A video has been circulated showing a supporter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) being
tortured by state institutions.
Debunked Source:
Archive:
Fact Check:
In order to check the claim we analysed keyframes and performed a reverse image search on various search engines.
Through the utilization of reverse imaging techniques it was determined that the shared video is from Laki Marwat, KPK, Pakistan. As per reports the person being tortured is a private driver named Rizwanullah and was tortured on a personal dispute with the owner. KPK province police took swift action and arrested the culprit after video went viral on social media.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=261387269804422
Rating
False Context/Misleading
Conclusion
Our research confirmed that the video was shared with altered and erroneous context to gain politically motivated benefit.
ABCDE Framework-Based Analysis
| Actor | General Public |
| Behavior | Video of torture on personal issue shared with Political Bias. |
| Content | Video |
| Degree | The targeted audience of the post was general public. The disinformation was spread on Twitter & Facebook mainly. |
| Effect | The video was shared with a political bias to manipulate general public and to incite people’s against state institutions. |
