Nivedita Niranjankumar

Jan 2, 2025 | boomlive.in | Nivedita Niranjankumar

Indian media had a full calendar in 2024 - starting with coverage of Ayodhya Ram temple inauguration, the farmers march to Delhi, and high stakes Lok Sabha and state elections. All of this while also reporting on the continuing violent conflict in Manipur and brutal crimes such as the RG Kar rape and murder case in Kolkata and the Pune Porsche hit-and-run incident.

Nov 28, 2024 | boomlive.in | Nivedita Niranjankumar

Video claims Kurdish women in France protested topless against the burqaBOOM found that the women in the video are part of a radical feminism group FEMEN, protesting against global incidents of atrocities against women. A video from Paris showing a group of women stage a topless protest to highlight gender-based violence is being shared with a false claim that Kurdish women undertook a topless protest against wearing the burqa.

Nov 26, 2024 | newslaundry.com | Tanishka Sodhi |Azeefa Fathima |Nivedita Niranjankumar

Kashyap’s colleague Sahil Joshi, who heads the Mumbai bureau of Aaj Tak, eventually joined her on the show once voting ended in Maharashtra. He referenced India Today’s fact-check on the clips being AI-generated. Kashyap then explained how tools could be used in this manner. At Republic World, Arnab Goswami positioned himself as the only journalist brave enough to take up the issue on his show The Debate with Arnab Goswami on November 20.

Nov 22, 2024 | boomlive.in | Nivedita Niranjankumar

Newspaper clipping by Rashtriya Ujala claims Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray apologised to the Muslim community leaders for the 1992 riots. BOOM found that the newspaper clipping is fake and the outlet has denied publishing such news. A newspaper clipping claiming former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in a recent meeting with Muslim leaders apologised for participating in the 1992 riots in Mumbai, is fake.

Nov 20, 2024 | newslaundry.com | Nivedita Niranjankumar

On the eve of voting in Maharashtra, the BJP posted at least three fake AI generated audio clips on X, previously Twitter, claiming them to be recordings of conversations between NCP leader Supriya Sule, IPS officer Amitabh Gupta, and Congress leader Nana Patole, with each other, and an employee of an audit firm, Gaurav Mehta.