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By BOOM Team Last month, Islamophobic claims targeting the Muslim community in India and false information about the unrest in Bangladesh were prominent topics of disinformation. These two categories accounted for 13.4% and 6% of the 119 fact-checks published in English, Hindi, and Bangla. Of all the fact-checks published, 23.5% were related to “Indian politics”, making it the most common topic. This was followed by “International politics” (21%), which mainly focused on the United States’ elections, and “Communal claims” (21%) that primarily targeted the Muslim community in India. For the thi…

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