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source: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/video-thar-suv-rams-scooter-mathura-woman-loses-leg-2898569-2026-04-19

Source: https://x.com/i/status/2046199866834207116

Snopes and other fact-checking sites clarified that the 62 million figure is not the number of members. Social media posts misinterpreted that number.

In CNN’s original report the 62 million figure referred to total visits to a website called “Motherless” in the month of February. CNN did not say 62 million men or members. The same person can visit the site multiple times, so that number is not individual people.

Cybernews also clarified that the viral headline “62 million men” misrepresents the findings of the investigation. The 62 million is website traffic, not the number of criminals. So saying “62 million male members” is technically wrong or fake news.

This comparison was made deliberately and was misinterpreted for a specific technical reason:

1. To show the site’s reach : CNN used the 62 million figure to show how large the controversial site is and how many visits it gets each month. Of those 62 million visits, thousands viewed the objectionable content (sleep videos), which they wanted to demonstrate.

2. Scope of the investigation: The probe found more than 20,000 videos showing abuse. These videos were not isolated; they had millions of views. So the 1,000-person Telegram group was only one part, but the vile content from that group was spreading on the larger platform (Motherless) that had 62 million visits.

3. Social media’s clickbait nature: When the story hit social media, people considered 62 million visits as 62 million male members..

Because 1,000 seemed tiny compared to 62 million. To make the story more viral, users turned total site traffic into the number of perpetrators.

Inshort : CNN used 62 million figure to show the site’s popularity, but social media and feminist turned it into the number of criminals and caused confusion.

Source : https://newsable.asianetnews.com/india/punjab-car-video-viral-ludhiana-chase-horror-car-thief-runs-amok-hits-vehicles-crashes-into-pole-articleshow-88s8aeg

Source: https://www.vsktelangana.org/Encyc/2026/4/18/telangana-bjp-leader-ramakrishna-exposed-rs-150-crore-congress-linked-scam-dead-under-suspicious-conditions.html

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/on-camera-3-brothers-killed-on-the-spot-after-speeding-bike-crashes-into-truck-while-making-reel-on-nh-135-in-mauganj

"What was entirely missing from the parliamentary debate, Acharya Prashant argues, was a number that should have been central to it: India’s Female Labour Force Participation Rate. It has been declining for decades and today even after a recent surge, still stands lower than it did a quarter century ago. The same society that is measurably less willing to allow women to hold ordinary jobs than it was a generation ago, is now offering them Parliament."

source: https://news24online.com/information/womens-reservation-bill-missed-the-real-question-says-philosopher-acharya-prashant/809655/

Source: https://x.com/i/status/2045849288811692051

Source: The Print

Notes:  

• DNA test was negative: The test established the accused was not the father of the child she delivered in September 2024 

• Victim turned hostile: During trial she denied the assault and said she had implicated him “out of fear.”

• Age not proven: The prosecution couldn’t establish that she met the legal definition of a “child” under POCSO because there were conflicting age reports.