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By Hazel Gandhi A video on X purporting to show jailed former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan announcing his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's boycott of the ongoing general election in the country is viral online. BOOM found that the audio is fake and has been created using an AI voice cloning tool to discourage voters from participating in the election. Neither Khan nor the PTI has made any announcements about withdrawing from the election. The synthetic audio underscores concerns of artificial intelligence particularly deepfake technology being misused around the world to subvert elec...
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By Hazel Gandhi News agency PTI falsely attributed a quote to former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to claim that he recently praised Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankar through a post on X (formerly Twitter) for his courteous behaviour. BOOM found that the post on X was made by an account impersonating Gogoi and the former CJI confirmed that he had not issued such a statement. A video showing Trinamool Congress' now suspended MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking Dhankar, during the opposition's protest outside Parliament went viral on social media, where Rahul Gandhi is al...
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By Hazel Gandhi A satire post claiming that a few Kukis from Manipur who met Rahul Gandhi recently were inspired by him to give up violence and follow Mahatma Gandhi's path is viral as a real incident online. BOOM found that the tweet was made by a parody handle that merely carried the name and profile picture of the Press Trust of India (PTI), leading users to believe that the news is real. The parody account, until three days ago, carried the name 'देव' Rahul Gandhi visited Manipur on June 29 and met displaced families and victims of violence that has grappled the state for almost two months...
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By Hazel Gandhi A fabricated document that claims to show an agreement signed between former Pakistan PM and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan and the government of Pakistan is going viral online. The document claims to show the terms of Imran Khan's arrest, which include points such as him not being raped or interrogated naked. BOOM found that the document is fabricated and no such agreement was made between the two parties. After months of evading arrest, Imran Khan was brought into custody on May 9 while he was appearing in the Islamabad High Court for charges of corrup...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video from April 2022 showing protesters gathered in London near former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's residence to show support for former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan after his government lost the trust vote then is being shared with the false claim that it shows protests after Khan's recent arrest. In the 13 seconds video, a large group of protesters can be seen gathered waving Pakistani flags and chanting slogans against Nawaz Sharif. Khan was arrested on May 9, 2023, from the Islamabad Judicial Complex while appearing in court on corruption charges. ...
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By Sana Fazili Reports emerged late last week saying that news agency Hindusthan Samachar would replace Press Trust of India (PTI) as the official news feed source for Prasar Bharati, India's state-owned public broadcaster. Prasar Bharati, which includes Doordarshan and All India Radio, had discontinued the services of PTI back in 2020, saying that there was no formal contract with the agency since 2006. The Wire reported on February 25, 2023 that an "exclusive contract" was signed between Prasar Bharati and Hindustan Samachar on February 14. It further said that the Hindusthan Samachar was pr...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A video of Pakistan's Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb heckled by Imran Khan supporters in London, is being shared by Indian social media users claiming she was harassed by Pakistanis in the UK for not wearing a hijab. The video shows a crowd surrounding Aurangzeb in a coffee shop while hurling abuses at her and accusing her of stealing "the money of Pakistani" people. Several Indian accounts have shared the video with a claim in Hindi that translates to, "Pakistan's minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has always sported a dupatta (hijab) on her head. Yesterday in Lond...
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By Anmol Alphonso A tweet by a parody Twitter account of the Press Trust of India (PTI) has gone viral claiming social activist Anna Hazare has threatened to go on a hunger strike if Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis is not made the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is facing a political crisis after Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde along with a group of rebel Shiv Sena MLAs flew to Guwahati, Assam demanding that the Shiv Sena should break their alliance with the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and align again with the ...
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