2024-04-25 13:16
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2024-04-25 13:03
An old video of hoardings featuring Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with an inverted tricolour is being shared with a false claim that it is part of the recent campaigning by the party… Read More
2024-04-25 12:51
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on April 21, in Banswara, Rajasthan, accused the Indian National Congress party of being taken over by “urban naxals”. He claimed that the Congress… Read More
2024-04-25 10:03
An old video showing a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker from Chennai being thrashed is viral online as recent and is being falsely connected to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.BOOM found… Read More
2024-04-24 08:13
An old video of a polling agent illegally casting votes for two women has resurfaced with a false claim that the incident is recent and happened during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
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2024-04-24 07:30
MANIPUR — Dylan, a young activist, was driving through the peripheries of Imphal, when he spotted his 18-year-old cousin dressed in black attire, holding a gun. The 18-year-old h… Read More
2024-04-24 06:52
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been accused of demagoguery, and dog-whistling by invoking religious symbols and anti-Muslim rhetoric… Read More
2024-04-23 12:49
A video of Rahul Gandhi talking about implementing a nationwide Socio-Economic and Caste Census to determine the contribution of backward castes, Scheduled Castes, Dalits, and minorities has… Read More
2024-04-23 12:21
An old video of Congress leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath, claiming he promised a mosque and the reinstatement of Article 370 to Muslims in a meeting, is a deepf… Read More
2024-04-23 11:13
In July 2023, Himachal Pradesh and parts of Uttarakhand were reeling under severe floods. Tanushree Pandey - a journalist from Delhi, was in the field to report from these two ecologically-s… Read More
2024-04-23 08:41
An old video purportedly showing Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami distributing cash in exchange for votes is viral online as recent.BOOM found that the video dates back to 2022… Read More
2024-04-23 08:26
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, in a campaign speech, misquoted former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments from a December 2006 speech, misleadingly claiming that the Congress le… Read More
2024-04-23 08:13
On April 5, 2024, BOOM Live travelled to Guwahati for its first-ever offline event in the north-east. The event titled “Fact-Checking Mel” served as an occasion for the launch of… Read More
2024-04-23 06:53
2024-04-22 09:24
A cropped video of Rahul Gandhi is being shared on social media with a false claim that the Congress leader promised to credit an annual sum of Rs 1 lakh to accounts of youngsters who spent… Read More
2024-04-22 08:57
An old video showing two men removing slips from VVPAT machines in a strong room, is being shared online with a false claim that it shows Bharatiya Janata Party members engaging in EVM (elec… Read More
2024-04-22 07:45
Last week, the official BJP Telangana handle shared a video on X encapsulating the history of 'reclaiming Lord Ram's birthplace' in Ayodhya, dating back 2000 years. The video, featuring Pepe… Read More
2024-04-21 11:12
An old photo of the former Indian men’s cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is being peddled online with a false claim that it shows him urging people to vote for the Congre… Read More
2024-04-21 09:44
An old video of Telugu actor Allu Arjun is being shared online with a false claim that it shows him campaigning in support of the Congress during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. BOOM f… Read More
2024-04-20 13:57
A viral WhatsApp forward, claiming to raise awareness among voters by explaining concepts such as 'challenge vote' and 'tender vote', is being falsely circulated across various social media… Read More
2024-04-20 11:40
An old video of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi critising the Uttar Pradesh police for alleged cases of police atrocities has been edited and is being… Read More
2024-04-20 11:22
An old video of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader being offered a garland of shoes by an elderly man during a campaign in Madhya Pradesh is being shared online falsely linking it to the… Read More
2024-04-20 08:00
An old video of a man pelting a stone at a poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being shared online falsely linking it to the recently concluded first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha… Read More
2024-04-20 05:12
Social media posts claiming Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra said 'sex' was the source of her energy, are false and misleading.BOOM found that a careful hearing of the full video sho… Read More
2024-04-19 13:46
A digitally altered image showing a person from a crowd making an obscene gesture toward Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he waves at a crowd is circulating on social media. BOOM… Read More
2024-04-19 12:50
A video of a man holding his deceased child in his arms and cursing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the lack of facilities in his village which caused the death of his daughter, is viral on… Read More
2024-04-19 12:19
A set of photos claiming to show an opinion poll survey conducted by the polling agency Axis My India on the Lok Sabha 2024 elections are fake, and have not been released by the agency. The… Read More
2024-04-19 10:30
An image of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde eating with social media influencer Kamiya Jani has surfaced with false claims that the Shiv Sena leader ate mutton during the Navratri f… Read More
2024-04-19 10:06
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment on pleas seeking a 100 per cent VVPAT tally with votes cast on an Electronic Voter Machine (EVM). Minutes later, petitioner Arun Kumar Agrawal… Read More
2024-04-19 07:42
An old video from Uttar Pradesh has resurfaced with a false claim that it shows locals in Gujarat attacking a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) convoy ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
BOOM debu… Read More
2024-04-19 07:17
An old newspaper clipping carrying a statement by HDFC's former chairman, Deepak Parekh, on the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election manifesto is being shared online as recent.BOOM found… Read More
2024-04-18 12:15
The first phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections 2024, is scheduled to begin on Friday, April 19. The general elections will be held in seven phases, with the first phase covering 102 parliam… Read More
2024-04-18 08:18
A video showing Delhi's education minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Atishi at the inauguration of a school is viral online with the false claim that she apologised for raising the sl… Read More
2024-04-18 08:03
A video of actor Ranveer Singh criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi over rising unemployment and soaring inflation is a deepfake video made using an artificial intelligence voice cl… Read More
2024-04-18 07:27
A group of fact-checkers, academicians, tech experts and policy experts came together for a panel discussion on ‘Decoding Deepfakes & Elections’ organised by BOOM’s Dec… Read More
2024-04-18 04:48
New Delhi— The website of the Supreme Court-ordered Pegasus investigation committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge Justice R V Raveendran has deleted depositions made to it and h… Read More
2024-04-17 12:02
An edited video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with several jump-cuts is circulating on social media with a false claim that it shows him speaking about south Indian cuisines like dosas and… Read More
2024-04-17 11:14
Days ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto sought continuity of its governance with a mix of social, economic guarantees and an introduct… Read More
2024-04-17 09:37
A video of a drone footage of building rooftops shot by Ranchi Police is being shared on social media with a false and communal claim that the footage showed Muslim houses kept stones on roo… Read More
2024-04-17 06:05
Delhi High Court observed that deepfake videos can cause irreparable harm to one’s personality while granting interim relief to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s national spokespers… Read More
2024-04-17 04:57
A few weeks ago the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shared a video ad on its social media accounts mocking the INDIA alliance, caricaturing the politicians for not being able to figure out &lsq&hell…Read More
2024-04-16 10:19
A deepfake video of actor Aamir Khan purportedly criticising an old 2013 statement made by then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of depositing Rs 15 lakh in every Indian's bank acco… Read More
2024-04-15 15:22
Amit Malviya, Bharatiya Janata Party's IT cell head on Monday falsely claimed a video of party candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav alias Nirahua making remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and… Read More
2024-04-15 10:23
A video purporting to show Pakistani flags being raised at a recent rally in Hyderabad, Telangana is viral online with the false claim that the incident took place under the Congress governm… Read More
2024-04-15 06:21
BONGAON, West Bengal - On April 7, the modest house of Mridulal Mandal at Kaya village in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas district had over 150 guests. None of them had any blood or ma… Read More
2024-04-14 13:22
A fake newspaper clipping of Dainik Bhaskar is viral on social media with the claim that it shows the results of joint survey by Dainik Bhaskar and Nelson predicting a victory for the INDIA… Read More
2024-04-14 12:45
An old video from Telangana has resurfaced on social media platforms with a false claim that the footage shows a Bharatiya Janata Party leader assaulting a pastor in Bengaluru, Karnataka.&nb&hell…Read More
2024-04-14 10:01
A video showing a massive crowd gathered on the streets is circulating on social media platforms with a false claim that it shows terrified Israelis gathering in Tel Aviv after the country w… Read More
2024-04-14 09:36
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2024-04-13 12:40
A video of a solar eclipse from 2019 is being shared falsely claiming that it shows visuals captured during the recent eclipse seen in North America.BOOM found that the claim is false and th… Read More
2024-04-13 12:21
A video of a large gathering at an annual Christian festival in Andhra Pradesh is being shared falsely linking it to the recent Congress-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) rally held in Coimbat… Read More
2024-04-13 09:51
A video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filing his election nomination has been overlaid with an AI voice clone to falsely claim that he is resigning from the party.BOOM found that the claim… Read More
2024-04-13 08:46
A video of a mob overturning a car during a Rath Yatra procession near a temple in Karnataka is being shared on social media with the false and communal claim that a Muslim man deliberately… Read More
2024-04-12 15:53
An image depicting a giant sun covered by the moon's shadow and bordered by swirling sunrays in the sky is viral on social media claiming to be a photograph captured during the April 8 solar… Read More
2024-04-12 15:09
A cropped video of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan talking about the Congress party doing well electorally in Kerala during the 2019 Lok Sabha election is being shared with a fa… Read More
2024-04-12 12:55
A video showing a woman being groped by a man at a political rally is viral online with the false claim that the woman is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being groped by workers… Read More
2024-04-12 11:30
Apple, on Thursday, issued new threat alerts to select users in India and 91 other nations, cautioning them about potential security breaches on their iPhones, which may have been targeted b… Read More
2024-04-12 10:20
Scores of social media users are circulating a misleading post containing roughly 13 points purportedly taken from the Indian National Congress' Manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Ac… Read More
2024-04-12 10:11
2024-04-12 09:43
A set of photos claiming to show an Intelligence Bureau report document being reported by Telugu channel ETV Andhra Pradesh predicting a landslide victory for the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Cong… Read More
2024-04-12 06:24
An image generated through artificial intelligence is circulating on social media, specially on the Threads platform, with false claims that it shows a visual of the solar eclipse from Toron… Read More
2024-04-12 05:24
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in politics is an ethical debate that the entire intellectual spectrum is unsure of. But in an unexpected turn of events, the Bengal branch of the CPI (M)… Read More
2024-04-12 05:13
Social media is rife with false claims of the Indian National Congress not contesting for the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh. Some of these posts also purported t… Read More
2024-04-11 07:37
A photo showing a sea of green flags at a Congress road show is viral online with the false claim that the image shows Pakistani flags at the party's recent rally.BOOM found that the claims… Read More
2024-04-11 06:55
In March, BOOM published 122 fact-checks across English, Hindi, and Bangla. Among these, the largest portion of claims targeted the Muslim community, comprising 9%. Following closely were cl… Read More
2024-04-11 06:27
An old video showing a group of people attacking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters is being shared on social media with a false claim that it shows people in Dwarka, Gujarat thrashing… Read More
2024-04-10 10:28
A collage of two chapters from a textbook printed by a private Islamic school in Kerala that was under the scanner for teaching objectionable and communal content to its students is being sh… Read More
2024-04-10 10:14
An old video showing a crowd holding green flags has resurfaced on social media with a false claim that it shows Pakistani flags were waved at a rally in support of Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad… Read More
2024-04-10 09:40
Supreme Court said Uttarakhand’s state licensing department was “equally complicit” for not acting against Patanjali when it advertised its products for curing incurable di… Read More
2024-04-09 11:36
Delhi High Court said material placed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was sufficient to show that Arvind Kejriwal was involved—in his personal capacity as well—in the formula… Read More
2024-04-08 13:42
A video of an interview of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy with India Today anchor Rajdeep Sardesai where the former is endorsing an artificial intelligence (AI) trading platform called Q… Read More
2024-04-08 13:06
A photo of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Madhavi Latha holding a portable prayer device during an interview with India TV's Rajat Sharma is being shared with the false claim that she is hold… Read More
2024-04-08 11:25
An old photo of Samajwadi Party leader and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav and his MP wife Dimple Yadav offering flowers at Mulayam Singh Yadav's memorial (samadhi stha… Read More
2024-04-08 10:23
2024-04-08 09:40
A video purporting to show a group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders being thrashed by the public while campaigning is viral online as a recent incident from Tamil Nadu.BOOM found that… Read More
2024-04-08 08:01
The Indian government has plugged a longstanding cybersecurity leak, which exposed vast amounts of citizens' data for over two years, after persistent complaints and follow-ups by an indepen… Read More
2024-04-07 11:20
At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of YouTube users were watching videos in Greek and Arabic that encouraged them to boycott vaccinations or treat their COVID-19 infections wi… Read More
2024-04-07 11:04
A video showing a group of people vandalising furniture and defacing posters has now been peddled with a misleading claim that it shows public anger towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)… Read More
2024-04-06 10:18
An old video of a physical fight erupting between two panelists on an Afghan TV channel debate is being shared with the false claim that it shows Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) TV… Read More
2024-04-06 10:15
A video showing multiple explosions near a port is viral online with the false claim that it shows Iran attacking Israel.BOOM found that the claims are false, the video is from March 23, 202… Read More
2024-04-06 06:42
Supreme Court on April 5 found that material submitted by the National Investigation Agency revealed Professor Shoma Sen encouraged women to participate in the struggle for a “new demo… Read More
2024-04-05 13:40
A news bulletin showing disturbing visuals of a woman who was chained and subjected to sexual assault is being shared by Indian right-wing accounts with a false communal claim that the victi… Read More
2024-04-05 13:17
An old video of Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Singh arguing with Uttar Pradesh police after being denied permission for a Tiranga Yatra in Varanasi… Read More
2024-04-05 09:47
Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court's March 22 verdict which struck down the ‘Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act, 2004’ as unconstitutional. The top cou… Read More
2024-04-05 09:23
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2024-04-05 06:36
In March, just the month before the official commencement of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Facebook saw a massive surrogate ad campaign with over ₹3.7 crore being spent on ads on… Read More
2024-04-04 14:55
Asian News International (ANI) and other media outlets including Hindustan Times and News18 published a cropped video of MDMK general secretary Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy alias Vaiko crit… Read More
2024-04-04 12:36
Two viral images purporting to show a circular issued by the Bangladesh Jamiyat Ahl-Al-Hadith offering different cash awards to convert Hindus to Islam, is fake and has been created by morph… Read More
2024-04-04 10:26
In a recent public address, actor Kangana Ranaut claimed that she received the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ticket to contest elections from the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh beca… Read More
2024-04-04 09:08
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal who has been in custody for over a week now has refused to share his phone’s password with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials, according to… Read More
2024-04-03 12:09
Two screenshots from an online tool called 'Twitter Follower Check' claiming to show that Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj have unfollowed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on… Read More
2024-04-03 09:40
A video showing an iftar meal being hosted in the middle of a state highway in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district has resurfaced with false claims that the incident happened in Kolkata, W… Read More
2024-04-03 06:52
"Yes we are primitive, and we are proud of it," the audio fades out as Harshvardhan Patel, a young social media influencer, walks through a temple in Ayodhya. He is dressed in traditional at… Read More
2024-04-02 09:49
An old video of Home Minister Amit Shah saying that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has freed the people of Uttar Pradesh from former gangster turned legislator Mukhtar Ansari is being shar… Read More
2024-04-02 09:39
According to a recent collaborative report by EY and Collective Artists Network, titled ‘The State Of Influencer Marketing in India’, the Indian influencer marketing sector is po… Read More
2024-04-02 08:06
A photo purporting to show Mallikarjun Kharge not clapping while PV Narasimha Rao was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna is circulating online.BOOM found that the claims are false, a vide… Read More
2024-04-01 16:27
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries posted an audio visual clip of Arvind Kejriwal made up of AI generated photos showing him playing a guitar in jail and overlaid with a singing AI v… Read More
2024-04-01 10:22
A photo of President Draupadi Murmu standing while Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former deputy Prime Minister LK Advani are seated is viral online with the false claim that the president… Read More
