The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicked off in Qatar last month amid controversies of various kinds. From the allegations of corruption and bribery in selecting a tiny Middle East nation as host to the violation of human rights and labor malpractices, the world’s biggest single-sport tournament has been marred with a slew of scandals.

Misinformation is also running amok about it online. Various posts and old videos have been shared with misleading and outright false claims on social media. Some were as harmless as the Saudi Prince announcing Rolls Royce cars for every player of their winning team against Argentina and some were riddled with communal claims such as Islamic conversions happening during the opening ceremony of the tournament.

Although the Indian soccer team is not playing in the world cup, Indian fans are as excited as anyone in the world. That may be the reason for the soccer world cup getting huge traction on social media in India. It also led to the peddling of political and hateful misinformation about it.

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Communal Claims

Since the world cup is organized in a strict Islamic country, the misinformation shared across the internet had a communal theme running through it.

At the beginning of the tournament, Indian fugitive preacher Zakir Naik was spotted in Qatar. He is a wanted fugitive on charges of money laundering and hate speech in...

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