- Archis Chowdhury

Dec 3, 2024 | boomlive.in | - Archis Chowdhury |Tausif N Akbar |Archis Chowdhury

The claim suggests Bangladeshi Muslims attacked Hindu properties in Sherpur. BOOM found the claim to be false. The violence involved two Muslim groups, with no communal angle. A series of footage showing a mob attack on Murshidpur Darbar Sharif, in Sherpur, Bangladesh, is being falsely shared as an attack by Bangladeshi Muslims on properties, crops and livestock owned by Bangladeshi Hindus.

Apr 7, 2024 | boomlive.in | - Archis Chowdhury |Archis Chowdhury

At the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of YouTube users were watching videos in Greek and Arabic that encouraged them to boycott vaccinations or treat their COVID-19 infections with bogus cures. For years before this, several YouTube videos had already promoted false cures for cancer. The video sharing giant wasn’t doing much to combat its problem of misinformation.

Jan 11, 2024 | boomlive.in | - Archis Chowdhury |Archis Chowdhury

Last Saturday, on the eve of the Bangladesh national elections, two separate videos emerged on Facebook showing independent candidates Abdullah Nahid Nigar and Beauty Begum announcing their withdrawal from the polls. Both the videos were, however, deepfakes - digitally manipulated using deep generative methods. While Nigar won in her constituency, Begum lost with a margin of less than 3,000 votes.