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By Srijit Das Several artificial intelligence (AI) generated photos purporting to show the hardship of Palestinian civilians in relief camps amid a prolonged Israeli military offensive, are going viral on various social media platforms. BOOM found that the images are not real; instead, they were created using artificial image generation tools that create pictures based on text inputs. Some of the images show young children sleeping beneath a blanket while others show a woman cooking on a stove inside a marshy wet tent. Israel and Hamas have been at war since early October 2023 when Hamas gunme...
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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 Srijit Das A video showing a child eating grass is viral on social media platforms with captions falsely linking it to the ongoing situation of food shortage in Gaza, following months of airstrikes from Israel. BOOM found that the video predates the current escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict, which began on October 7, 2023, and is thus unrelated to the fallout of Israel's airstrikes on the region which has led to the ongoing food crisis in Gaza. Gaza is currently facing unprecedented levels of food shortage, following months of retaliatory bombings by Israel in response to Hamas' a...
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By Ritika Jain Israel told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the United Nations' (UN) top court, that South Africa “grossly distorted” the story of genocide against the Palestinians while defending its military actions in Gaza. “If there were acts of genocide, it has been perpetrated against Israel,” Becker, the legal advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said. The ICJ—the UN's judicial arm—was hearing South Africa’s case against Israeli actions in Gaza. South Africa on January 11 said Israel had “genocidal intent” against the Palestinians living in Gaza. The hearing com...
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By Ritika Jain South Africa on December 28, 2023, moved United Nations top court - The International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of committing genocide on Palestine. Pretoria's plea for an urgent hearing seeking interim measures for relief in Gaza begins today. The hearing before the United Nations’ top court is significant amid the rising death toll in the Israel-Palestine war. Parallelly, South Africa also moved the International Criminal Court (ICC) urging it to probe Israel for “war crimes”. The Israeli Defense Force said its war was against Hamas and not the people of Gaza ahe...
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By Swasti Chatterjee The year 2023 has been a remarkable year for India with the country launching its first successful lunar mission and hosting the G-20 Summit with guests descending in New Delhi from across the world. The year also witnessed a prolonged ethnic clash in the North East state of Manipur that claimed more than 180 lives and displaced thousands and a horrific triple train accident in Odisha. Internationally, the Israel-Hamas conflict and the rift in the Indo-Canadian relationship impacted the Indian news cycle massively. Among the major events of 2023, what remained constant was...
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By Archis Chowdhury The current spate of violence between Israel and Palestine precipitated one of the biggest fake news cycles in recent times, often marked by disturbing images and videos of graphic violence. BOOM fact-checked 100 false claims between October 7 to December 22, 2023, out of which 24 were found to be made with unrelated graphic videos and images, showing anything between scenes of beheading of children, to execution of prisoners, and falsely linking them to the violence. Remarkably, verified users on X (formerly Twitter), mostly from India, were found to consistently lead the ...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video from 2013 is being falsely shared as Israeli soldiers torturing Palestinian victims in captivity amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. BOOM found that the claims are false; the video is from 2013 and shows pro-Bashar al-Assad rebels in Syria stabbing and stoning two men to death. The Israel-Palestine conflict began after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack into Israel on October 7, 2023, from the Gaza strip. Over 10 weeks, 1,200 Israelis are reported dead and the death toll of Palestinians has reached nearly 20,000, out of which 8,000 are children, accordi...
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By Srijit Das A video showing several garments being discarded on the streets is circulating with a false claim that it shows Americans discarding their clothes in protest against Zara, a luxury fashion brand, after its ad campaign was deemed offensive to Palestinians in the war-hit Gaza strip. BOOM found that the video shows glimpses of a campaign by a luxury reseller site Vestiaire Collective to announce a ban on major fashion brands and the concept of fast fashion. The ban was in protest against the amount of daily textile wastage created by these brands. Zara, the international clothing br...
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