{"id":5230,"date":"2019-04-18T11:51:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T06:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2019-04-18T11:54:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T06:24:31","slug":"fact-check-did-actor-janhvi-kapoor-endorse-pm-modi-from-twitter-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/fact-check-did-actor-janhvi-kapoor-endorse-pm-modi-from-twitter-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Did actor Janhvi Kapoor endorse PM Modi from Twitter account?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<em>I do not understand politics but know that the country needs Modi ji,<\/em>\u201d read a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/JAd9I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>\u00a0from a Twitter account \u2018realjanhvi\u2019. At the time of writing, the tweet was retweeted over 3,000 times and liked over 12,000. The account\u2019s bio claims that it is the official account of Janhvi Kapoor, the actor of a 2018 Hindi film \u2018Dhadak\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33735\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_001-1.jpg?resize=615%2C517\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_001-1.jpg?w=615&amp;ssl=1 615w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_001-1.jpg?resize=300%2C252&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"517\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The handle does not have a blue tick-mark which signifies that the identity of the person running an account has not been verified by Twitter. Moreover, the account was created in June 2017 but has only 19 tweets. This is atypical behaviour as actors are usually active social media users who promote their upcoming events, films etc via their accounts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33666\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_004.jpg?resize=864%2C497\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_004.jpg?w=864&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_004.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_004.jpg?resize=768%2C442&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"753\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The above indicators suggested that the account may not be genuine, hence Alt News decided to investigate it further.<\/p>\n<h2>Twitter account belongs to a person called Govind Saroj<\/h2>\n<p>Every Twitter account has a unique numeric id. Websites such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gettwitterid.com\/?user_name=realjanhvi&amp;submit=GET+USER+ID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gettwitterid.com<\/a>\u00a0can be used to find the same. In the case of the Twitter account \u2018realjanhvi,\u2019 the numeric Twitter id is \u2018871660301371924481\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33670\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_005.jpg?resize=401%2C220\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_005.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_005.jpg?resize=768%2C422&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_005.jpg?w=967&amp;ssl=1 967w\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Upon looking up the said id on Google, we came across an account called \u2018govinddeshpremi\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33674\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_006.jpg?resize=401%2C219\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_006.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_006.jpg?resize=768%2C420&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_006.jpg?w=895&amp;ssl=1 895w\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Further, on searching for old tweets where \u2018govinddeshpremi\u2019 was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Singh9554\/status\/1003289185938075656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tagged<\/a>, and upon hovering the mouse over the account username, the Twitter pop-up suggested that the account \u2018govinddeshpremi\u2019 has been renamed to \u2018realjanhvi\u2019. Watch the video below for an illustration of the same.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/330989647\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We were also able to locate the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/PHIqf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google cache<\/a>\u00a0of \u2018govinddeshpremi\u2019 account. We looked up the HTML source code of the page to ascertain whether it has the same numeric Twitter id as the \u2018realjanhvi\u2019 handle. The screenshot below of a section of the source code (underlined) confirms that the two accounts indeed have the same Twitter id, thus confirming that \u2018govinddeshpremi\u2019 was renamed to \u2018realjanhvi\u2019 to issue an endorsement for PM Modi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33678\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-17-at-17.59.54.jpeg?resize=600%2C553\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-17-at-17.59.54.jpeg?resize=1024%2C944&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-17-at-17.59.54.jpeg?resize=300%2C277&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-17-at-17.59.54.jpeg?resize=768%2C708&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-17-at-17.59.54.jpeg?resize=990%2C913&amp;ssl=1 990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-17-at-17.59.54.jpeg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"553\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found screenshots of the account shared by other Twitter users when it used to go by the account \u2018govinddeshpremi\u2019. The name associated with the account before the id was changed to \u2018realjanhvi\u2019 was \u2018Chowkidar Govind Saroj\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">@govinddeshpremi \u0926\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u092f\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0915 \u091c\u094b follow or unfollow \u0915\u093e \u0916\u0947\u0932 \u0916\u0947\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0924\u094b \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u0938\u0901\u092d\u0932 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u091a\u094c\u0915\u0940\u0926\u093e\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alokdubey1408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alokdubey1408<\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RameshsainiG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RameshsainiG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshokOlakh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AshokOlakh<\/a> \u0907\u0938 \u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093e \u092a\u0921\u093c\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0915\u093f \u092d\u093e\u0908 \u092e\u0947\u0939\u0928\u0924 \u0915\u0930 \u092f\u0942\u0902 \u0925\u0941\u0915 \u0915\u0930 \u091a\u093e\u091f\u0915\u0930 \u0924\u0942\u0902 \u091a\u092e\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u094b \u092a\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u092e\u0941\u0938\u093e\u092b\u093f\u0930 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 \u2122\ufe0f (@musafir511) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/musafir511\/status\/1110852406324031488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We were also able to located Govind Saroj\u2019s (govinddeshpremi)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/gshindusher\/ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0where a similar pattern was observed \u2013 a page called Shobha Devi was merged to create the said person\u2019s Facebook page. Presently, Saroj uses the Twitter id \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/govindnamo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">govindnamo<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33681\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_009.jpg?resize=1024%2C494\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_009.jpg?resize=1024%2C494&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_009.jpg?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_009.jpg?resize=768%2C370&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_009.jpg?resize=990%2C478&amp;ssl=1 990w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Selection_17_04_2019_009.jpg?w=1277&amp;ssl=1 1277w\" alt=\"\" width=\"753\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With elections in full swing, attempts to mislead voters using a variety of tactics will often be used. While unmasking all misinformation might not be feasible for social media users, they can tread carefully to look out for signs. In this case, the account impersonating actor Janhvi Kapoor\u2019s official handle was not verified and has very few tweets, a behaviour atypical of actors.<\/p>\n<p>[This report was first published by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alt News<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI do not understand politics but know that the country needs Modi ji,\u201d read the tweet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":5243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5230"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=5230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}