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By Hazel Gandhi An old video showing passports and Aadhaar cards discarded in a field is viral online with social media users failing to mention that it is not recent. BOOM found that the claims are false, the passports were recovered from Haryana in 2018 and the video is being falsely linked to a recent controversy involving Vishal Dadlani and Kulwinder Kaur. Newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mandi, Kangana Ranaut, was slapped by a CISF officer during a security check at the Chandigarh airport on June 6, 2024. A video of the now-suspended officer, Kulwinder Kaur, circulated o...
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By Hazel Gandhi A provocative and communal WhatsApp forward demonising Muslims in India and admonishing Hindus for not supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi enough is being falsely attributed to author and motivational speaker Shiv Khera. BOOM reached out to Khera's office, who refuted the viral claim and stated that he has not issued any such statement as claimed in viral message. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 240 out of the 543 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, falling short of 32 seats to form a complete majority. While Modi is set to continue as the Prime Minister for the ...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old news report about the introduction of a Population Control Bill in Uttar Pradesh is viral online as recent. BOOM found that the report is from July 2021 and carries the details of a proposed draft of the Uttar Pradesh Population Control Bill, which has not been passed in the Parliament. The viral clip shows a video report by Republic Bharat about UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath preparing to introduce a draft of the Population Control Bill. The anchor is heard talking about how, if passed, this law would prohibit families with more than two children from accessing upto ...
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By Anmol Alphonso Viral social media posts claiming the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 30 seats with a margin of less than 500 votes and won more than 100 seats with a margin of less than 1000 votes, are false. BOOM analysed data published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and found that the lowest victory margin for a seat won by the BJP is 1587 votes, thus rendering the claim false. The BJP on its own won 240 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, and including its allies in the NDA (National Democratic Alliance), the coalition crossed the 272 seats mark required to fo...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video of an Islamic flag being waved in Shrirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra was shared by the right-wing outlet Sudarshan News's Marathi handle with a false claim that it showed a Pakistan flag being waved by I.N.D.I.A alliance supporters after the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate Nilesh Lanke won the seat. Lanke won the Ahemdnagar Lok Sabha seat with 6,24,797 votes defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dr. Sujay Vikhepatil. The opposition lead I.N.D.I.A alliance / MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) won 30 Lok Sabha seats in the state, with the ruling BJ...
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Migration is typically a hot topic in any election campaign and is often fuel for inflammatory debates and false claims. Whether they’re about benefits or immigration rates, the allegations are usually provocative and simply wrong. Take this example from Spain: This post on Facebook says that almost 97% of people on Spain’s minimum basic income are immigrants. The minimum basic income is a social security benefit that provides a basic wage to the economically vulnerable. It can range from about €600 to €1,400 a month, depending on the beneficiary’s living conditions. But the Facebook post is w...
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Die Migration ist in der Regel in jedem Wahlkampf ein brisantes Thema und bietet oft Anlass für hitzige Debatten und falsche Behauptungen. Ob es nun um Sozialleistungen oder Einwanderungsquoten geht, die Behauptungen sind in der Regel provokativ und schlichtweg falsch. Wie dieses Beispiel aus Spanien: In diesem Beitrag auf Facebook wird behauptet, dass fast 97 % der Bezieher des spanischen Grundeinkommens Einwanderer sind. Dieses Mindesteinkommen ist eine Sozialversicherungsleistung, die wirtschaftlich schwachen Menschen einen Grundlohn bietet. Es kann zwischen 600 und 1 400 Euro pro Monat bet...
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By Nidhi Jacob India conducted the world's largest democratic exercise in seven phases between April 19 and June 1, 2024. Over the last three months (March 1 to May 31), BOOM analysed 258 election-related fact-checks in English, Hindi and Bangla. Of the total debunked fact-checks, 43% (111 fact-checks) involved old and unrelated election-related videos and images being falsely presented as recent. Additionally, 10 fact-checks addressed claims of rigging electronic voting machines (EVMs), 12 involved AI-generated fabricated information, and 10 contained communal content. 18 out of the total fac...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video purporting to show ABP News anchor Sandeep Chaudhary predicting a thumping victory for the I.N.D.I.A. alliance while announcing exit poll figures for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, is altered and fake. BOOM found that the news graphics and audio in the viral video have been doctored to support the false claim. In the original broadcast, ABP News predicted that the BJP-led NDA alliance would sweep back to power. The results for the Lok Sabha 2024 elections are set to be declared on June 4, 2024. In the video, Chaudhary can be heard saying, "I.N.D.I.A alliance will get 3...
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By Anmol Alphonso A letter purportedly written by Karnataka Congress leader MB Patil to former Congress President Sonia Gandhi detailing a plan to "divide Hindus" in Karnataka before the 2018 assembly election, is fake. BOOM found that the fake letter has been viral since 2018 Karnataka assembly election and was posted by BJP Karnataka's official X handle in 2019. BOOM had previously fact-checked the same letter and spoken to Patil who had called the letter fake and also initiated legal action against those sharing it. The last phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections is on June 1, 2024, wi...
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