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Moye Moye: A Viral Instagram Trend Mocking Disability

December 22, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

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Have you come across “Moye Moye” Instagram reels? No, it’s not JUST another trend. It’s being used to mock persons with disabilities. Read on!

Media Outlets Publish Old Comment By Italian PM Giorgia Meloni On Islam As Recent

🔖 Multiple Indian media outlets recently reported about a video of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saying Islam is not compatible with European culture.

Go hyperlocal with keywords: Using Google Translate, we performed a keyword search in Italian with "meloni islam incompatibile con nostra cultura (meloni islam incompatible with our culture)".

We came across multiple articles by Italian media on the exact statement being made by her in 2018.
Local media reports: Italian digital news outlet Ala News published the exact same video on its YouTube channel on 9 February 2018.
Connect with fact-checkers: We further reached out to Federico Gonzato, fact-checker at Pagella Politica, who told us that while Meloni had expressed critical views about Islam in the past, she toned it down since becoming the President of the Council of Ministers.

Basically, Indian media outlets including News18, Mint, NDTV, India Today, Swarajya, Tribune, Economic Times, OneIndia Hindi, Navbharat Times, ABP Live Hindi, among others ran an old comment of Meloni as recent.

Moye Moye: A Serbian Song Turned Into A Viral Trend Mocking Disability

🔖 If you often watch reels on Instagram, coming across the recent “Moye Moye” trend is inevitable.

But, Indians have twisted this Serbian song about nightmares and depression into comedy reels about persons with disability. Read more about it in Titha Ghosh’s story.

Congress Crowdfunding Chaos: BJP, OpIndia Seize 'Donate For Desh' Domains

🔖 The Congress' recently launched crowdfunding initiative, 'Donate for Desh,' encountered a technical obstacle.

While the Congress unveiled its crowdfunding campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) already secured a domain name associated with the initiative.
So, supporters who visit the link 'donatefordesh.org' are redirected to a page on the BJP's website, facilitating donations to the party. Read Hera Rizwan’s report.

JN.1: What We Know About The New COVID-19 Subvariant

🔖 New coronavirus subvariant JN.1:

There are reportedly 2,669 active cases of the subvariant in India.
Indian authorities have become vigilant, and the scientific community is actively investigating this strain.

Is it a cause for concern? BOOM’s Hera Rizwan spoke to experts.

Crucial Criminal Reform Bills Passed Amid Absence Of Opposition MPs

🔖 This week, the Lok Sabha passed the three crucial criminal reform law bills replacing colonial-era laws like the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, and the Code of Criminal Procedure which formed the foundation of Indian criminal jurisprudence for more than a century.

So far, more than 143 MPs have been suspended from both houses of the Parliament - the highest ever. Read Ritika Jain’s report.

🚫 Fake News You Almost Fell For

🔍 A set of two screenshots purporting to be tweets by Pakistan's Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar and former Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif on X (formerly Twitter) confirming fugitive mafia don and terrorist Dawood Ibrahim's death are fake. Read 🔗Anmol Alphonso’s↗️ fact-check.

🔍 A scripted interview sequence between a man and a woman in a burqa, where she says that she will remove her hijab in front of a dentist only if he treats her with closed eyes, is circulating as a real incident. 🔗Swasti Chatterjee↗️ debunked the claim.

🔍 An old photo of a man touching an idol of the Hindu deity Ram is circulating on social media with a false claim that it depicts a Muslim artist sculpting the idol for the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Read 🔗Srijit Das’↗️ fact-check.

🅱️ Recommends

📖 This week's recommendation is: Reliance on emotion promotes belief in fake news by Cameron Martel, Gordon Pennycook, David G Rand

This paper investigates the role of emotion in susceptibility to believing fake news.

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