A viral video of a bus going off a deep ditch has been shared with the false claim that the accident happened in Meghalaya, India. However, Vishvas News investigated the video and found the claim to be misleading. During the investigation, the news was found to be from a bus accident in the Central Java province of Indonesia on May 7. Vishvas News contacted the Indonesian fact-checking agency CEK Facta.com and fact checker Adi Syafitra confirmed that the video was from a recent accident in Indonesia.
Vishvas News is an independent media organization based in New Delhi, India that does investigative journalism and fact checking. It uses a professional network of artists, reporters, writers, photographers and other experienced professionals to verify the accuracy of its news reports. On top of this, the company has an in-house team of professionals working to detect and verify false rumors and claims and other social media content. With this mission, Vishvas News is working to counter the misinformation which is rampant on the internet.
The person behind the viral video and misleading claims is ‘Shri Badrinath eva Kedarnath Dham Snr’, who has a following of over 1.2 million. Such misinformation can spread quickly, especially when it deals with a grave topic such as a bus accident, and therefore it is imperative to take the necessary steps to stop it from propagating further and ensure that correct information is shared.
