Table 5.

Respresentation of initial newsPieces with hashes of the blockchain

NewsPiece	PrevHash	CurHash	timeStamp	uploaderId
Paytm requires location to log in now	Nil	c9d01ed4cb0cafa 49e50f3dc2ca5ec 326d1bdf036e8ad 919f389c0b04a 963a5c	10/04/2020 7:29:46	AfzalOzil360
Richa Chadha shared an old tweet screenshot of Rishi Bagree (BJP IT cell worker) accepting that he spreads propaganda for BJP daily, which he claimed was a fake tweet and threatened her with a legal defamation case. Later it was found that the fake tweet is indeed real and was tweeted by him	c9d01ed4cb0cafa 49e50f3dc2ca5ec3 26d1bdf036e8ad9 19f389c0b04a963 a5c	2ca9d5fcea6c369 35a8823905ad044 513bbf7c761cbf6 7ad2d8691c19cd8 5a60	12/04/2020 6:44:16	sarazond
Netflix’s new documentary on the Coronavirus includes Arunachal Pradesh AND Taiwan in their map of China	2ca9d5fcea6c369 35a8823905ad044 513bbf7c761cbf6 7ad2d8691c19c d85a60	5cc9156cf0ef6bc 786221a7ace7924 b83f32820ed63 83415c2 c0edff13688321	11/04/2020 21:19:46	Nogoldsplease
Coca-Cola Co. announces to to start producing milk bottles	5cc9156cf0ef6bc 786221a7ace7924 b83f32820ed63 83415c2c0edff1 3688321	1abc7daa7a00158 22ddd605898cd e76e15995e1c73e 4e62ea724059217 2ea9e2	10/04/2020 2:13:23	hammyhammad
BJP lawmaker makes fun of PM Narendra Modi’s ’clap, bang utensils’ appeal	1abc7daa7a0015 822ddd605898c de76e15995e1c7 3e4e62ea724059 2172ea9e2	8e5e8d0082 2e8573b5921cc4 fdda3566653721 0b1b07d4e555bb a6387aa9c8f3	12/04/2020 14:39:43	sudden_dust
Spurious Chart on ’Jihad’ Leads to ’Insulting Religion’ FIR Against Zee News Editor	8e5e8d00822e8 573b5921cc4fdda 35666537210b1 b07d4e555bba6 387aa9c8f3	b9ed9fcab5b5a29 fa70711ac58b0 fda584dffc26dee 8f25dbde64bd3ce 8d0966	09/05/2020 22:31:43	ilali307
Testing increased to 95,000 tests a day	b9ed9fcab5b5a29 fa70711ac58b0f da584dffc26dee 8f25dbde64b d3ce8d0966	481b404b78d285 9b5fe625db2a60 119276d669b2c1 9e0892381efdba e786c524	09/05/2020 22:16:28	maybevaibhav