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Police in Germany have denied claims that they recommended that football fans smoke cannabis instead of drinking alcohol while visiting the country to watch the Euro 2024 football championship. The denial comes after UK tabloid The Sun reported on Friday that German police spokesman Stephan Knipp said that it was "no problem for fans to smoke cannabis on the street". "If we see a group of people drinking alcohol and looking a bit aggressive, and another group smoking cannabis, of course we’ll look at the group drinking alcohol," Knipp reportedly said. "Drinking alcohol can make someone more ag...
Euronews (English)
By Hazel Gandhi A video showing a man being beaten with sticks is viral online with the false claim that it shows the public flogging of Vincent Dabilgou, the former Minister of Transport of Burkina Faso. BOOM found that the claims are false, the video misidentifies the man as Dabilgou who was jailed to 11 years in prison for financial fraud in August 2023. The video is being shared by Indian accounts on X with a photo of Dabilgou and the caption, "WATCH: Burkina Faso's former Minister of Transport, Vincent Dabilgou has been sent to the public for a thorough beating after he was found guilty o...
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Criticism of Joe Biden’s mental health and 81 years of age have dogged him throughout his presidency, with allegations of him being too old and senile for office coming in hard and fast in the run-up to the presidential elections this year. Many of these claims are supposedly backed up by video evidence of the US president acting strangely, but they’re usually either manipulated or taken out of context. Take the video below for example, which appears to show Biden wandering off or otherwise being distracted at a G7 summit in June. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni seemingly has to lead him...
Euronews (English)
Les critiques concernant la santé mentale de Joe Biden, âgé de 81 ans, l'ont poursuivi tout au long de sa présidence, et les allégations selon lesquelles il serait trop vieux et sénile pour exercer ses fonctions se multiplient à l'approche des élections présidentielles de cette année. Nombre de ces allégations sont étayées par des vidéos prétendant montrer le comportement étrange du président américain, mais elles sont généralement soit manipulées, soit sorties de leur contexte. Prenons par exemple la vidéo ci-dessous, qui semble montrer un Joe Biden distrait, en train de s'éloigner lors d'un ...
Euronews (French)
By Anmol Alphonso Social media posts sharing a document claiming that the Indian government is relaunching the Agnipath scheme as the 'Sainik Saman scheme' with some changes, are false. BOOM found that the central government has not released any such document officially. We found a clarification issued by the fact-checking wing of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on X that refuted the viral claims and called the document fake. The Indian Express reported on June 13, 2024, citing sources stating that the Indian Armed Forces are discussing possible tweaks to the Agnipath scheme for military re...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being escorted by an unidentified man at the recently held G7 summit in Italy is being falsely shared with the claim that it shows Modi refusing to shake hands with United States President Joe Biden. The G7 summit was held in Italy's Apulia region from June 13, to June 15, 2024 with India invited as an 'Outreach Country.' The summit included participation from the seven member countries—the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, and France—as well as the European Union. The eight seconds video was posted on X with the caption which clai...
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Selon une nouvelle étude, des agents pro-russes bombardent délibérément les journalistes de fausses informations afin de surcharger les ressources de vérification et d'amplifier la portée de la désinformation. Baptisé "Opération Overload" par la société finlandaise de logiciels et de méthodologies Check First, qui a publié le rapport, ce stratagème implique des agents pro-russes anonymes qui contactent des journalistes dans le cadre d'une campagne coordonnée visant à leur faire vérifier des "fake news" suspectées d'être des fausses nouvelles. Le stratagème repose sur le principe simple selon l...
Euronews (French)
Pro-Russian actors are purposefully barraging journalists with fake news in an effort to spread verification resources thin and amplify the reach of disinformation, according to a new study. Dubbed “Operation Overload” by Finnish software and methodologies company Check First, which published the report, the ongoing scheme involves anonymous pro-Russian actors who contact journalists in a coordinated campaign to have them verify suspected fake news. The ploy relies on the simple principle that “all publicity is good publicity”. The verification requests usually target Ukraine, France and Germa...
Euronews (English)
Pro-russische Akteure überschwemmen Journalisten gezielt mit Fake News, um die Verifizierungsressourcen zu verknappen und die Reichweite der Desinformation zu erhöhen, so eine neue Studie. Das finnische Software- und Methodikunternehmen Check First, das den Bericht veröffentlicht hat, nennt es "Operation Overload". Dabei handelt es sich um anonyme pro-russische Akteure, die in einer koordinierten Kampagne Journalisten kontaktieren, um sie dazu zu bringen, mutmaßliche Fake News zu verifizieren. Die Masche beruht auf dem einfachen Prinzip, dass "jede Publicity eine gute Publicity ist". Faktenche...
Euronews (German)
By Nidhi Jacob In May, BOOM published 128 fact-checks in English, Hindi and Bangla. We observed the highest occurrence of AI-generated fake news this year in May. From news channels predicting exit poll wins for political parties to celebrities promoting diabetes pills, we published 12 fact-checks involving deepfakes, artificial intelligence-generated images, and voice clones. Out of the 128 fact-checks published by BOOM, the Lok Sabha elections 2024, held between April 19 and June 1, were the leading topic of misinformation last month, resulting in 101 fact-checks. Additionally, the Muslim co...
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