After the announcement of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election’s date, rumours of political parties, their election manifesto, policies and fake news cards in the name of news organizations piled up on social networking sites as political parties were busy campaigning for nominations and campaigning.
Here are the statistics related to the hoaxes and fake news that Youturn has discovered and made known to the people during the 2021 Tamil Nadu election.
Hoaxes spread against parties:
The total number of articles we have published 83 articles regarding the hoaxes spread against political parties during the election period. By party-wise, we have published 24 articles for DMK, AIADMK 9, BJP 31, Congress 2, Communist 2, MNM 4, VCK 4 and NTK Party 7.
News card hoaxes:
News card rumours are circulating that the 2021 Tamil Nadu elections will have a huge impact on social media. We have exposed the fake news cards in the name of the leading news organizations against many parties and make them aware of the false news cards among the people.
We have published only 44 articles on news card hoaxes spread against political parties during the election period.
By party-wise, we have published articles on DMK 14, AIADMK 03, BJP 16, Congress 1, Communist 1, MNM 3, VCK 2 and NTK Party 4.
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Photoshop hoaxes:
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Photoshop and morphing are always the mainstays of hoax news. We have published 38 articles on Photoshop hoaxes spread against political parties during the Tamil Nadu elections.
Party wise, DMK 9, AIADMK 6, BJP 15, Congress 1, Communist 1, MNM 1, VCK 2, we have published articles numbering NTK Party 3 (
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We have also published a few fake news spread in support of political parties. Fake news against some parties disappears without getting public attention.
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Prior to this, we published a statistical article on the number of articles published in 2020 that directly and indirectly proven with more than a hundred false news reports directly in support of and against political parties. This Youturn’s task against fake news will continue!
