Fact Check: This viral sign taking a dig at Islam is not a real billboard
Does a billboard in Australia really display a communally charged message targeting Islam? India Today's Anti-Fake News War Room looked into the claim. Here's what we found.
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No such hoarding has been put up. The image was created through an app.
In Short
- Viral claims on Australian billboard busted
- India Today TV investigates communal charged post
- Here's what our Anti Fake News War Room found
A photograph of a billboard with a communal message is being widely shared on social media. It's being claimed that a signboard installed in Australia reads, "Interested in time travel? Convert to Islam to take you back 1,400 years!"
Take a look at this post shared by the Twitter user @Goldenthrust. An archived version can be accessed here.
The post is viral on Facebook, too.
Meanwhile somewhere in Australia pic.twitter.com/1Hc7tRw62R Manjeet Bagga (@Goldenthrust) March 12, 2020
To verify this claim, India Today’s Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) ran a reverse search on the image and found that it isn't a real picture of any signboard in Australia.
It was created through a billboard designer application called Makesweet. Click here to see the specimen for the hoarding.
We found several images on the Internet of the same display board, but with different messages.
You can see that the same yellow car is visible in each photographs.
We also used the app to make a billboard with the words "India Today Fact Check". You can check it out in this collage.
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