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Uzair Rizvi

@rizviuzair.bsky.social
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Independent fact checker, AI & OSINT guy Previously head of Media-AI Literacy & Training @logically 🇬🇧 Led 🌏 Biggest Election Fact-Checking network 🤝Google 🇮🇳 ‘24 Former @afp.com 🇫🇷 #misinformation #factchecking #AI #osint #medialiteracy

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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
US Central Command has released this photo of mid air refuelling of F-16 at an UNDISCLOSED LOCATION An average Trump voter will think this is Vegas
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
shooting at islamic center of san diego
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At least 1 dead in shooting at Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont
At least one person was killed in what San Diego police described as an active shooter situation at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont Mesa.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“Suspected, alleged” I think the attackers are not Muslims
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Blocking access to Archive has serious implications for fact-checking & OSINT work. For journalists, researchers, investigators; archives aren’t optional; they are infrastructure for verification. Restricting them doesn’t just limit access to history, it limits the ability to independently verify it
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The BBC edited a passage from their anonymous "Iranian source" and removed the begging for being left without electricity, water & being nuked to death This is utterly insane. Makes me Qs authenticity of this quote and whether BBC through these “fabricated” quotes justifying nuclear attack on Iran
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
India’s internet censorship is not a centralized “Great Firewall,” says Tech Policy Press Contributing Editor Amber Sinha. He discusses research that illuminates an opaque system where ISPs enforce blocking through practices such as DNS manipulation, producing often invisible restrictions to users.
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India’s Decentralized System of Internet Censorship
Amber Sinha discusses research that illuminates India’s fragmented system of internet control.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News)
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Just as in Gaza, the US is lifting the constraints on how Israel can use American bombs. As a result, Israel uses 2,000lb bombs to strike densely populated areas in Tehran. So, we are now seeing Gaza-style images of civilians and children being killed en masse in Iran.
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Lewi Whalberg @anno1540.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Breaking: Ali Shoeib, the famous Al Manar TV journalist, has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, according to Al Mayadeen Al Mayadeen's Fatima Ftouni was also killed
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Any journalist covering Israel's plans for south Lebanon, as @nytimes.com does here for example, as if it's entirely normal for one country to plan for and take steps toward illegally taking over the sovereign land of another is manufacturing consent for illegal annexation.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Journalist Rania Khalek completely destroys the Western narrative. She reminds the world that Israel has invaded Lebanon SEVEN times since 1978. Hezbollah only exists because Israel occupied their land first. Resistance is the natural response to brutal military occupation.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
If you are an American, your taxes just paid to slaughter this little boy in Iran.
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 20/03/2026
‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ is reportedly being blocked by India’s CBFC over fears it would damage Israel-India relations. The docudrama tells the story of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl named Hind Rajab that was murdered in an IDF attack. (variety.com/2026/film/gl...)
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez: "Trump is someone who will set the world on fire and then blame smoke caused by that. He has been wrong for 18 days of war. I urge everyone to call him out"
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Alleged, wow, when perpetrators are Israel or US, then alleged.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The South Pars Gas/North Dome Field ownership is jointly shared by Iran & Qatar, so technically, US, which have their air base in Doha, also attacked Qatar, along with Israel. I wonder, whether Qataris will take any note of it?
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/03/2026
"The latest reports indicate that Israeli strikes have killed at least 850 people in Lebanon, including at least 107 children, and have left more than a million displaced" www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Middle East crisis live: Trump vents frustration with allies over strait of Hormuz; Iran and US reportedly in direct contact
US president lashes out at UK and others as European countries reject calls for assistance to reopen crucial shipping lane
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Far-right & Islamophobe Laura Loomer went to India and visited the monument built by a Muslim emperor with verses from Quran inscribed on it. She describes it as the most incredible monument she’s ever seen in her life.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
In my entire fact-checking career, I’ve never seen such unprecedented use of AI-generated and AI-manipulated imagery & videos in a war. Elon Musk’s X has outrun even Facebook for being a major vector for the spread of AI generated disinformation
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#Thread A compilation of false claims, fake videos, AI-generated clips, and old imagery being shared in the pretext of the ongoing situation in #Iran #Israel and #MiddleEast on social media. #FactCheck
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/03/2026
Video shows a UAE F-16 fighter jet shooting down a suspected Iranian drone at low altitude over Al Mamzar beach in Dubai.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Iran has released an AI video showing two parallel stories: A Iranian girl getting ready to go to school, and a US soldier getting ready to bomb the school she attends. Brutal
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The Employee of the Year in both Russia and Israel
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I had a feeling my neighbor is going to steal my car. So I stole his car first. And kidnapped his children. Then burned down his house. Also, my neighbour lives in a different continent still I stole the car.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/03/2026
Israel’s latest bombardment of Beirut has inflicted heavy damage on civilian infrastructure, after strikes targeted a hotel in the suburbs and at least five residential buildings in the southern part of the city.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Iran media reports that another girls school was targeted by US-Israeli air strikes in Urmia city. Fortunately, no casualties reported.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#Thread A compilation of false claims, fake videos, AI-generated clips, and old imagery being shared in the pretext of the ongoing situation in #Iran #Israel and #MiddleEast on social media. #FactCheck
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
A reminder that fascist Mussolini invaded Abyssinia partly to divert from domestic economic troubles at home.
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Senator Mazie K. Hirono @hirono.senate.gov · 02/03/2026
Fact Check: Trump DID start this war. The Pentagon confirmed there was no evidence Iran was going to attack the U.S. No imminent threat. No exit plan or strategy. Just more lies from this regime as they cost the lives of service members and innocent civilians.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
She is the grand daughter of Ayatollah Khamenei killed by United States during the attack. Regardless of anyone’s political beliefs, this breaks the heart of every parent, reason why war is cruel, but it seems fun & games for the likes of Trump & Netanyahu.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Remember that one can be against a hateful regime, as is the case with the Iranian regime, as is the whole of Spanish society, and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Iranian media says Khamenei was killed in his office while he was at the height of his work during the hours of Saturday morning It suggests that Khamenei did not attempt to evade the attack which implies that he already accepted the possibility, perhaps even embraced the prospect of martyrdom.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/03/2026
World reacts to killing of Iran’s Khamenei by US, Israel forces aje.news/04813n
World reacts to killing of Iran’s Khamenei by US, Israel forces
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“Your attack on Iran is working. No one is talking about you raping children."
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/03/2026
"Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah’s Assassination. The U.S. and Israeli militaries are targeting Iran’s leaders—but that may only strengthen the state." foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/28/i...
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Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah's Assassination
The U.S. and Israeli militaries are targeting Iran’s leaders—but that may only strengthen the state.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Iran government confirms the martyrdom of Ayatollah Khamenei, it’s being broadcasted on Live TV across Iran.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
There’s a Donald Trump tweet for everything. #Iran #Israel #US
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 28/02/2026
Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Iranian media confirms that one of the US strikes hit an elementary girls school in Iran killing atleast 35 children. The Epstein mentality is not even sparing the children outside their borders. #Iran #US
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
An Iranian drone targeted the high-rise 'Era tower' in Manama, Bahrain. They destroyed at least two floors, it is used as a residential building; the motive or target of the strike is unclear.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It’s the war between Iran- US & Israel, however look at the number of countries getting bombed: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Jordan. It’s evident that US uses Arab countries as human shields. Not sure, if at all there’s a realisation from these regimes.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The Americans said they are worried about the freedom of women in Iran.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
NEW. This is an elementary girls school in the city of Hormozgan in Iran. In the last hour, it was hit by a US/Israeli missile attack. So far, 24 young girls are confirmed dead [SOURCE: Al Jazeera]. The US has just committed a war crime. (🎥 Ary Jeay)
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Iranian media confirms that one of the US strikes hit an elementary girls school in Iran killing atleast 35 children. The Epstein mentality is not even sparing the children outside their borders. #Iran #US
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Only one in five Americans supported an attack on Iran. But Trump went ahead with it. I believe his pictures in the Epstein files are really gruesome.
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
There’s a Donald Trump tweet for everything. #Iran #Israel #US
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“Preventative attack.” An act of aggression, spun by compliant media on behalf of a country currently committing human rights atrocities in Gaza now attacking another country to undermine peace negotiations. #Iran #Israel #US
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Uzair Rizvi @rizviuzair.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Usually the airstrikes happen under the guise of night, however, Iran & US have attacked Iran on a Saturday morning, which is a working day, with children inside schools, streets buzzing with working people and markets open, putting civilians in danger. They claim to care for Iranian people?
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