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Deadly Rumours, Mob Mentality And Challenges For The Law Enforcement

This is the story of two Indian police officials who have gone up against lynch mobs and deadly misinformation to save...

25 Nov 2019 1:06 PM GMT

India's Crisis-Hit Banking Sector Is Reeling With An Onslaught Of Fake News

BOOM rounded up all the banking related fake messages it had run into since the unraveling of the PMC Bank crisis.

17 Oct 2019 5:45 AM GMT

Child Kidnapping Rumours: How A Video From Jharkhand Is Creating Panic In Mumbai

BOOM spoke to Jharkhand police who confirmed that the video was from Dhanbad and not Mumbai.

2 Oct 2019 10:11 AM GMT

UP Police's Warning Against Child Kidnapping Rumours Edited And Shared To Spread Panic

BOOM reached out to Additional SP (City) Gorakhpur Dr Kaustubh, who said the actual message was to warn and make people...

17 Sep 2019 12:57 PM GMT

Photos Of Mentally Ill Woman Shared As Jharkhand Child Kidnapper

The woman is a person with mental disability and not a child kidnapper, Jharkhand police tells BOOM.

17 Sep 2019 10:44 AM GMT

Message Claiming Children Kidnapped In Ghaziabad And Other News You Almost Believed

In this week’s News You Almost Believed, we bring you the truth behind viral photos and videos.

31 Aug 2019 3:05 AM GMT

Fake Message Claims Children Kidnapped in Ghaziabad, Police Warn Against Rumours

BOOM got in touch with Ghaziabad Police who dismissed the viral message as fake.

29 Aug 2019 2:46 PM GMT

Family That Put Kids In Car Trunk Mistaken For Abductors; Pics Fuel Rumours Online

BOOM reached out to Ladwa Police who dismissed any child kidnapping rumours and said that the children were being...

21 Aug 2019 12:32 PM GMT

Cropped Video Of Independence Day Celebrations In WB School Shared With False Claim

BOOM was able to find a longer clip which features both the Indian and Bangladeshi national anthems

20 Aug 2019 11:40 AM GMT

Debunked Images Revived To Fuel Child Kidnapping Rumours

BOOM found that the photographs, which were earlier used to stoke child kidnapping rumours are now viral as imprisoned...

14 Aug 2019 7:29 AM GMT

Hoax Forward About Identifying 'Fake' 500 Rupee Notes Resurfaces

An image with two Rs 500 notes has gone viral falsely claiming that if the green strip is close to Gandhi's face it is...

14 Aug 2019 6:43 AM GMT

Video Of Mob Heckling Mentally Ill Woman In Rajasthan Shared With False Claim

BOOM reached out to Raisingh Nagar Police who rubbished the claim that the woman was a child kidnapper.

6 Aug 2019 12:00 PM GMT

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