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: Post the election results and post-poll violence in #WestBengal, BOOM has debunked several pieces of misinformation with several unrelated videos and images being shared on social media.
(1/n) #FactCheck #FakeNews #BOOMFactCheck
: Post the election results and post-poll violence in #WestBengal, BOOM has debunked several pieces of misinformation with several unrelated videos and images being shared on social media.(1/n) #FactCheck #FakeNews #BOOMFactCheck
A video from January 2021, when an angry mob attacked a police van and chased a police officer over the death of a youngster was shared with a false claim that it is showed post-poll violence that broke out in #WestBengal. (2/n) #FactCheck #FakeNews https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/fake-news-viral-video-west-bengal-police-attacked-tmc-workers-bjp-workers-odisha-factcheck-13013
An old and edited video showing people carrying weapons and dancing to a remixed version of ' #KhelaHobe' slogan was shared on social media linking it to the post-poll clashes in #WestBengal. (3/n) #FactCheck #FakeNews https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/fact-check-tmc-victory-celebration-khela-hobe-old-video-west-bengal-assembly-election-13016
Photographs of a 20-year-old woman allegedly raped and murdered by construction workers working at her house in West Medinipur was viral with several netizens claiming that the victim was attacked for her political affiliation. (4/n) #WestBengal #FakeNews https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/photos-of-wb-rape-and-murder-victim-falsely-linked-to-post-poll-violence-13027
A set of two images from Bangladesh of a child bleeding from the head was viral on social media falsely linking it to the #WestBengal post-poll violence. (5/n) #WestBengal #FakeNews https://www.boomlive.in/fast-check/fake-news-viral-photo-minor-child-injured-bangladesh-west-bengal-post-poll-violence-bjp-tmc-factcheck-13036
Bharatiya Janata Party's #WestBengal unit had posted a video from its official handles, where it passed of an image of Abhro Banerjee, an India Today journalist, as Manik Moitra, a slain #BJP worker. (6/n) #FakeNews #BOOMFactCheck https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/bjp-tmc-bengal-elections-sitalkuchi-india-today-manik-moitra-13037
A heart-wrenching clip of a girl trying to give water to her COVID+ father who was ostracized from his village in Andhra Pradesh, was shared falsely claiming that the man was attacked in #WestBengal following the #TMC's election victory. (7/n) #FakeNews https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/bengal-post-poll-violence-viral-video-andhra-pradesh-covid-19-corona-virus-13048
A photo from 2020 showing a severely injured woman after her family was attacked by land grabbers in #Bangladesh was shared with the false claim that she was injured during the post-poll violence in #WestBengal. (8/n) #FakeNews #FactCheck https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/fake-news-viral-photo-bangladesh-injured-woman-west-bengal-post-poll-violence-tmc-bjp-factcheck-13049
Two images - one showing a young woman pictured with #AmitShah, and the other - a photo of a woman's lifeless body drenched in blood, were falsely shared claiming that the girl was raped and killed during post-poll violence in #WestBengal. (9/n) #FakeNews https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/photo-of-woman-with-amit-shah-falsely-linked-to-wb-poll-violence-13051
