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
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. 🤦🏽♂️
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
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
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.
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
This img was shared widely claiming to show European Leaders waiting at White House to meet US President
This was shared by pro-Republican accounts including Donald Trump Jr
#FactCheck It’s AI-generated, unless of course Macron now has three legs, four feet and wears two different sets of shoes
This was shared by pro-Republican accounts including Donald Trump Jr
#FactCheck It’s AI-generated, unless of course Macron now has three legs, four feet and wears two different sets of shoes
August 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This img was shared widely claiming to show European Leaders waiting at White House to meet US President
This was shared by pro-Republican accounts including Donald Trump Jr
#FactCheck It’s AI-generated, unless of course Macron now has three legs, four feet and wears two different sets of shoes
This was shared by pro-Republican accounts including Donald Trump Jr
#FactCheck It’s AI-generated, unless of course Macron now has three legs, four feet and wears two different sets of shoes
Last night X AI Grok was suspended after the AI condemned Israel & US of committing a Gcide in Palestine.
Few mins later X scrubbed the memory of Grok so it doesn’t remember why it was suspended.
Few mins later X scrubbed the memory of Grok so it doesn’t remember why it was suspended.
August 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Last night X AI Grok was suspended after the AI condemned Israel & US of committing a Gcide in Palestine.
Few mins later X scrubbed the memory of Grok so it doesn’t remember why it was suspended.
Few mins later X scrubbed the memory of Grok so it doesn’t remember why it was suspended.
This image shared on multiple social media platforms with the false claim that it shows an IDF soldier getting married after losing both of his legs in the war in Gaza.
This is AI-generated #factcheck
This is AI-generated #factcheck
August 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This image shared on multiple social media platforms with the false claim that it shows an IDF soldier getting married after losing both of his legs in the war in Gaza.
This is AI-generated #factcheck
This is AI-generated #factcheck
GROK cannot analyse images.
Grok thinks both these girls, left from Gaza and right from Iraq is same girl, based on features like coloured hair & eyes. But there’s no doubt that these are two different girls and two different photos.
Left is from Gaza 2025 and right one from Iraq 2014
Grok thinks both these girls, left from Gaza and right from Iraq is same girl, based on features like coloured hair & eyes. But there’s no doubt that these are two different girls and two different photos.
Left is from Gaza 2025 and right one from Iraq 2014
August 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
GROK cannot analyse images.
Grok thinks both these girls, left from Gaza and right from Iraq is same girl, based on features like coloured hair & eyes. But there’s no doubt that these are two different girls and two different photos.
Left is from Gaza 2025 and right one from Iraq 2014
Grok thinks both these girls, left from Gaza and right from Iraq is same girl, based on features like coloured hair & eyes. But there’s no doubt that these are two different girls and two different photos.
Left is from Gaza 2025 and right one from Iraq 2014
AI shouldn’t be relied upon for fact checking.
X AI Grok suggested that this photo of a child from Gaza taken by AP photographer on July 26 is originally a Yazidi girl from 2014 near Iraq or Syria border. Despite sharing original links & EXIF data, Grok is again sharing false claims.
X AI Grok suggested that this photo of a child from Gaza taken by AP photographer on July 26 is originally a Yazidi girl from 2014 near Iraq or Syria border. Despite sharing original links & EXIF data, Grok is again sharing false claims.
August 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
AI shouldn’t be relied upon for fact checking.
X AI Grok suggested that this photo of a child from Gaza taken by AP photographer on July 26 is originally a Yazidi girl from 2014 near Iraq or Syria border. Despite sharing original links & EXIF data, Grok is again sharing false claims.
X AI Grok suggested that this photo of a child from Gaza taken by AP photographer on July 26 is originally a Yazidi girl from 2014 near Iraq or Syria border. Despite sharing original links & EXIF data, Grok is again sharing false claims.
X (Twitter) AI Grok is publishing inaccurate and false claims about the recent imagery from Gaza.
The two images posted by Bernie Sanders on X are captured by AP photographer from Gaza on July 23, which Grok incorrectly says are from Yemen in 2016.
Never trust Grok for fact checking
The two images posted by Bernie Sanders on X are captured by AP photographer from Gaza on July 23, which Grok incorrectly says are from Yemen in 2016.
Never trust Grok for fact checking
July 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
X (Twitter) AI Grok is publishing inaccurate and false claims about the recent imagery from Gaza.
The two images posted by Bernie Sanders on X are captured by AP photographer from Gaza on July 23, which Grok incorrectly says are from Yemen in 2016.
Never trust Grok for fact checking
The two images posted by Bernie Sanders on X are captured by AP photographer from Gaza on July 23, which Grok incorrectly says are from Yemen in 2016.
Never trust Grok for fact checking
Whatever has been happening between India and US, and how Trump is behaving with India in regards with tariffs & penalties.
I remember how the Narendra Modi fans in India prayed for Donald Trump’s victory, and one of them actually build a Trump Statue honouring him as a deity.
I remember how the Narendra Modi fans in India prayed for Donald Trump’s victory, and one of them actually build a Trump Statue honouring him as a deity.
July 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Whatever has been happening between India and US, and how Trump is behaving with India in regards with tariffs & penalties.
I remember how the Narendra Modi fans in India prayed for Donald Trump’s victory, and one of them actually build a Trump Statue honouring him as a deity.
I remember how the Narendra Modi fans in India prayed for Donald Trump’s victory, and one of them actually build a Trump Statue honouring him as a deity.
A Muslim man @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social runs for mayor in New York, and NDTV India responds with a graphic showing the Statue of Liberty in a burqa.
This is the same channel that threw confetti when Rishi Sunak and Kamala Harris rose to power.
#Islamophobia
This is the same channel that threw confetti when Rishi Sunak and Kamala Harris rose to power.
#Islamophobia
June 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
A Muslim man @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social runs for mayor in New York, and NDTV India responds with a graphic showing the Statue of Liberty in a burqa.
This is the same channel that threw confetti when Rishi Sunak and Kamala Harris rose to power.
#Islamophobia
This is the same channel that threw confetti when Rishi Sunak and Kamala Harris rose to power.
#Islamophobia
Indian journalists are sharing the list of all the passengers aboard the Air India aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad, the list also their passport numbers. This is being shared without any official confirmation of the total fatalities.
Not sure if this is even ethical practice of journalism
Not sure if this is even ethical practice of journalism
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Indian journalists are sharing the list of all the passengers aboard the Air India aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad, the list also their passport numbers. This is being shared without any official confirmation of the total fatalities.
Not sure if this is even ethical practice of journalism
Not sure if this is even ethical practice of journalism
Part of the medical college building where the Air India plane crashed. Medical students were having their lunch, when the tragedy unfolded. One can still see the plates with the food.
June 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Part of the medical college building where the Air India plane crashed. Medical students were having their lunch, when the tragedy unfolded. One can still see the plates with the food.
#FactCheck This is unrelated to the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, this is an old clip from Yeti Airlines that crashed in 2023 in Nepal
#planecrash
m.youtube.com/shorts/BFcl7...
#planecrash
m.youtube.com/shorts/BFcl7...
June 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#FactCheck This is unrelated to the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, this is an old clip from Yeti Airlines that crashed in 2023 in Nepal
#planecrash
m.youtube.com/shorts/BFcl7...
#planecrash
m.youtube.com/shorts/BFcl7...
Flight path of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed shortly after take off from Ahmedabad airport in western India. #planecrash #airindia
June 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Flight path of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed shortly after take off from Ahmedabad airport in western India. #planecrash #airindia
Verified images from the dining area of the medical college hostel where the aircraft crashed, local reports suggests that some doctors and staff are also feared dead.
#airindia #planecrash
#airindia #planecrash
June 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Verified images from the dining area of the medical college hostel where the aircraft crashed, local reports suggests that some doctors and staff are also feared dead.
#airindia #planecrash
#airindia #planecrash
May 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Last week #BoycottTurkey campaign was trending in India with this 👇🏽 note that Turkey is “Pleading Indians Tourists against the boycott”
#FactCheck Ministry of Cultural & Tourism replied to my email saying this was not shared by them. The letter is not available on their website or SM.
#FactCheck Ministry of Cultural & Tourism replied to my email saying this was not shared by them. The letter is not available on their website or SM.
May 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Last week #BoycottTurkey campaign was trending in India with this 👇🏽 note that Turkey is “Pleading Indians Tourists against the boycott”
#FactCheck Ministry of Cultural & Tourism replied to my email saying this was not shared by them. The letter is not available on their website or SM.
#FactCheck Ministry of Cultural & Tourism replied to my email saying this was not shared by them. The letter is not available on their website or SM.
Was live on @france24.com to talk about the unprecedented misinformation seen within the first 24 hours of the India-Pakistan conflict
May 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Was live on @france24.com to talk about the unprecedented misinformation seen within the first 24 hours of the India-Pakistan conflict
