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BOOM is an independent digital journalism initiative. We are India’s premier fact checking website, committed to bring to our readers verified facts rather than opinion. When there is a claim, we will fact check it. We also report on stories and people who are fighting for individual rights, freedom of expression and the right to free speech. And some cool stuff when we are not doing that.
2023-06-09 14:42
Social media posts claiming four temples in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district were vandalised by Muslims are false with the UP Police ruling out any communal angle to the incident. O… Read More
2023-06-09 11:48
2023-06-09 10:56
According to a report by Stanford University and The Wall Street Journal, published on Tuesday, Instagram is the main platform used by pedophile networks to promote and sell content sho… Read More
2023-06-09 10:28
An old video showing a group of young men trying to damage a railway track during violent protests against the Agnipath scheme last year is being shared with a false claim that anti-Modi ele… Read More
2023-06-09 09:41
An old video of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar attending an Iftar party last year has been shared with a false and communal claim that the two… Read More
2023-06-09 06:00
Scripted videos have gained momentum in India, becoming popular on social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube. These videos are shared under the guise of real-life events. In 202… Read More
2023-06-09 05:29
The Mobile Gender Gap Report (2022) by GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile Association), released last week, highlighted that the gender gap in mobile internet usage in South Asia, and across low a… Read More
2023-06-08 13:55
An AI-generated image of Tom Cruise and his doppelgangers has recently been shared with a false claim that it is a real photo of the Hollywood actor posing with his body doubles ahead of the… Read More
2023-06-08 11:25
A video purporting to show the recent blast at the Kakhovka dam in Russia-occupied Ukraine is viral online. BOOM found that the viral video is from November 2022 and not recent.The Kakhovka… Read More
2023-06-08 10:38
On June 7, 2023, various social media posts claimed that the Indian Nursing Council (INC) declared all nurses to be addressed as ‘Nursing Officers’ and to consider B.Sc (Bachelor… Read More
2023-06-08 10:32
A set of old and unrelated photos including one showing a man with whip marks on his back is being shared with the false claim that it is from the recent farmers' protest in Kurukshetra over… Read More
2023-06-08 09:49
A video of people collecting and counting cash donations in a mosque is circulating online with a false claim that it shows Muslim representatives of Shirdi Sai Baba temple collecting money… Read More
2023-06-08 07:30
The Reserve Bank of India [RBI] today kept its benchmark policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for the second time, after it first announced a pause on its rates in its April statement. The pau… Read More
2023-06-08 06:41
2023-06-08 05:36
“Send money… or I will come to your home and catch you…”“Are you sending it now?”Karim* is on his haunches with a towel wrapped around his head, surroun… Read More
2023-06-07 12:53
The assembly elections in Karnataka dominated the fake news cycle in the month of May, accounting for 21% of all the fact-checks done by BOOM that month. Islamophobia - the vilifi… Read More
2023-06-07 11:51
Experts believe the Law Commission's version of the sedition law is broad, vague and liable to misuse. The experts also said that the commission missed a “golden opportunity” to… Read More
2023-06-07 11:26
An image of a minor girl who was raped and killed in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district is viral on social media with a false claim that the assailant is a Rohingya Muslim who pretended to b… Read More
2023-06-07 09:02
An old video from 2018 showing a young boy caught by railway gangmen for placing stones on a railway track near Kalaburagi in Karnataka is being shared with a false claim that it is recent a… Read More
2023-06-07 08:51
A video of a burst LPG cylinder found under a train is going viral on social media with the claim that “a Muslim man threw an Indane cylinder filled with gas on the tracks in Haldwani… Read More
2023-06-06 11:32
Several news outlets including India Today, The Times Of India, News 18 and Hindustan Times falsely reported that Sweden has introduced a European Sex Championship after recognising sex as a… Read More
2023-06-05 11:55
Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence Lessig, Harvard UniversityCould organizations use artificial intelligence language models such as ChatGPT to induce voters to behave in speci… Read More
2023-06-05 11:19
Social media posts trying to communalise the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore region have falsely claimed that the Station Master at Bahanaga Bazar station is a Muslim and fled the… Read More
2023-06-05 11:18
On May 16, a Twitter account @Cyber_Huntss posted a tweet (archived here) claiming a data leak from the Zivame website, an online shopping portal for women’s lingerie. The tweet said t… Read More
2023-06-05 08:33
An old CCTV footage of a train accident from Hyderabad has recently been shared with a false claim that it shows visuals of the horrific triple train collision that took place in Odisha's Ba… Read More
2023-06-04 14:20
A disturbing video showing visuals of a faith healer electrocuting children and adults, who are seen writhing in pain, is circulating with false claims that Hindu minorities are forcibly bei… Read More
2023-06-04 02:56
A photo of an ISKCON temple near the accident site of a horrific train collision in Odisha is viral with a false claim that it shows a mosque. Several Hindu right-wing social media users hav… Read More
2023-06-03 17:02
A photo of a woman's body found in a suitcase at Uttan beach, Thane district near Mumbai is being shared with a false claim that she was murdered by a Muslim man.BOOM spoke to Mira-Bhayandar… Read More
2023-06-03 14:31
A video of President Droupadi Murmu urging the central government and the Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud to ensure the implementation of court orders so that people "get jus… Read More
2023-06-03 12:17
An old photo showing coffins of United States soldiers has recently been shared with a false claim that the picture shows the remains of US troops in coffins who lost their lives in Ukraine… Read More
2023-06-03 06:59
A digitally altered photo of cricketer Rohit Sharma holding the Bhagavad Gita is going viral online alongside a photo of MS Dhoni holding the same book to claim that the two have achieved gr… Read More
2023-06-02 11:06
The First Information Report (FIR) against Wrestling Federation of India Chief and BJP leader Brij Bhushan Singh alleges a decade-long—from 2012 to 2022—pattern of sexual harassm… Read More
2023-06-02 10:32
An image of a man carrying a wrapped mannequin on his bike in Egypt is circulating on social media platforms with a false communal claim that the photo shows a Muslim man carrying a corpse o… Read More
2023-06-02 08:03
Asansol, West Bengal —It is noon and the temperature outside is touching 40C. Even the occasional breeze is hot air in Asansol district in the coal belt of West Bengal known for its dr… Read More
2023-06-01 09:10
An old photo showing a billboard in Andhra Pradesh with the text "Modi No Entry" is being shared with a false claim that it is from Rajasthan during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to t… Read More
2023-06-01 07:25
2023-06-01 07:13
Bluesky, a microblogging platform similar to Elon Musk's Twitter, has been creating quite a buzz, of late. While Twitter's growing unpopularity seems irrevocable amidst the introduction of T… Read More
2023-05-31 12:41
The Indian economy grew 7.2% in the previous financial year ending March 31 this year, with quarterly growth coming in at 6.1% in last quarter (Q4) of the financial year (January to March 20… Read More
2023-05-31 09:58
Several posts claiming that Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has announced that he will resign from the chief ministerial position to support… Read More
2023-05-31 06:43
The world’s fastest land animal cheetahs were transported from Namibia to India’s National Park, Kuno in Central India’s Madhya Pradesh in September last year. Now in the l… Read More
2023-05-30 11:38
Old images of a hair dryer and an electric iron being used to dry a cricket pitch are being shared to claim that they were used during the IPL 2023 final played between Chennai Super Kings a… Read More
2023-05-30 11:01
The Delhi High Court on Monday observed the Centre’s policy to withdraw Rs. 2000 denomination banknotes came after its purpose for issuing them in the aftermath of the denomination of… Read More
2023-05-30 10:34
A set of AI-generated photos showing Hollywood actor and former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson known by his ring name "The Rock" dressed as a priest performing Hindu prayer rituals is… Read More
2023-05-30 09:44
A doctored tweet of News 24 channel claiming that actor Swara Bhasker and her husband Fahad Ahmad are expecting their first child in July, five months after their marriage, is viral on socia… Read More
2023-05-29 12:23
An edited image showing wrestler Vinesh Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat, and others smiling inside a police van is viral on social media. Users are sharing this image to purport that the protest, an… Read More
2023-05-29 11:51
Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt UniversityRecep Tayyib Erdogan will remain president of Turkey for another five years after winning Sunday’s run-off election over his long-time rival, Kema… Read More
2023-05-29 11:38
Four unrelated visuals from different parts of the world are being shared as Chennai Super King fans showing their support for the team ahead of the IPL final against Gujarat Titans. Th… Read More
2023-05-29 09:51
An old photograph from the farmers' protest is circulating with false claims that Olympic bronze medalist wrestler Sakshee Malikkh was pinned down and stamped on her face with police boots f… Read More
2023-05-29 08:20
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2023-05-26 13:33
A viral message claiming a journalist with Dinamalar, a Tamil language newspaper, who asked Home Minister Amit Shah about Bharatiya Janata Party's dwindling presence in South India was fired… Read More
2023-05-26 11:52
A video showing explosions near a farmland is being shared is being shared online, purportedly as an instance of violence in West Bengal's East Medinipur district.BOOM found that these posts… Read More
2023-05-26 11:25
Social media posts claiming Afghan cricketer Naveen Ul Haq tweeted an apology to his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli after the two were involved in a public spat during an Indian Premier Leag… Read More
2023-05-26 10:32
Leigh Carriage, Southern Cross UniversityFor singers – amateur and professional alike – the name Tina Turner evokes instant reverence: Turner is a singer’s singer and perha… Read More
2023-05-26 07:07
Supreme Court today granted ex-Delhi health Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Satyendra Jain interim medical bail till July 11 subject to conditions. The top court also permitted Jain to av… Read More
2023-05-26 05:18
Nawada/Patna, BIHAR — In February of 2022, a rumour of a middle-aged man winning 20 lakh rupees through a mobile game spread like wildfire in a hamlet with around fifty houses in Bihar… Read More
2023-05-25 13:39
A viral message claiming to inform people about the ill-effects of the Paracetamol P-500 tablet and how it contains the Machupo virus is false. BOOM found that the claims are false and the h… Read More
2023-05-25 12:38
A video showing injured woman being rescued from a camp by military personnel is viral on the internet as a footage of Hindu women from India and Bangladesh being held as sex slaves by the I… Read More
2023-05-25 12:24
A collage of two photos showing huge stacks of 500 rupee notes laid out on a table and a photo of a Christian priest is being shared with a misleading claim that 7000 crore rupees was seized… Read More
2023-05-25 11:32
A viral video of a man slapping and assaulting a power supply employee in Koppal, Karnataka after he was asked to clear unpaid dues is being shared with a false claim that the customer refus… Read More
2023-05-25 09:20
The year 2023 will probably be remembered as a turning point in the usage of artificial intelligence. We saw OpenAI's ChatGPT reaching 100 million monthly active users. From Snapchat to Micr… Read More
2023-05-25 08:57
Suparn S Verma’s new courtroom drama ‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’ opens with a scene showing a teenager with her parents at a police station in New Delhi. We know something i… Read More
2023-05-25 08:47
“With AI, every student can now have a personal tutor.” Words by Sal Khan, during a TED Talk this month. The CEO of Khan Academy also said that such personal tutors “can im… Read More
2023-05-24 13:31
A set of images of Telugu actress Sanjjanaa Galrani with her family is viral with false claims that she embraced Islam and married a Muslim after watching the film 'The Kerala Story'. The cl… Read More
2023-05-24 10:55
An old video of a man in Indonesia demonstrating about sharp objects and training people to immunise them from weapons when attacked is circulating with a false claim that it shows an incide… Read More
2023-05-23 12:49
Popular dating app, Tinder released its Future of Dating Report 2023, on Monday. The report highlights how the Gen Z has been challenging the traditional methods of dating. Tinder defines Ge… Read More
2023-05-23 11:05
Editor's Note: For our Decode Voices section, we will be documenting personal experiences with the Internet and online platforms. Technology, privacy, law and policy will be touched upon thr… Read More
2023-05-23 10:50
An old video from Afghanistan of a large crowd gathered at the airport runway with several helicopters taking off is being shared with the false claim that it shows the North Atlantic Treaty… Read More
2023-05-23 09:22
The photo of a clock tower from Nepal is being falsely shared as the one in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir which was restored ahead of the G20 meet in the city. Srinagar hosted the G20 delegate… Read More
2023-05-23 08:00
2023-05-22 16:00
Several Indian media outlets on Monday ran a hoax message claiming that an explosion has occurred near the Pentagon - the headquarters of the United States Department of Defence, after an AI… Read More
2023-05-22 15:34
Several mainstream media outlets including Times Now, NDTV, Hindustan Times and News 18 fell for a viral staged video and falsely claimed a Bengaluru woman got her husband's name tattooed&nb&hell…Read More
2023-05-22 15:18
Delhi High Court today issued notice on a defamation suit filed by NGO Justice On Trial (JOT) seeking 10,000 crores in damages from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for airing the… Read More
2023-05-22 11:28
A CCTV footage showing a woman defacing a large poster of Hindu god Ram in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (earlier known as Aurangabad), Maharashtra, is viral with false claims misidentifyi… Read More
2023-05-22 10:02
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2023-05-22 07:48
An old video from December 2022 showing a leopard jumping over a barbed wire fence and attacking a four-wheeler in Jorhat, Assam, is being shared with the false claim that the wild animal ha… Read More
2023-05-22 06:39
In a move to combat mobile phone theft, the Department of Telecommunications has rolled out a pan-India tracking system for lost or stolen mobiles called Central Equipment Identity Register… Read More
2023-05-21 08:25
A photo of a road from a park in Patuakhali town in Bangladesh is being shared with the false claim that it shows Boulevard Road in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir which has been given a makeove… Read More
2023-05-21 07:41
2023-05-20 09:32
Three old and unrelated images - two showing a man and a woman bleeding from their head, and one showing an injured old man - are being shared on Twitter with the false claim that they show… Read More
2023-05-20 08:22
2023-05-20 08:12
A street play video from 2017 in Kerala is going viral with the false claim that the video shows the murder of an RSS worker. BOOM found that the claim is false, and the video is a street pl… Read More
2023-05-19 15:01
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said that it was withdrawing the ₹2000 banknote from circulation in an exercise it says its aims to get completed by September 30. This is being don… Read More
2023-05-19 14:53
The Supreme Court-appointed Expert Committee—constituted in the aftermath of the Adani-Hindenburg saga said it was not possible to conclude regulatory failure on SEBI’s part sinc… Read More
2023-05-19 12:46
A video of a street play from Iraq is being shared online with a false claim that it shows a sex slave auction organised by terrorist group ISIS. BOOM found that the video was staged for soc… Read More
2023-05-19 11:32
An image of television actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee with her husband Shanwaz Shaikh is circulating on social media with false claims that she acted in the film 'The Kerala Story' de… Read More
2023-05-19 09:23
Sam Illingworth, Edinburgh Napier UniversityThe pandemic forced many educational institutions to move to online learning. Could the rise of chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Goo… Read More
2023-05-18 11:17
2023-05-18 08:45
A disturbing video showing a group of men molesting and groping two women on a dirt road in Uttar Pradesh in 2017, has been revived on social media with a false claim that the incident took… Read More
2023-05-18 06:54
2023-05-17 13:32
An old video of a brawl that took place in United Kingdom's Birmingham city has recently been shared with a false claim that the clip shows Indians thrashing Pakistani extremists in London… Read More
2023-05-17 13:08
A disturbing video showing people slaughtering a cow lying on a Bharatiya Janata Party flag is circulating with false claims that it shows jubilant minorities celebrating the Congress victor… Read More
2023-05-17 11:58
A viral claim on social media claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost 58 seats with a margin of less than 2,000 votes and 41 seats with a margin of 1,000 votes in the recently co… Read More
2023-05-17 11:24
A video showing a group of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leaders including Nampally MLA Jaffar Hussain Meraj at the Superintendent of Police's office in Jagtial arguing with… Read More
2023-05-17 07:11
A 2018 video from Chopda city in Maharashtra of a Muslim man threatening a police constable is viral with the false claim that it shows a recent incident from Karnataka after the Congress wo… Read More
2023-05-16 12:48
Santosh Singh Bhadoria, popularly known as Karauli Sarkar Baba, claims to have cure for everything— from cancer to short height to the ‘disease of homosexuality’. The self… Read More