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Devesh Mishra
Verified
Digital Verification Journalist, AFP Fact Check
New Delhi
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Biography
I am a Digital Verification Journalist and Fact Checker based in New Delhi, specializing in tracking disinformation, misinformation, and fake news circulated across social media in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to my current role at AFP, I worked as a reporter for the fact-checking platform BOOM Live in New Delhi and as a media trainer for the Google News Initiative’s FactShala programme. My reporting focuses on issues such as sectarian violence, climate change, and online scams, including phishing attacks in India. Outside of work, I have a deep passion for Politics, literature, cinema, and music.
Climate change, Fake News , Human Rights, Phishing , Sectarian Violence , Social Media Trends, Online Scams, Disinformation , Misinformation, Politics , Osint
Content
By Devesh Mishra Verified| Yahoo Verified "In Murshidabad, West Bengal, there were protests against the Waqf board that involved arson," says a Hindi-language Facebook post shared on April 13, 2025, which includes a clip that shows several men throwing stones at a group of people. The boards control properties gifted by Muslim charitable endowments. "Three Hindus of the same family were also beaten to death", the post goes on to say.
By Devesh Mishra Verified| Yahoo Verified "Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi is leading protests from the streets to parliament, condemning the Waqf Bill introduced to seize lands," reads in parts the Hindi-language X post on April 4, 2025. It also shares a video showing the senior Indian National Congress figure at a sit-in surrounded by fellow party members and police officers. It has been watched over 194,000 times.
By Devesh Mishra Verified| Yahoo News Malaysia Verified "In Murshidabad, West Bengal, there were protests against the Waqf board that involved arson," says a Hindi-language Facebook post shared on April 13, 2025, which includes a clip that shows several men throwing stones at a group of people. The boards control properties gifted by Muslim charitable endowments. "Three Hindus of the same family were also beaten to death", the post goes on to say.
Company Info
AFP Fact Check