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DFRAC
Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center
AbbreviationDFRAC
Formation20 July 2021;3 years ago (2021-07-20)
FounderPrashant Tandon and Dr. Shujaat Ali Quadri
HeadquartersG-28, Hazrat Nizamuddin West, New Delhi, India
Website https://dfrac.org

Digital Forensics, Research and Analytics Center better known as Dfrac.org or DFRAC [1] is an Indian non-profit fact checking website founded by Dr. Shujaat Ali Quadri as Editor and Prashant Tandon as Advisor in 2021. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Famous works

November 2021, Fact Check on Devi Chitralekha marry a Muslim man. [8]

April 2022, Report on the list Of Fabricated stories of Sudhir Chaudhary and Zee News.[ citation needed ]

June 2022, Report on Prophet Row: [9] Analysing the Pakistan-Based [10] [11] [12] Disinformation Campaign. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

September 2022, Report on Arshdeep to Shami: How are the Pakistani Twitterati fueling wrath against Indian cricketers? [20] [21] [22]

September 2022, Fact Check on Chitra Tripathi ran a misleading post about giving a speech in Parliament of the United Kingdom. [23] [24]

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