1: How Fake News Almost Ruined A School
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Since 2017, RMVM School in Valsad, Gujarat, has been targeted with a massive misinformation campaign. A series of unrelated images and videos of child abuse were shared on WhatsApp and social media, alleging that they portrayed instances of horror faced by the students of RMVM School at the hands of their teachers. So we drove to Valsad, and spoke to the teachers, students and the principal, to find out what really happened.
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