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By Nidhi Jacob In February, BOOM published 106 fact-checks in English, Hindi and Bangla. The bulk of the claims, totaling 24 fact-checks, were directed at Indian farmers, followed by 16 fact-checks targeting on the Muslim community. Rahul Gandhi was the next most targeted individual, with 9 fact-checks, among others. 30 of 106 fact-checks centered around the farmers' protests, followed by misinformation around the upcoming Lok Sabha elections this year, with 7 fact-checks, and the unrest in the Sandeshkhali region of West Bengal (6). BOOM has also observed a rising trend in the spread of mis/d...
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By Asad Ashraf Three years ago, 38-year-old Zee (name changed) experienced profound distress as hateful messages inundated her Gurugram housing society's WhatsApp groups. Fueled by a section of mainstream media's focus on Tablighi Jamaat members as Covid spreaders in 2020, these messages triggered nightmares of her home being attacked. The relentless onslaught of discriminatory messages took a toll on Zee's mental health, leading to a diagnosis of clinical depression. Faced with overwhelming fear and anxiety, she made the difficult decision to relocate from Sector 56 Gurugram to a densely popu...
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By Nidhi Jacob Social media has been flooded with false information regarding demographic shifts within the Muslim community of Haldwani, Uttarakhand, after the city was engulfed in communal tensions following the demolition of a madrasa and a mosque. These posts falsely claimed that the Muslim population of Haldwani grew from 1,000 to 1 lakh in the last two decades, and that its share among the population of the city grew from 1% to 20% in the past 23 years. BOOM accessed census data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs which stated that the Muslim population dropped from 80,000 in 2001 t...
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Washington (AFP) - Arab-American anger over Joe Biden's Israel policy could cost him dearly in November's US presidential vote, as a community with electoral influence in key swing states turns against him. Over the weekend, the Democratic incumbent's campaign manager traveled to Dearborn, Michigan -- home to the largest concentration of Arab-Americans in the United States -- and was snubbed by a group of a dozen or so officials, including the Detroit suburb's mayor. Biden has asked Congress for billions of dollars in additional military aid to Israel and his government has vetoed multiple UN ...
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By Archis Chowdhury Social media is rife with a video showing a group of people violently assaulting a few unarmed people with sticks with the claim that it shows Muslims entering the home of a Hindu family in Alwar, Rajasthan, and beating them up. BOOM found this claim to be false; according to multiple news reports on the incident, the video shows members of the same family, and same religious background, engage in violent confrontation following a land dispute. Alwar Police also put out a tweet rubbishing the communal claim as false and confirmed that both sides of the conflict were from th...
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By Nidhi Jacob BOOM's analysis of all debunked fact-checks in 2023 revealed that Muslims continued to be the primary target of mis/disinformation, mirroring the trend from the previous year. Muslims have consistently emerged as the primary targets of fake news since 2021, per our analysis of the reports from the past two years. Between January 2 and December 31, 2023, BOOM published 1,190 fact-checks, in English, Hindi and Bangla (this figure excludes the translated stories in Hindi and Bangla from English). Of these, 15.4% or 183 fact-checks were claims targeting the Muslim community. Among c...
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By Nidhi Jacob 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 that Muslim birth rate far outnumber those of other religions across the country. Additionally, the claim says, "To implement Talibani Sharia law and make India a Muslim state, the action is going on in full speed." BOOM found these claims to be false. The Kerala government does not furnish religion-specific information for institutions such as government or private hospitals. Similarly, the ...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video showing Muslims rallying on the streets is viral online with the false claims that the Muslim community in Jaipur was protesting over the recent shooting of three Muslim men by a Hindu man, Railway Police Force (RPF) officer Chetan Singh. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video is at least as old as June this year and is likely from Bangladesh. In the early hours of July 31, RPF Officer Chetan Singh opened fire in the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express when it was near Palghar, killing his senior and three other Muslim men. Videos of the incident on...
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By Anmol Alphonso A post claiming that France has banned citizens from 57 Muslim countries after the recent riots in the country is false and no such announcement has been made by the French government. The post also goes on to falsely claim that Indian citizens have been exempt from the ban. Widespread riots had broken out in France after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian heritage was shot dead by a police officer at a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27, 2023. The caption of the viral post reads, "*Big Breaking News : France has banned visas and passports of people from all 5...
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By Archis Chowdhury 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 Jain monks injured after being beaten by Muslims in Karnataka after the recent Assembly Elections. BOOM found that the two images showing people bleeding from their head have been circulated online with various captions since 2018. The image of the old man shows a Jain monk who was the victim of an accident in Karnataka in 2018, involving a drunk motorcycle rider. Following the Congress ...
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