Received on WhatsApp Groups after Janta Curfew is (Obviously) Fake

Nope, there is no such this as an 'SD-13 Wave Detector' that is owned by NASA.

https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/india-is-back-to-sharing-fake-whatsapp-forwards-and-visuals-about-nasa-after-janta-curfew-2546979.html

Consequences

https://twitter.com/srivatsayb/status/1241748024591712257?s=19

https://twitter.com/srivatsayb/status/1241748024591712257?s=19

2)
Fake WhatsApp forwards: Govt is sending police persons and doctors in Muslim areas to injec them with coronavirus https://twitter.com/zoo_bear/status/1247449123122446337?s=19

https://twitter.com/zoo_bear/status/1247449123122446337?s=19

Consequences:
Police and doctors beaten in Indore.

3) Fake News: Tablighi Jamaat/Muslims are spreading Corona/spitting on police deliberately https://twitter.com/AatifWaqar/status/1246689901757599745?s=19