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Video Misleadingly Presented as Current Protest Footage

Do viral videos show recent protests at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation?

Misleading

The video is authentic protest footage but was posted previously (Jan–Feb 2024) and is being misrepresented as 'today's' large Jantar Mantar scene calling for the removal of Gyanesh Kumar; contemporary reporting confirms protests occurred in late September 2026, but the specific clip in the post is archival and thus the post is misleading.

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Genuine
The post as it circulated, labelled by our media check.Video · 0:16 · 640×360

Claims

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The video shows 'Gyanesh Kumar hatao' slogans and is the scene at Jantar Mantar in Delhi today (i.e., it is live/current footage of the protest).

~ Misleading— Sanjay Raut (post)90% confidence

The footage is genuine protest footage from Jantar Mantar but is archival: it was posted online in January/February 2024 and has been reused to claim it shows a current (September 26, 2026) protest. Delhi Police and multiple fact-checkers report that the viral clip being circulated as 'today's' visuals is old, so using it as proof of a new, live mass scene is misleading. Contemporary reporting confirms protests occurred on Sep 25–26, 2026, but the specific video claimed as 'today's scene' is not from that event.

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What was posted

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Do viral videos show recent protests at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation?

Who posted it

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@rautsanjay61

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Account check

Looks like a genuine account10%
Likelihood of automation90%

Estimates from public signals — account age, posting pattern, audience — not a judgement of the person behind the account, and separate from whether this post is true.

What stood out

  • No recent posts available for analysis.
  • No profile information provided to assess authenticity.
  • No verifiable information found linking the handle to a known individual or organization.
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Posting cadence
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Follower ratio
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Notable news coverage
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Fact check history
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Account checked September 29, 2026, 09:45 UTC

The media

Video
Genuine

Synthetic-media detector

Detector ran

The claim stands or falls on whether the media is real, so the detector ran.

AI-generated likelihood0%
Deepfake likelihood0%

Scores are the detector’s estimate for the file as uploaded. A low score does not rule out editing, a spliced caption, or footage shown out of context — those are judged above. Model v3.

Sources

4 sources reviewed

The full story

Bias

NoneSlightModerateStrong

Leans anti-Gyanesh Kumar / protest-amplifying. The post amplifies a political protest narrative (calls for removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar) and uses a large, dramatic crowd video presented as live to strengthen that message. Reposting archival footage as current tends to inflate perceived support.

Bias describes how the post frames its message — the slant of the language, selection and emphasis — and is judged separately from whether the claim is true. A true claim can still be framed with a strong slant.

How we checked

1 min 5 s

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Why 86% confidence

High

High confidence from editorial rules.

About this check

Platform
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Posted by
@rautsanjay61
Where it spread
India
Language
HI
Status
● Post is live
Verified
September 29, 2026, 09:47 UTC
Published
September 29, 2026, 09:47 UTC

Reach. Shared by Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on 26 Sep; no counts published

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