Digital Terrorism Unmasked: The Propaganda War India Must Win

🚨 YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS ARE UNDER ATTACK — NOT BY MISSILES, BUT BY MISINFORMATION.

As India launched Operation Sindoor — a precise and powerful retaliation against the Pahalgam terror attack — Pakistan and China opened another front: a digital war of deceit.

Fake videos. Distorted facts. Doctored images.
All with one aim — to mislead, confuse, and derail global opinion from the truth.

💣 While our Armed Forces hit terrorist camps, their trolls fired lies.
🧠 Their weapons? WhatsApp forwards, fake tweets, and AI-edited footage.

India isn’t just fighting at the LoC — we’re fighting on your phone screen. And YOU are the frontline.

🔥 Don’t Be a Pawn in Their Psychological Warfare

• 🔍 See something suspicious? VERIFY before you forward.
• 📤 Report fake content immediately to #PIBFactCheck
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💥 Stay sharp. Stay united. Share facts, not fear.

Because the only thing worse than fake news… is spreading it unknowingly.

🕵️‍♂️ Below, you can see some of the false and misleading claims recently circulated by Pakistan and China as part of their coordinated propaganda against India.

👉 Each of these has been debunked — but continues to circulate to manipulate public opinion. Stay informed. Stay alert.

A FAKE letter purportedly addressed by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh to General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command is being shared on social media.

✅ It is being spread by Pakistani accounts as False Propaganda aimed at spreading misinformation.

✅ Avoid sharing unverified information and rely only on official sources from the Government of India for accurate information.

A social media post claims that this is a photo of aircraft on fire at Udhampur Air Base in India.

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✅ This claim is FAKE.

✅ The Indian Air Force does not have any such aircraft in its fleet, as seen in the photo. Nor is this Udhampur Air Force Station.

🔎 Stay vigilant. Rely only on official sources for authentic information!

An old image is going viral on social media, with many Pakistan-based accounts claiming that it shows the last rites of a Rafale pilot of the Indian Air Force who died on May 07, 2025.

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❌ This claim is completely fake.

✅ The image is actually from 2008 and unrelated to the current context.

A video of a deserter from the Indian Army is going viral on social media, in which he is seen accusing the central government in connection with the Pahalgam terror attack.

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✅ The soldier seen in the video has been absent from duty since March 2025 and has not been in contact with his family either.

✅ Please stay alert. Do not fall for such misleading videos or propaganda.

🚨 An infographic is doing the rounds on social media with CNN’s logo

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✅ This infographic is fake and part of the propaganda campaign

✅ CNN never ran any such story or infographic comparing losses

🚨 Artillery exchange along the LoC❓

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▶️ These claims are FALSE!

▶️ Rumours are being spread to create panic!

Claims of heavy explosions in Udhampur are circulating on social media.

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▶️ The claim is FALSE

▶️ There have been no explosions in Udhampur

▶️ These rumours are being spread to create panic

▶️ Rely only on official government sources for accurate information

Social media posts claims that drones have been spotted in certain areas of Jammu & Kashmir.

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✅ This claim is fake

✅ There is no drone activity in Jammu & Kashmir

🔎 Stay vigilant. Rely only on official sources for authentic information

Fake Account Alert 🚨

Are Wg Cdr Vyomika Singh & Col Sofiya Qureshi on X❓

❌ NO! Both these handles are fake

✅ There is NO official X handle of Wg Cdr Vyomika Singh & Col Sofiya Qureshi

🔎 Stay vigilant! Rely only on official sources for authentic information

⚠️Pakistan Propaganda Alert!

Pakistan-based handles are spreading old videos falsely alleging strikes on a military base in Amritsar.

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✔️The video being shared is from a wildfire from 2024

✅ Avoid sharing unverified information and rely only on official sources from the Government of India for accurate information.

Did this Indian drone really get intercepted in Pakistan❓

Pakistan-based handles are sharing an old image claiming that the Pakistan Army has intercepted a UAV drone that fell in Gujranwala, Pakistan.

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✅ The image being circulated is from the Ukraine-Russia conflict in 2022

🚨 Fake news is circulating about a ‘fidayeen’ attack on an Army brigade in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir.

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▶️ No such fidayeen or suicide attack has occurred on any Army Cantt.

⚠️ Do not fall for these false claims intended to #mislead and cause confusion.

Fake News Alert ‼️

Pakistani social media handles are claiming that a Su-30MKI was shot down in Muzaffarabad, capturing an Indian Pilot alive.

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✅ This Su-30MKI of the Indian Air Force crashed at Undre Vasti of Kulwadi village near Pune-Ahamad Nagar highway, Maharashtra on October 14, 2014.

A news report by China Daily falsely claims that at least three Indian jets crashed in Kashmir.

✅ The image is from an earlier incident from 2019.

🔗Here is a news report from 2019: https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/1100707996525568000

🔴 This is part of a coordinated propaganda campaign aimed at creating panic and misleading the public

BEWARE OF FAKE NEWS!

Several pro-Pakistan social media accounts are falsely claiming that three fighter jets have crashed in different areas of the Himalayan region.

– This claim is FAKE
– The image being circulated is old, dating back to 2016.

🚨 VIRAL CLAIM ABOUT BATHINDA ON SOCIAL MEDIA! 🚨

Posts are being artificially spread, claiming that the Bhatinda Airfield has been DESTROYED!

❌ FAKE ALERT!

✅ The Bathinda Airfield is FULLY OPERATIONAL and there is NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER.

Don’t fall for misinformation. Stay informed, stay alert.

🚨 S-400 Destroyed by Pakistan?

Here’s the Truth!

Posts circulating on social media claim that Pakistan has destroyed an Indian S-400 air defence system.

❌ This claim is FAKE.

❌ Reports of destruction or any damage to an S-400 system are baseless.

🚨 YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS ARE UNDER ATTACK🚨

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