YouTuber Manish Kashyap spent nine months in jail for circulating 'fake videos' of Bihari migrants being attacked in Tamil Nadu.

BOOM found that the incident is old and happened in Mysuru during the Karnataka assembly election in May, 2023.

SC had asked the poll panel to explain how the EVM-VVPAT work, how they are calibrated and the process involved.

Namgyal denied the claim, stating that he did not make any such comments on either the BJP or PM Modi.

BOOM found that the video has been cropped and taken out of context to make the false claim.

Clarifying his statement, Pitroda said, Who said 55% will be taken away? Who said something like this should be done in India? Why is BJP and media in panic?

BOOM found that the video shows an old incident from Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur and not Karnataka's Bengaluru as claimed.

The Congress manifesto suggests a need for policy assessment and data exploration rather than outlining specific wealth redistribution plans, say experts

BOOM found that the video dates back to July 2023 and shows a conflict between two BJP functionaries.

The video is at least five years old and is present online since 2019.

As internet returned to Manipur, the Arambai Tenggol was quick to use social media to spread its influence, and radicalise young Meiteis.

Experts said though politicians have been known to toe the line, some more than others, have been known to cross the laxman rekha.

BOOM found that in the original video, Rahul Gandhi talks about backward classes, Dalits, Adivasis, economically backward general castes, and not just minorities.

BOOM found that the audio in the viral clip is an AI generated audio and not that of the Congress leader.

Abhishek Singh, aka @randomsena is no pirate or law enforcement officer but rather a troll organising online mobs to target individuals who he deems have offended Hindu gods or Hindus and badgering police to arrest such individuals.

BOOM found that the video is from 2022 when members of the Aam Aadmi Party accused Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami of buying votes.

A full reading of Manmohan Singh's speech and the draft paper make it clear he was not referring to the Muslim community alone but also to the SC/STs, OBCs, women and children.

Fact-Checking Mel launched the North East Facts Network, to strengthen fact-checking efforts in the region.

BOOM found that the video dates back to December 2022 and is not related to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Gandhi was referring to a programme where unemployed graduates and diploma holders would get the opportunity to work as apprentices and get paid.

BOOM found that the video dates back to December 2022 and election officials at the time had clarified that it shows regular procedure laid down by the EC.

BOOM found that the photograph shows Dhoni celebrating Chennai Super Kings reaching six million followers on erstwhile Twitter (now X) in 2020.

BOOM found that the visuals are of Allu Arjun attending the India Day Parade in New York as the Grand Marshal in 2022.

BOOM found that while tendered votes are allowed, it's compulsory for a person's name to be listed in the voters' list for them to cast their vote.

BOOM found that the original video shows Asaduddin Owaisi addressing the Uttar Pradesh police and criticising them for alleged cases of police atrocities.

BOOM found that the incident in the viral video is from January 2018.

BOOM found that the incident in the viral video is from December 2023.

BOOM reached out to Mahua Moitra who refuted the claim and clarified that she said 'eggs' in the viral video, not sex.

BOOM found that the indecent gesture has been digitally added to the original photograph showing Modi waving at a crowd.

BOOM found that the incident is from September 2018 and not recent.

BOOM spoke to Axis My India who dismissed the viral claim on a Lok Sabha 2024 election opinion poll survey being released by the polling agency.

SC heard pleas seeking 100% VVPAT tally with votes cast on EVMs against the current system of randomised checking at five polling booths in each constituency.

BOOM found that the image is from Curly Tales and Eknath Shinde was eating a vegetarian Saoji meal.

BOOM found that the footage is from 2021 and shows clashes between supporters of two BJP leaders in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.

BOOM found that the newspaper clipping carrying Deepak Parekhs's statement is at least 10 years old.

Overall, 21 states and UT's and 102 constituencies are going to polls in the first phase on April 19

BOOM reached out to local councillor Mohammad Aamil Malik who refuted the viral claim and informed that Atishi never raised the slogan of Jai Shri Ram.

BOOM found that the video has been altered using an AI voice clone of the actor.

Fact-checkers, academicians, tech & policy experts came together for a discussion on deepfakes & elections organised by BOOM.

The Pegasus investigation had revealed that thousands of individuals all over the world may have had their mobile phones targeted for hacking using the Pegasus software suite, which is developed by Israels NSO Group.

In the original speech, Gandhi accused PM Modi of promoting one nation, one language and one leader concept

Days before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections kick off, BJP and Congress have unveiled their ideas of Bharat and India.

BOOM spoke to Ranchi Police who denied any communal angle to the incident stating that the building owners who were sent a notice comprised of both Hindus and Muslims.

Delhi HC directed X and YouTube users to take down videos that allegedly showed lawyers assaulting senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia.

Decode identified at least 8 chatbots in the GPT Store focused on elections in India that flouted OpenAI's policy prohibiting the use of its tech for political campaigns.

BOOM found that the video has been created using an AI voice clone of Aamir Khan, the original video is from 2014 and shows him promoting an episode of his show 'Satyamev Jayate'.

BOOM found that the video is real and his statement was made as part of an interview to a local Uttar Pradesh news channel.

BOOM found that the video dates back to October 2023 and does not show the flag of Pakistan.

The Rules for application under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) have left the Matua community, the CAAs key votary, divided.

Dainik Bhaskar's national editor LP Pant rubbished the viral clipping as fake.