Anmol Alphonso

Anmol Alphonso

Anmol Alphonso is a fact-checker with BOOM. He has previously interned at IndiaSpend as a fact-checker and was a reporting intern at Times of India, Indian Express, and Mid-Day. He is a post-graduate diploma holder in journalism from St Paul’s Institute of Communication Education, Mumbai.

2012 Video Of Turkish Police Dispersing Protesters Falsely Shared As France
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2012 Video Of Turkish Police Dispersing Protesters Falsely Shared As...

BOOM found that the viral clip is from Yüksekova, Turkey dating back to 2012.

29 Oct 2020 12:28 PM GMT
2012 Embassy Attacks In Sudan Falsely Shared As Attack On French Embassy
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2012 Embassy Attacks In Sudan Falsely Shared As Attack On French...

BOOM found that the viral clip is from September 2012 when protests broke out in Khartoum, Sudan outside the embassies...

28 Oct 2020 12:52 PM GMT
2017 Video Of Emmanuel Macron Getting Egged Revived With False Claim
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2017 Video Of Emmanuel Macron Getting Egged Revived With False Claim

BOOM found that the incident is from March 2017 when then presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was attacked with an...

27 Oct 2020 9:56 AM GMT
2017 Protest Clip Revived After French Teachers Beheading In Paris
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2017 Protest Clip Revived After French Teacher's Beheading In Paris

The incident is from Paris when right-wing protestors marched towards Muslim worshippers who were praying outside in...

26 Oct 2020 10:33 AM GMT
Bihar Polls: Old Photo Falsely Shared As Crowd At Yogi Adityanaths Rally
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Bihar Polls: Old Photo Falsely Shared As Crowd At Yogi Adityanath's...

BOOM found that the viral photo is from February 2014 taken at a rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

23 Oct 2020 8:03 AM GMT
No, This Photo Of Alcohol Bottles Is Not Linked To Bihar Polls
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No, This Photo Of Alcohol Bottles Is Not Linked To Bihar Polls

BOOM found that the photo shows alcohol distributed by a man to flood affected victims in Thailand in September 2019

22 Oct 2020 8:42 AM GMT
Image Of Indian Flag At Pakistan Opposition Rally Is Fake
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Image Of Indian Flag At Pakistan Opposition Rally Is Fake

BOOM analysed photos and videos from the opposition rally in Karachi and found that there was no Indian flag there.

22 Oct 2020 4:42 AM GMT
Hyderabad Floods: Old Photos Falsely Shared As Congress Leaders Partying
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Hyderabad Floods: Old Photos Falsely Shared As Congress Leaders...

BOOM found that the viral photos are from two different local Hyderabad Congress events held before floods hit the city.

20 Oct 2020 3:04 PM GMT
Fake Account Impersonating NEET Topper Akanksha Singh Stirs Bigotry
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Fake Account Impersonating NEET Topper Akanksha Singh Stirs Bigotry

BOOM spoke to Akanksha Singh's father Rajendra Kumar Rao who confirmed that she is not on Twitter.

19 Oct 2020 10:35 AM GMT
Video of Woman Vandalising Shop Viral With False Communal Spin
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Video of Woman Vandalising Shop Viral With False Communal Spin

BOOM found that the woman and her husband fought over personal reasons and that they are both Hindus.

17 Oct 2020 6:04 PM GMT
Local Road Dispute In HP Falsely Shared As Uttarakhand With Communal Spin
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Local Road Dispute In HP Falsely Shared As Uttarakhand With Communal...

BOOM spoke to Chamba Police who denied any communal angle to the incident and said both parties are Muslims.

17 Oct 2020 12:05 PM GMT
MP Congress Includes Mock Drill Video To Target CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
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MP Congress Includes Mock Drill Video To Target CM Shivraj Singh...

BOOM found that the visuals in the clip are old and from Jharkhand during a mock drill.

16 Oct 2020 11:46 AM GMT