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By Anmol Alphonso Several Indian news outlets, including ABP News and Zee News MP-Chhattisgarh, misreported a video of a man wearing an elephant costume in Kerala, falsely claiming that it depicted a real elephant dancing among the crowd and grooving to the beats of the drums. In the 1.03-minute video, a crowd of people can be seen dancing with someone wearing an elephant costume, accompanied by the sound of drums and music. The video was posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) by the verified handle 'Eminent Woke' (@WokePandemic) with the caption, "Only Sanatan Culture can keep animals happy"...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video from Manipur of Meitei women's group - Meira Paibis - chasing away personnel of the Mahar Regiment while protesting against the deployment of security forces, is being shared on social media with the false claim that two Indian army soldiers were killed by a group of women when they attempted to molest them BOOM found that the claim is false, as the video is unrelated, and there has been no reported allegation of molestation against the soldiers, nor any report of soldiers being beaten to death, as claimed in the viral post. In the 19-second video, a group of women ca...
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By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya On March 4, 2020, Somanth Singh, a resident of Fatakgora area in Chandannagar town, about 40 km north of Kolkata, found some uninvited guests at his door. A group of 10 odd activists of Bangla Pokkho, which describes itself as the ‘national organisation of Bengalis in India’ had reached Singh’s house to teach him a lesson. They were armed with printouts of screenshots of comments Singh had posted on social media. They asked Singh to clarify the comments he posted on Facebook days ago. As it appeared, Singh had sent a message to the Facebook page of one of Bangla Pokk...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A video from Pakistan of a man assaulting a child and then threatening to kill his wife with a rifle is viral a false claim that it shows a Muslim man who married a minor and then threatened to kill as she refused to consummate the marriage. BOOM found that the video is from Lahore, Pakistan and the man resorted to extreme violence after a domestic dispute with this wife. In the viral video, a man is first seen pushing a young girl away, as she cries for her mother and later the same man is seen in another room getting out a rifle as other men rush to stop him and tak...
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By Asad Ashraf When thirty two-year-old Akash Kumar, also known as Murli Wale Hausle, a renowned snake rescuer from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, rescued snakes into forests in eastern Uttar Pradesh, a camera followed him. The act was filmed and the footage shared on social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. In the heartlands of India, a group of unsung heroes is rewriting the narrative around one of the most misunderstood creatures in the ecosystem – snakes. The legal challenges imposed by the forest department do not deter them from busting myths about snakes and taking ove...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing United States President Joe Biden addressing a speech while chants of "F**k Joe Biden" can be heard in the background is doctored and fake. BOOM found that the audio with the expletive-laden chants has been overlaid onto the video. Biden has been facing criticism over his handling of the recent Israel - Hamas conflict, with pro-Palestinian protests being held around the United States and other parts of the world demanding the US call for a ceasefire and pressure Israel to stop bombing the Gaza strip. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said recently stated t...
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By Aarushi Agrawal It’s been a busy workday for 19-year-old Ashish Kashyap, a construction laborer in Neemrana in Rajasthan. But just after a short break, he forces himself to step out again. He’s going to find a local attraction to make his next YouTube video. He’ll do his research, film himself at the place, edit and upload the video on YouTube, all before going to bed. Tired as he is, he must force himself to do what’s a lot like a second job, because he’s in dire need of additional income. And he believes YouTube will drive his success story. Ashish, with 334 subscribers, and a combined 32...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan voicing uncertainty about the Bhartiya Janata Party winning the upcoming state election against Congress's Kamal Nath is doctored. BOOM found that the video is old and Chouhan made no such statement recently; a fake audio has been overlaid into the video to make the false claim. Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Madhya Pradesh this month with voting set to begin on November 17, 2023 and the results will be declared on December 3. In the viral video Chouhan can be heard saying, "I'm saying several time...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing a blogger in Gaza talking about Israeli airstrikes and another video showing a young man with tubes attached to his body in a hospital bed is being shared by pro-Israel accounts with a false claim that the two videos show the same Palestinian man pretending to be injured. BOOM found that the claims are false and that the videos show two separate Palestinian youth. The young man in the hospital lost his leg during an Israeli raid at a refugee camp in the West Bank in July 2023 whereas the man in the other clip is Gaza blogger Saleh Aljafarawi. The Gaza strip wh...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A viral video showing a snippet of the Amitabh Bachchan hosted quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' where the actor supposedly refers to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as "the announcement minister" who only makes speeches and does not do real work, is doctored and fake. BOOM found that the viral video is digitally altered using fake graphics and a fake audio impersonating Bachchan - the quizmaster of the show. The original episode shows the question asked was about a Bollywood movie which the contestant answered correctly. This is the second such do...
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