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🧡 ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’ & The Indian Deepfaker
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Hello,
A new social media conspiracy theory 'Bhagwa Love Trap' is leading to harassment of Muslim women. So, who are the people who are propagating this theory?
Find out more about this and take this week's BOOM quiz.
🅱️ Quiz
Presenting 2nd edition of the BOOM Quiz! Last week, we witnessed an participation of over 1000 enthusiastic TruthSeekers who dared to take the challenge. Brace yourself for another round as you embark on this timed ⏰ adventure. Remember, sharpness and agility are key! Find out if you are a Fact-Finder or an G.O.A.T!
👆 Simply click on the correct answer below to start the quiz!
CNN News reported that OceanGate Expeditions's Titan submersible which had gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was "found empty".
AI.
Deepfakes.
AI= Deepfakes?
All AI is deepfake: True or false?
All deepfake is AI: True or false?
Let us know your thoughts on this by writing to us at [email protected] and I will discuss it in great detail in the next week's edition.
🤥 The Lie Count
28
Fact-Checks Published
PM Narendra Modi was the biggest target of false claims (32%). Muslims came second (25%) and were the focus of claims with a diverse array of themes - Love Jihad allegations and forced conversions, among others.
Read our Twitter thread to know the detailed analysis by Debraj Sarkar.
#BOOMWeeklyReport | BOOM published a total of 28 fact-checks this week. Of these, Political claims were most predominant (47%), followed by Communal claims (29%) and International ones (14%). (1/n)
#BOOMFactCheck#Thread
— BOOM Live (@boomlive_in)
8:57 AM • Jun 30, 2023
🧡 Meet The Conspiracy Theorists Of ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’
🔖 “Bhagwa Love Trap" is a conspiracy theory propagated by the Muslim right wing in India.
Among the big accounts that have been pushing the 'Bhagwa Love Trap theories' is @mr_uvais_01 (Mohammad Uvais) with 389K followers on Instagram. His videos are wide-ranging — celebrating conversion into Islam, religious supremacy, and “exposing BLT”.
Read this story by Vipul Kumar to know more about the social media handles that are making the ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’ go viral.
🎭 Once A Student Politician, This Man Is Teaching How To Make Deepfakes
🔖 Meanwhile, an intermediate pass, Divyendra Singh Jadoun, has managed to build up a start-up which is revolutionising both advertising and politics. He is teaching how to make deepfakes. Hera Rizwan spoke to the founder of The Indian Deepfaker.
💪 BMI Is An Unreliable Health Metric. Experts Explain Why
🔖 The American Medical Association (AMA), in its latest report, has officially acknowledged that using BMI (Body Mass Index) alone as a metric is an inaccurate clinical tool that has caused "historical harm".
BOOM's Hera Rizwan spoke to experts who concurred with the AMA report, criticising BMI for its oversimplification of what being healthy really means.
🚫 Fake News You Almost Fell For
🔍 Is PM Modi the only leader to address the US Congress twice after Winston Churchill? A viral message claimed so. Find out the facts in this story by 🔗Mohammed Kudrati↗️.
🔍 An old video of a mob beating up some men dressed in saffron scarves went viral online with the false claim that it shows Hindus being thrashed for entering a zone in West Bengal that is limited only to Rohingya and Muslim people. BOOM's 🔗Hazel Gandhi↗️ debunked the claim.
🔍🔗Srijit Das↗️ debunked a video of a trans person running naked and chasing a police officer while threatening to hit him with a stick that went viral with a false claim that it is from the violence-hit north-eastern state of Manipur.
🔍 No, this video does not show PM Modi being abused during the recent US visit. Then, when was the video taken? Find out in this fact-check by 🔗Hazel Gandhi↗️.
🅱️ Recommends
📖 This week's recommendation is: Why Bullshit is no laughing matter by Gordon Pennycook
A light-hearted article that captures the reason why inoculation against misinformation is the need of the hour. The article highlights the trappings of complex words and how they can be used to great effect to mislead readers.
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