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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 BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: An image of a Vistara flight boarding pass has been shared online claiming that it shows the ticket of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leaving the country on June 5, a day after the announcement of the 2024 Lok Sabha election results. The boarding pass shows Rahul Gandhi's name as the ticket holder and mentions a travel date of June 5, 2024, from India to Thailand's Bangkok. Fact: BOOM found that the photo is digitally altered. Tools used: BOOM first observed the picture closely and noticed a significant discrepancy in the viral boarding pass. The flight number on t...
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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 Hera Rizwan Escalating the issue of surge in manipulated content aimed at India, two major tech firms, Meta and OpenAI, each released reports this week detailing their actions against accounts posting content intended to sway public opinion, particularly regarding India's general elections. In its report, OpenAI, the US-based artificial intelligence (AI) company behind ChatGPT, revealed its disruption of a covert influence campaign by an Israeli firm. The campaign used OpenAI's AI model to fabricate fake social media personas and generate content related to the Indian elections, including '...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old photo from Kolkata of 'Go Back Modi' graffiti on a street is viral with a false claim that it is a recent picture from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tamil Nadu. BOOM found that the claims are false, the graffiti was drawn on the street as part of a protest held against Modi's visit to Kolkata, West Bengal, in 2020. The 7-phase voting of the Indian Lok Sabha elections that began on April 19, 2024, is drawing to a close on June 1 with counting scheduled for June 4. Modi is currently on a 45-hour long meditation break, which began on May 30, 2024 at the Vivekanand...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A graphic claims that Hindi news channel News24 carried predictions from different satta bazaars (illegal betting markets) showing a close knit race between the Congress-led I.N.D.I.A bloc and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA coalition, posing a challenge to the BJP's previous claims of winning over 400 seats in the election. Fact: BOOM found that the channel did not carry any such report. News24 executive editor Manak Gupta also took to X to clarify that the graphic is fake. Tools used: We ran a keyword search and checked News24's social media profiles but wer...
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By Anmol Alphonso A graphic claiming to show an India Today exit poll for the Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency, showing the BJP candidate ahead of the AAP and Congress candidates, is fake. BOOM found that India Today has not released any such exit poll for Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency. All 13 seats of Punjab, including Amritsar, go to the polls on June 1, 2024, during the last phase, with the results to be declared on June 4, 2024. Punjab will witness a four cornered fight between AAP, Congress, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal. The viral graphic shows the BJP leading with 33% vote share, then fo...
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By Hera Rizwan Last year before the Telangana elections, Siddhartha Chakravarthy, a 36 year old techie from Hyderabad started pitching Vako AI, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool he built, to various contesting candidates. He created the AI tool that allows voters to interact with candidates via a QR scan code, logging into a WhatsApp chatbox to inquire about their plans for the constituency, city, and development agenda. The response is not actually being typed by the candidate but generated by AI. Vako AI enables candidates to understand voter concerns and customise responses to address gr...
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By Archis Chowdhury In the beginning of April, Meta revamped its rules on AI-generated content and deepfakes, and announced the labelling of AI-generated video, audio and images with "Made with AI". In India, Meta platforms has since been flooded with political deepfakes, but the "Made with AI" label is nowhere to be seen. Political parties have been using AI to target their opponents for months, and appear to have free rein on Facebook and Instagram, with their official and proxy pages riddled with deepfakes, often shared as satire. Celebrities and politicians have become fair game for memes ...
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By Mahera Dutta BOOM’s video series ‘Facts Neeti’ sought to capture what leaders across the political spectrum thought about fake news, especially in light of the 2024 general elections. Our primary focus was to find out leaders’ opinions about how misinformation adversely impacts the electoral process. We asked them if they thought fake news was a problem if they had ever been a victim of it themselves, and what policies can be brought in to curb the rise of misinformation. Who we interviewed: Party members from the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Indian National Congr...
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