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By Anmol Alphonso An image claiming to show a graphic by The News Minute (TNM) predicting a landslide victory for Telugu Desam Party (TDP) led NDA alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party and Jana Sena Party (JSP) in the upcoming Andhra Pradesh assembly election, is fake. BOOM found that The News Minute has not released any such exit poll for the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh predicting a NDA victory. Andhra Pradesh assembly elections are being held along with the general elections, the results of which will be declared on June 4, 2024. The ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRC...
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By Hazel Gandhi Two videos purporting to show Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing to the public to vote for the Congress in one and the Samajwadi Party in the other are being circulated online. BOOM found that the claims are false and videos of Modi's original speech have been digitally manipulated to make the false claim. The original video is old and shows Modi appealing to the crowd to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In one of the viral videos shared on Instagram, Modi is heard saying in Hindi, "If you want welfare for the kids in your family, then vote for the Congress." Clic...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video purporting to show Chandrababu Naidu, leader of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) answering "100 percent" when asked by a reporter if current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Jagan Mohan Reddy, would be re-elected as the CM, is doctored with a fake audio of the question. BOOM found that the claims are false and in the original video, Chandrababu Naidu was heard saying that TDP would win the election, not Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party's (YSRCP) Jagan Mohan Reddy. In the video, a reporter asks, "Sir, Jagan will come back to power again?" to which Chandrababu Naidu say...
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By Anmol Alphonso A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi serving food at a langar (community kitchen) to devotees at the Takhat Sri Harimandir Ji Patna Sahib Gurdwara in Patna, Bihar, is being shared with a false claim that the vessel the prime minister was seen holding was empty. BOOM viewed visuals of Modi serving food at the langar and found that the bucket he was seen holding contained kheer in it. The prime minister on May 13, 2024, visited the Takhat Sri Patna Sahib Gurdwara, which holds significance as the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru. Modi wore a turban and was...
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By Anmol Alphonso A viral video purportedly showing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi predicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to power after June 4, is digitally altered. BOOM found that in his original speech, Gandhi asserted that Modi would not retain office. The viral video has multiple jump cuts to make the false claim. Results of the Lok Sabha 2024 election, which is being held in seven phases, will be declared on June, 2024. In the viral video, Gandhi can be heard saying in Hindi, "Narendra Modi will remain the Prime Minister of India. In the beginning itself let me tell you what ...
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Das Thema ist derzeit besonders aktuell, weil sich die EU auf eine mögliche Welle von Desinformation im Vorfeld der Europawahlen im Juni vorbereitet. Beonachter befürchten, dass die Union auf neue Formen der hybriden Kriegsführung nicht vorbereitet ist. In einer Rede auf dem Kopenhagener Demokratie-Gipfel am Dienstagmorgen sagte von der Leyen, sie sei "besorgt" über die Zunahme von Desinformation und ausländischer Einmischung in Europa und warnte, dass die "Grundpfeiler unserer Demokratie" angegriffen würden. In ihrer Eigenschaft als Spitzenkandidatin der Europäischen Volkspartei (EVP), die in...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video of Mumbai Police officials searching a cardboard box containing a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poll campaigning kit, including Modi masks, BJP flags, and a rectangular box of perfume, is viral on social media with a false claim that gold biscuits were found with a BJP leader to lure voters. BOOM found that the object is indeed a perfume spray. Ajay Badgujar, BJP's District Vice President from north central Mumbai, confirmed in an interview with NDTV that the object was a perfume box. He also stated that the voice in the viral video is his own, and he had sarcastically...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Mahila Morcha in Madhya Pradesh (MP) protesting outside the residence of the state Congress chief Jitu Patwari for his remarks against a female BJP leader is viral with a false claim that it shows Congress workers tearing down hoardings of Hindu deities. The Phase 4 voting for the Lok Sabha election in Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to take place on May 13 for eight seats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have in their campaign speeches, been targeting the opposition especially claiming that the Congress party is ...
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By Jagriti Trisha An old photo of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being shared on social media falsely claiming that she accompanied Modi while he was filing his nomination for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. BOOM found that the viral photo is from 2022, when Modi and other senior BJP leaders accompanied Murmu for the nomination process as NDA's presidential candidate. Several posts have shared the photo targeting Modi, questioning how can Murmu being the president be present for his nomination process. The photo was shared on Facebook wi...
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By Anmol Alphonso Claims of rigging electronic voting machines (EVMs), claims of scrapping reservations, old videos and communal claims, were the dominant themes of misinformation in the second phase of polling. BOOM fact-checked around 20 pieces of misinformation from April 26, 2024 to May 5. False claims surrounding videos of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), old and cropped videos including Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah's video was shared claiming his party would scrap reservations, and communal allegations aimed at the Muslim community were among the debunked c...
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