{"id":1015747,"date":"2023-03-06T12:46:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/?p=149969"},"modified":"2023-03-06T12:46:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:46:57","slug":"tamil-nadu-hasnt-asked-migrant-labourers-to-leave-state-viral-news-clip-is-made-with-mobile-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/03\/06\/tamil-nadu-hasnt-asked-migrant-labourers-to-leave-state-viral-news-clip-is-made-with-mobile-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu hasn\u2019t asked migrant labourers to leave state; Viral news clip is made with mobile app"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reports of multiple incidents of Hindi-speaking migrant labourers allegedly being attacked in Tamil Nadu have flooded social media in the past few days. Alt News has already fact-checked<\/a> five such claims made on the basis of videos and shown that the viral clips are not related to any such attack.<\/p>\n

In this context, a purported newspaper clipping of Dainik Jagran is widely circulating on social media. The clip is dated March 2. The headline says Hindi-speaking labourers are being killed in Tamil Nadu. It also says that Tamil natives have asked Hindi speakers to vacate the state before March 20. It has a photo of Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin. The text says that Stalin has asked Hindi-speaking migrant workers to leave and that the Tamil Nadu government won’t be responsible for whatever happens to them if they don’t.<\/p>\n

It also has a photo of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. There is a quote where he requests workers to return to UP and says that the state will provide employment to them as a number of deaths have occurred in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n

Below we have provided the newspaper cutting.<\/p>\n

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This claim is viral on WhatsApp circles. Alt News has received multiple requests on its helpline (+91 7600011160) to check the veracity of this claim.<\/p>\nClick to view slideshow.<\/a>\n

This claim is also circulating widely on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fact Check<\/h4>\n

A quick glance at the clipping suggests that it is not genuine as the ‘report’ is not only incomplete but is also poorly written using Google Input Tools<\/a>. Some of the errors have been highlighted below:<\/p>\n

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There are also other factors like the usage of English words in the Hindi text, such as ‘Tamil person’, ‘worker’ and ‘UP me’.<\/p>\n

Additionally, we also noticed a watermark that reads “News Banner Maker”. Taking note of this, we found an application of the same name on the Google play store<\/a> that allows users to make such newspaper cuttings. One of the templates the app has is the same as the viral image.<\/p>\n

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Hence, it is clear that a newspaper clipping created using an app is being falsely shared as a piece of news that says Hindi-speaking migrant workers are being asked to vacate Tamil Nadu as the government will not be providing any protection.<\/p>\n

The post Tamil Nadu hasn’t asked migrant labourers to leave state; Viral news clip is made with mobile app<\/a> appeared first on Alt News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

This post was originally published on Alt News<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reports of multiple incidents of Hindi-speaking migrant labourers allegedly being attacked in Tamil Nadu have flooded social media in the past few days. Alt News has already fact-checked five such…<\/p>\n

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