Uzair Rizvi
@rizviuzair.bsky.social
Independent fact checker, AI & OSINT guy
Previously head of Media-AI Literacy & Training @logically 🇬🇧
Led 🌏 Biggest Election Fact-Checking network 🤝Google 🇮🇳 ‘24
Former @afp.com 🇫🇷
#misinformation #factchecking #AI #osint #medialiteracy
Previously head of Media-AI Literacy & Training @logically 🇬🇧
Led 🌏 Biggest Election Fact-Checking network 🤝Google 🇮🇳 ‘24
Former @afp.com 🇫🇷
#misinformation #factchecking #AI #osint #medialiteracy
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Uzair Rizvi
@rizviuzair.bsky.social
· May 6
#Thread India launched an attack on several sites in Pakistan as retaliation for the killings of 26 civilians in Kashmir last month, Pakistan claims to be responding to these attacks. However, #misinformation is being shared on SM with old content
#FactCheck #OperationSindoor
#FactCheck #OperationSindoor
Left: Condition of HEPA filter from an air purifier after a month of use in Delhi.
Right: Condition of a filter from a Phillips air purifier after 1 day of use in Delhi.
This is the kind of pollutants people are inhaling in Delhi but the government cannot do anything to curb rising pollution.
Right: Condition of a filter from a Phillips air purifier after 1 day of use in Delhi.
This is the kind of pollutants people are inhaling in Delhi but the government cannot do anything to curb rising pollution.
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Left: Condition of HEPA filter from an air purifier after a month of use in Delhi.
Right: Condition of a filter from a Phillips air purifier after 1 day of use in Delhi.
This is the kind of pollutants people are inhaling in Delhi but the government cannot do anything to curb rising pollution.
Right: Condition of a filter from a Phillips air purifier after 1 day of use in Delhi.
This is the kind of pollutants people are inhaling in Delhi but the government cannot do anything to curb rising pollution.
This is one of the worst instances of misinformation by Indian media, where they declared a Veteran Bollywood actor as dead, ran a two hour obituary program for him on TV
Today, the actor got discharged from the hospital & recuperating
Neither the channel nor the journalist issued an apology
Today, the actor got discharged from the hospital & recuperating
Neither the channel nor the journalist issued an apology
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is one of the worst instances of misinformation by Indian media, where they declared a Veteran Bollywood actor as dead, ran a two hour obituary program for him on TV
Today, the actor got discharged from the hospital & recuperating
Neither the channel nor the journalist issued an apology
Today, the actor got discharged from the hospital & recuperating
Neither the channel nor the journalist issued an apology
You will never see this anywhere in the World but Delhi.
With rising air pollution and AQI touching 500, the Government is trying to manipulate the data by sprinkling loads of water 24x7 outside air quality monitor stations to bring down the AQI in official readings. 🤦🏽♂️
With rising air pollution and AQI touching 500, the Government is trying to manipulate the data by sprinkling loads of water 24x7 outside air quality monitor stations to bring down the AQI in official readings. 🤦🏽♂️
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
You will never see this anywhere in the World but Delhi.
With rising air pollution and AQI touching 500, the Government is trying to manipulate the data by sprinkling loads of water 24x7 outside air quality monitor stations to bring down the AQI in official readings. 🤦🏽♂️
With rising air pollution and AQI touching 500, the Government is trying to manipulate the data by sprinkling loads of water 24x7 outside air quality monitor stations to bring down the AQI in official readings. 🤦🏽♂️
Another happy day for Muslims in the US, but a small correction here, Ghazala Hashmi is Indian American, she was born in South Indian city of Hyderabad and moved to US with her parents when she was four years old.
Ghazala Hashmi, a Muslim Pakistani American, setting up to be Virginia's next Lieutenant Governor.
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Another happy day for Muslims in the US, but a small correction here, Ghazala Hashmi is Indian American, she was born in South Indian city of Hyderabad and moved to US with her parents when she was four years old.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's the first time I am seeing Indian media & right wing in India not celebrating the victory of an Indian origin, after Zohran Mamdani won the New York Mayor elections
Because he is a Muslim, he is a democrat, he supports Palestine, he hates Netanyahu, and he mentioned Nehru in his winning speech
Because he is a Muslim, he is a democrat, he supports Palestine, he hates Netanyahu, and he mentioned Nehru in his winning speech
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's the first time I am seeing Indian media & right wing in India not celebrating the victory of an Indian origin, after Zohran Mamdani won the New York Mayor elections
Because he is a Muslim, he is a democrat, he supports Palestine, he hates Netanyahu, and he mentioned Nehru in his winning speech
Because he is a Muslim, he is a democrat, he supports Palestine, he hates Netanyahu, and he mentioned Nehru in his winning speech
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Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir - bellingcat
Warning: Contains written descriptions of extreme violence including murder. All graphic footage has been omitted. A Bellingcat investigation has identified and verified the exact location of a mass k...
www.bellingcat.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
This image appears in a Sudanese news claiming to show an image of foreign military personnel in Sudan, meanwhile this is an AI generated image.
Zoom in the right leg of the soldier sitting in the front
#factcheck #Sudan
Zoom in the right leg of the soldier sitting in the front
#factcheck #Sudan
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This image appears in a Sudanese news claiming to show an image of foreign military personnel in Sudan, meanwhile this is an AI generated image.
Zoom in the right leg of the soldier sitting in the front
#factcheck #Sudan
Zoom in the right leg of the soldier sitting in the front
#factcheck #Sudan
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Zohran Mamdani Wins, Brings Fight to Trump
Zohran Mamdani Wins, Brings Fight to Trump: ‘Turn the Volume Up’
‘To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us,’ Mamdani told Trump, declaring victory in the New York City mayoral race amid a blue wave.
zeteo.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Zohran Mamdani Wins, Brings Fight to Trump
A normal day in Delhi with the government AQI readings showing around 400, but it looks and feels way more beyond that. This should be a health emergency anywhere in the world, but in Delhi, however, this is a period of forced adaptation imposed upon us by government.
#airpollution #health #delhi
#airpollution #health #delhi
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A normal day in Delhi with the government AQI readings showing around 400, but it looks and feels way more beyond that. This should be a health emergency anywhere in the world, but in Delhi, however, this is a period of forced adaptation imposed upon us by government.
#airpollution #health #delhi
#airpollution #health #delhi
Israeli defender scored an own goal, hmm so the Iron Dome malfunctioned
This was credited as an own goal, but Erling Haaland deserves an assist here at least. At halftime, Norway dominating Israel in a UEFA WC qualifier.
Norway 3 Israel 0
Norway 3 Israel 0
October 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Israeli defender scored an own goal, hmm so the Iron Dome malfunctioned
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🇳🇴 A large #Palestine flag and the words "Let children live" were displayed by Norway fans in their World Cup qualifier against Israel in Oslo, a few minutes ago.
October 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🇳🇴 A large #Palestine flag and the words "Let children live" were displayed by Norway fans in their World Cup qualifier against Israel in Oslo, a few minutes ago.
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Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
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A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
Not North Korea, but front page of the Indian newspapers wishing prime minister Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday.
September 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Not North Korea, but front page of the Indian newspapers wishing prime minister Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
Elon Musk is sharing an AI generated image of the rally in London. Also Arc De Triomphe structure in the background is in Paris not London.
You know why Musk hates fact checking because he is one of the biggest purveyors of misinformation
You know why Musk hates fact checking because he is one of the biggest purveyors of misinformation
September 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Elon Musk is sharing an AI generated image of the rally in London. Also Arc De Triomphe structure in the background is in Paris not London.
You know why Musk hates fact checking because he is one of the biggest purveyors of misinformation
You know why Musk hates fact checking because he is one of the biggest purveyors of misinformation
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Trump’s FBI Director, Kash Patel, is under fire for spreading misinformation about the Charlie Kirk case, undermining confidence in the bureau, forcing out the counterterrorism agent in Utah with expertise in these types of investigations, and cursing out agents for his own failures.
Scrutiny Mounts of F.B.I. Under Patel as Kirk’s Killer Remains at Large
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Trump’s FBI Director, Kash Patel, is under fire for spreading misinformation about the Charlie Kirk case, undermining confidence in the bureau, forcing out the counterterrorism agent in Utah with expertise in these types of investigations, and cursing out agents for his own failures.
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NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.
No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way
His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.
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Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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In the past 24 hours, Israel has bombed:
• Palestine (Gaza)
• Syria (Homs, Latakia, Palmyra)
• Lebanon (Hermel, Bekaa)
•Tunisia (aid flotilla)
and now
• Qatar (Doha)
• Palestine (Gaza)
• Syria (Homs, Latakia, Palmyra)
• Lebanon (Hermel, Bekaa)
•Tunisia (aid flotilla)
and now
• Qatar (Doha)
September 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In the past 24 hours, Israel has bombed:
• Palestine (Gaza)
• Syria (Homs, Latakia, Palmyra)
• Lebanon (Hermel, Bekaa)
•Tunisia (aid flotilla)
and now
• Qatar (Doha)
• Palestine (Gaza)
• Syria (Homs, Latakia, Palmyra)
• Lebanon (Hermel, Bekaa)
•Tunisia (aid flotilla)
and now
• Qatar (Doha)
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HOLY SHIT: Trump gave Netanyahu approval to bomb Palestinian NEGOTIATORS in Qatar!! So now Israel is attacking Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen Tunisia and Qatar.
September 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
HOLY SHIT: Trump gave Netanyahu approval to bomb Palestinian NEGOTIATORS in Qatar!! So now Israel is attacking Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen Tunisia and Qatar.
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In the last 48 hours Israel has illegally bombed Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Qatar, and Palestine.
September 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In the last 48 hours Israel has illegally bombed Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Qatar, and Palestine.
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Qatar gifted Trump a luxury plane.
Trump returned the favor by ok’ing an Israeli attack on their capital.
I imagine Qatar has briber’s remorse.
Trump returned the favor by ok’ing an Israeli attack on their capital.
I imagine Qatar has briber’s remorse.
September 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Qatar gifted Trump a luxury plane.
Trump returned the favor by ok’ing an Israeli attack on their capital.
I imagine Qatar has briber’s remorse.
Trump returned the favor by ok’ing an Israeli attack on their capital.
I imagine Qatar has briber’s remorse.
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BREAKING: Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says the country will take all measures to protect security and sovereignty after Israel's air attack on Doha.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zueptd
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zueptd
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
BREAKING: Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says the country will take all measures to protect security and sovereignty after Israel's air attack on Doha.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zueptd
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zueptd