2023-12-05 11:56
Several official Israel X (formerly Twitter) handles and other pro-Israel accounts shared a CCTV footage and an unrelated video to falsely claim that Palestinian youth Mohammed Nazzal had no… Read More
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2023-12-05 10:56
The number of registered cyber-crime cases in India surged by 24.4% in 2022 compared to the preceding year, the latest Crime in India report published by National Crime Records Bureau (… Read More
2023-12-05 10:54
2023-12-05 08:16
An old video of BJP MP and former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Scindia speaking to somebody over the phone is viral online with the false claim that she was seen congratulating independent c… Read More
2023-12-04 10:09
An old video from a 2021 Shia religious procession on Ashura (the tenth day of Muharram) in London is being shared on social media falsely linking it to the recent Israel - Hamas conflict cl… Read More
2023-12-04 09:49
It’s been 12 days since Pranshu Yadav, a 16-year-old queer makeup artist, took their own life. The hateful messages in the comments section of their last Instagram post still keep comi… Read More
2023-12-04 09:49
It’s been 12 days since Pranshu, a 16-year-old queer artist, took his own life. The hateful messages on the comments section of his last Instagram post still keep coming.“You des… Read More
2023-12-04 06:56
2023-12-02 14:30
A post has gone viral on social media falsely claiming that Qatar announced the cancellation of the death sentence recently handed out to eight Indian nationals including former navy officia… Read More
2023-12-02 10:37
Two videos of a Palestinian woman cradling and grieving over the dead body of her five-month-old baby, who died in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza is being shared with a false claim that it is… Read More
2023-12-02 08:19
Several edited Facebook videos of popular TV news anchors are viral online with the false claim that they were recently seen promoting a medication for diabetes. BOOM found that all of the v… Read More
2023-12-02 04:29
Showkat Ganai just sits at home. He does nothing. The once-promising student is now worried about the mountain of debt incurred by a court case he is embroiled in. Ganai said his family had… Read More
2023-11-30 10:56
"During the Rajasthan Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to face opposition from the people, and he was not even allowed to deliver his speech. Same was the situation with… Read More
2023-11-29 11:00
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… Read More
2023-11-29 10:32
An old image of a Norwegian cargo ship in flames and a cloud of smoke engulfing it is circulating on social media with false claims that an Israeli billionaire's ship was hit by a drone in t… Read More
2023-11-29 08:14
Several mainstream Indian news outlets ran an AI-generated photo in their news articles on the Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation claiming it showed rescuers posing for group photos after t… Read More
2023-11-28 10:59
A fake screenshot of an Instagram story by Indian cricketer and Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah posting a cryptic Instagram story saying "sometimes being greedy is good and being loyal i… Read More
2023-11-28 07:45
A viral graphic, purportedly showing a 'Poll of Polls' by news outlet NDTV that predicts a landslide victory for the Congress party in the Telangana assembly elections against the incumbent… Read More
2023-11-27 11:06
An old video of a group of girls in uniform thrashing a man with sticks inside a campus in Uttar Pradesh, is going viral on X with false and communal claims that the man is a Muslim who got… Read More
2023-11-27 10:10
A viral message on the internet claims that 167 Muslim children are born daily in government hospitals in Kerala, purportedly outnumbering those of other religions. The message further adds… Read More
2023-11-27 06:36
Susan* woke up one morning to a flurry of hate messages in her Instagram inbox. Her video had been morphed, her face was replaced with the actress Kajol’s face. The deepfake video had… Read More
2023-11-25 11:17
A video showing Travis Head catching the ball that dismissed captain Rohit Sharma in the ODI World Cup 2023 finals between India and Australia is being shared with the false claim that Head… Read More
2023-11-25 09:57
An old video of Indian Men's One Day International (ODI) cricket captain Rohit Sharma's four-year-old daughter Samaira commenting that he will laugh again after he had tested positive for CO… Read More
2023-11-25 09:03
2023-11-24 10:38
For more than a month now, a team of five fact checkers in a small office in occupied West Bank has been working 24x7 debunking hundreds of fake claims being shared about the Israel-Palestin… Read More
2023-11-24 10:27
In its half-yearly report, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) said that it processed 3,501 complaints related to advertising from April to September 2023, marking a 27% increa… Read More
2023-11-24 09:02
Geert Wilders, a far-right politician in the Netherlands, has recently led his party - the Party for Freedom (PVV) - to a shock victory, emerging as the single largest party in the recently… Read More
2023-11-24 06:49
A video purporting to show Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's speech was interrupted by the crowd raising slogans of 'Modi Modi' at a rally in the poll-bound state, is doctored and fake… Read More
2023-11-24 05:05
In the heart of the capital, crores of yellowed manuscripts are delicately being ushered into the digital realm. The National Archives of India (NAI), custodian of the nation's historical re… Read More
2023-11-23 14:29
A network of Facebook pages and profiles are running a fraud operation on the social media platform through fake ads and the use of AI voice clones of celebrities.BOOM found at least four Fa… Read More
2023-11-23 12:13
In a move to tackle the growing threat of deepfake technology, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology and Communications, Ashwini Vaishnaw, chaired a high-level meeting on… Read More
2023-11-23 08:23
Social media is rife with posts claiming that Israel has changed its barcode number from 729 to 871, and urging people to boycott Israeli products by avoiding purchasing products with this b… Read More
2023-11-23 06:11
Harshita had planned to fly to Varanasi for Diwali. But as is usual during the festival season, hotels were either all booked up or not within a suitable range. That is until she came across… Read More
2023-11-23 05:37
India is grappling with a deepfake problem. Deepfakes are essentially morphed videos (and or photos, audio) made from artificial intelligence tools and readily available material. With the e… Read More
2023-11-22 09:06
If you’re a fan of musical classics and wonder how Mohammed Rafi would sing contemporary hits like Shah Rukh Khan’s “Haule Haule” from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, you’… Read More
2023-11-22 08:24
A video of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge making a gaffe and saying "leaders like Rahul Gandhi laid their lives for the country, during a rally in poll bound Rajasthan is cropped. BOO… Read More
2023-11-21 12:18
In a bid to create awareness about the cybercrimes and related preventive measures, Decode hosted an event titled 'Fighting Cybercrime: From The Frontlines' on Monday. The event, held… Read More
2023-11-21 09:12
Over the past month as the cricketing action took center stage with India hosting the Men's ICC One Day International (ODI) World Cup 2023, so did fake news around it with several pieces of… Read More
2023-11-21 08:40
On Sunday, the ICC 2023 Cricket World Cup final match between India and Australia came to a brief halt, when the pitch was invaded by a man wearing a t-shirt containing the slogans "Free Pal… Read More
2023-11-21 07:57
Joanne Gray, University of SydneyThe sudden removal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Friday was met with shock and disapproval by the company’s employees. More than 90% signed a letter thre… Read More
2023-11-21 06:08
Several pro-Congress social media accounts have posted doctored videos of the Amitabh Bachchan-led popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati in a bid to overthrow the incumbent Bharatiya Janat… Read More
2023-11-21 05:09
A cropped video of Rahul Gandhi has recently been shared on social media, falsely claiming that it shows the Congress leader making a derogatory remark by questioning the identity of 'Bharat… Read More
2023-11-21 04:08
A doctored video from an ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 game overlaid with an audio of the crowd chanting verses from the Hanuman Chalisa is circulating with false claims that the Hindu pr… Read More
2023-11-20 12:36
On November 19, claims of India becoming a 4-trillion economy went viral on social media platforms.The claim was first made by right-wing accounts on X (formerly Twitter) then picked up by B… Read More
2023-11-20 08:47
A fake quote is being attributed to Ricky Ponting falsely claiming that the former Australian captain criticised the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) calling it a "cricket mafia"… Read More
2023-11-20 08:17
Passwords play a crucial role in safeguarding our most private information. However, more often than not, they lack in creativity, making them susceptible to easy circumvention. NordPass, a… Read More
2023-11-19 09:05
Last week, social media was rife with viral posts and news reports on British pop sensation Dua Lipa performing at the closing ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at Ahmadabad on Nove… Read More
2023-11-19 05:24
Randeep Khatri, a 7-year-old, wakes up every morning at 5 am to start his day with a workout. His father Deepak Khatri instructs him, all the while clicking photos and videos of his son&rsqu&hell…Read More
2023-11-18 10:33
A video of British singer Adele performing at a recent concert while holding a flag is viral online with the false claim that she was seen holding a Palestinian flag as a gesture of solidari… Read More
2023-11-18 08:22
A collage of two old photos, one showing an Israeli flag painted on a donkey and the second showing the animal on fire are being falsely linked to each to claim that Palestinians in Gaza abu… Read More
2023-11-17 14:16
A digitally altered video of the show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) is recently circulating on social media with false claims that host-actor Amitabh Bachchan asked a question on farm waiver l… Read More
2023-11-17 11:30
A video showing a chaotic scene at a hospital, with people ducking for cover, is being shared with the claim that it shows the recent raid by Israeli Defence Force at the Al-Shifa hospital i… Read More
2023-11-17 11:24
An old video showing West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anirban Ganguly being escorted into his car by security personnel as an angry mob with sticks chase him and later attack his ca… Read More
2023-11-17 07:37
An 86-year-old homeless and landless Christian widow residing alone in a hilly area in Kerala has become an unlikely fake news fighter forcing the Communist Party mouthpiece newspaper to apo… Read More
2023-11-16 11:45
A cropped video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah is being shared on social media to falsely claim that it features Shah asking people to not vote for Manoj Nirbhay Singh, the Bharatiya Janat… Read More
2023-11-16 10:15
In October this year, a video of celebrity model Bella Hadid apologising for her past remarks on Israel caught the attention of fact-checkers.The clip seemed odd as Hadid, who is half Palest… Read More
2023-11-16 10:03
Osama Bin Laden’s letter from 21 years ago is viral on TikTok after a TikTok user, Lynnette Adkins implored her 12 million followers to read the letter. The founder of Al Qaeda had wri… Read More
2023-11-16 09:58
A Delhi Court earlier this month pulled up the State Bank of India for trying to recover money from a dead person. The court was hearing the bank's plea seeking to recover dues amounting to… Read More
2023-11-16 09:10
A video purportedly showing three women fighting back against a group of men, after being assaulted by them, is being shared with Islamophobic captions claiming that the video shows three gi… Read More
2023-11-15 14:55
An old video of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, overlaid with a fake audio, is circulating on social media with false claims that Hindu saints and sadhus have refused to… Read More
2023-11-15 11:05
2023-11-15 10:55
A video purporting to show Kajol Devgan was caught on camera changing into an outfit, is a deepfake created misusing the actor's face. BOOM found the original video is of a social media infl… Read More
2023-11-15 05:01
Of late, there is a small section of the society that is increasingly looking towards prenuptial agreements to protect their assets. Experts observe that the trend is rising in cases of inte… Read More
2023-11-13 10:12
Pro-Israeli accounts, over the last few weeks since the war began, have accused Palestinians of faking their suffering. Posts claiming to show how Palestinians have faked their deaths… Read More
2023-11-13 08:38
A video of an injured man in Gaza taking off the bandage wrapped around his head to reassure his mother that he will be fine is viral online with a false claim that he is faking his injuries… Read More
2023-11-13 06:05
How easy is it to clone Prime Minister Narendra Modi's voice? Very. All you need is a laptop. In an era where technology continually reshapes our digital landscape, one innovation that has q… Read More
2023-11-11 09:14
An old video from Saudi Arabia is being shared on social media with the false claim that it shows a cleric (Imam) being arrested from the pulpit of a mosque after calling for a war against I… Read More
2023-11-10 10:42
A video showing individuals assisting in applying makeup to a young girl on a stretcher, illustrating her injuries, is being shared on social media with a false claim that it serves as evide… Read More
2023-11-10 10:08
Earlier this week, a viral video featuring actress Rashmika Mandanna circulated on social media, sparking a blend of shock, surprise, and horror among netizens. The original video was of a B… Read More
2023-11-09 14:34
Important events like war, communal riots, or natural disasters are more often than not accompanied by fake news, whether in the form of edited videos, altered images, or claims that are mea… Read More
2023-11-09 13:02
An edited image showing Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell touching former Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar's feet is viral with the claim that it is a real photo of Maxwell paying his… Read More
2023-11-09 11:02
A video of a man doing Garba is viral online with the false claim that it shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing the dance. BOOM found that the video misidentified the man as PM… Read More
2023-11-09 06:50
Supreme Court today said “multiple factors” weigh in to affect the speedy disposal of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs. The top court left it to the high courts, which have ju… Read More
2023-11-08 12:58
A photograph depicting a group of people sitting and eating together amidst the debris is now circulating on social media platforms with a false claim that it shows a real scene from war-tor… Read More
2023-11-08 11:51
Meta, has announced that it is restricting access to its new generative AI advertising tools for political campaigns and advertisers in regulated industries. According to Reuters, this move… Read More
2023-11-08 08:29
Ahead of the Diwali festivities, the Supreme Court extended its ban on barium-made fireworks across all states to curb air pollution. On November 7, the top court clarified that there is &ld&hell…Read More
2023-11-07 12:02
An old video of missiles is viral online with the false claim that it shows Hezbollah's anti-ship missiles preparing to attack US ships entering Israel via the Mediterranean Sea. BOOM found… Read More
2023-11-07 11:24
The Misinformation Combat Alliance (MCA), on Tuesday, announced a framework for an independent Fact Checking Network (FCN), in an effort to develop self-governing standards and best practice… Read More
2023-11-07 11:20
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… Read More
2023-11-07 07:35
An image of Sachin Tendulkar's daughter, Sara Tendulkar and cricketer Shubman Gill is viral online with the false claim that they recently made their relationship official. BOOM found that t… Read More
2023-11-07 06:14
A video of a man laying on a table while two male “chiropractors” literally knead his stomach, is going viral online. The account has over 250,000 followers and almost all videos… Read More
2023-11-06 13:32
A video featuring a group of United States war veterans returning their service medals and accusing the US of being involved in various international conflicts is circulating, misleadingly c… Read More
2023-11-06 12:47
The video of a man wrapped in a white cloth looking into the camera is viral online with the false claim that he was wrapped in the cloth despite being alive to fake the death toll in Gaza a… Read More
2023-11-06 11:45
An old photo of journalist Hanna Mahameed continuing to broadcast on TV with her head bandaged after being wounded during a clash between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters in East Je… Read More
2023-11-06 11:03
An X (formerly Twitter) handle called @crazyashfan describes himself as a ‘photo and video manipulation artist’. But what he does is no art. He finds pornographic content and the… Read More
2023-11-06 09:20
A fake screenshot of an Instagram story by Indian cricketer Virat Kohli posting in solidarity with the people of Gaza and dedicating his 49th One Day International (ODI) hundred to those aff… Read More
2023-11-06 07:38
The Israel-Gaza war that broke out on October 7, 2023, was the leading topic of false claims and fake news last month, accounting for more than 71% of the 94 fact-checks published by BOOM.Th… Read More
2023-11-06 06:13
Last week, several opposition leaders in India received an identical message on their iPhones. “State-sponsored attackers may be targeting your iPhone,” the message read. Am… Read More
2023-11-05 11:43
2023-11-05 10:09
A video showing a traditional meditation ritual from Indonesia is circulating on social media, falsely claiming that the footage shows deceased Palestinians who became victims of the ongoing… Read More
2023-11-05 09:41
2023-11-05 05:28
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’… Read More
2023-11-04 12:55
A video from 2020 of a controlled building demolition in Virginia, United States is viral with a false claim that it shows the US Embassy in Israel being blown by the Islamic militant group… Read More
2023-11-04 08:14
The video of a Congress MLA vigorously shaking hands with a woman while also blowing flying kisses is being shared with the misleading claim that he welcomed a new female member in the party… Read More
2023-11-03 11:42
A video showing a woman wailing besides two bodies wrapped in white sheets as a man consoles her and adjusts the sheet is being shared online by official Israel X accounts falsely claiming t… Read More
2023-11-03 11:00
A video showing a tank exploding is viral online with the false claim that it shows Islamist militant group Hamas attacking an Israeli tank. BOOM found that the claims are false, the video p… Read More
2023-11-03 08:03
A video of former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath addressing a crowd and speaking about cancelling the Laadli Behna Scheme is viral online. BOOM found that the claims are false a… Read More
2023-11-02 10:12
2023-11-02 07:43
A snippet of an old interview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the late nineties where he appears to be saying Hindutva is a playing card that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) uses during… Read More
2023-11-01 11:52
An old video news report by a Russia Today Arabic journalist showing the elaborate underground tunnel system operated by Palestinian militant group Hamas below the Gaza Strip, is being share… Read More
