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Feb 24, 2022 • 12 tweets • 14 min read
#Thread🚨| Post #Russia’s #Ukraine invasion, several videos and images have gone viral on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. @boomlive_in has debunked several such tweets and posts. Follow and share this thread to stay one step ahead of misinformation. (1/n)👇 #FakeNews
A video of user-generated gameplay from ARMA 3, an open military sandbox game, is falsely being shared on social media as conflict between #Ukraine and #Russia. (2/n) #FakeNews#BOOMFactCheck boomlive.in/fact-check/pol…
Feb 22, 2022 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
#Thread🚨| Hundreds of students from #AliahUniversity in #WestBengal have taken to the streets to protest against alleged misconduct of police in the death of 27- year- old Anis Khan. Ground report by @adrijabose#AnisKhan, a 27-year-old former Aliah University student, was found dead outside his home in Howrah’s Amta neighbourhood on Friday night. His parents have alleged that he was thrown off the roof of the building by four men dressed as police officers. @adrijabose reports.
Feb 10, 2022 • 6 tweets • 7 min read
#Thread🚨:On Tuesday morning, days after Muslim students began protesting for their rights to wear the #Hijab in classrooms, students wearing #saffronshawls and #saffronturbans protested against it and shouted slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram' 'Jai Shivaji'. (1/n) #BOOMReports#Karnataka
After the protest ended, BOOM saw students collecting #saffronturbans in a pile & recorded a video of their activity. These were collected by youngsters not in uniforms and they were instructing students to drop off the turbans before leaving (2/n) #KarnatakaHijabRow#BOOMReports
@BombayBombil is on the ground #Karnataka#BOOMReports#HijabRow (1/n)👇
Amid heated protests in #Karnataka by some Muslim girls to be allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab, a group of students had marched to their college wearing saffron scarves. Protests in Udupi today. (2/n) #HijabRow
As elections kick off in the state of #Bihar, Facebook's Ad Library Report reveals that over ₹ 1.11 crore has been spent on political ads on the platform between September 26 and October 25, targetting users in the state. #BiharElections#BiharPolls
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While both JDU and BJP spent well above ₹ 20 lakh in the month prior to Phase 1 of elections, its opponents, Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janashakti Party and Congress spent ₹ 4.9 lakh and ₹ 4.2 lakh, respectively. #BiharElections2020
Oct 30, 2020 • 12 tweets • 14 min read
#Thread🚨: Post the beheading of #SamuelPaty, a French teacher on October 16, 2020, for showing his class caricatures of the #ProphetMohammed, BOOM has debunked misinformation being shared on Indian social media. 👇🏽(1/n) #FakeNews#France#BOOMFactCheck
An image of a group welcoming refugees in Kent, United Kingdom was shared falsely claiming that it showed Samuel Paty, the slain French teacher welcoming refugees a few years ago. (2/n) #FakeNews#France#SamuelPaty boomlive.in/fake-news/no-t…
Thread 🚨: After the rape and murder of a Hyderabad Veterinarian, several right wing handles on #Twitter tried giving the incident a communal overtone. #Hyderabad#FakeNews@TwitterIndia (1/n)
BOOM spoke to @cyberabadpolice, investigating the case, who denied any communal angle to the incident and warned against sharing fake and communally sensitive posts. #Hyderabad#FakeNews (2/n)
