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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi tied to a tractor in the United States is viral on social media with a false claim that it is from the ongoing farmers' protest in India. BOOM found that the video is not from India and that the audio of viral clip has been doctored to make it appear like it is from India. However, it is not entirely clear when the video was shot. Thousands of protesting farmers from neighbouring states, including Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, are marching towards the capital with their tractors demanding assured prices for their...
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By Anmol Alphonso A deepfake video of United States President Joe Biden is being shared falsely claiming that he has invoked the Selective Service Act, which will draft 20-year-olds through a lottery to the military after the recent drone attack on a US military outpost in Jordan. BOOM found that the viral video is an AI-generated deepfake that was viral last year with false claims linking it to US tensions with Russia and China, and its audio has now being edited to falsely link it to recent tensions between the US and Iran in the Middle East Three US soldiers were killed in a drone attack on...
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By Srijit Das A video featuring a group of United States war veterans returning their service medals and accusing the US of being involved in various international conflicts is circulating, misleadingly claiming that the protest occurred amid the Israel Hamas war. BOOM found that the video captures a protest that occurred in 2012. Nearly 50 US war veterans participated in the protest during an anti-NATO rally in Chicago to oppose the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel is currently at war with Hamas, a militant outfit of Palestine after a deadly attack by the group on October 7. The on...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video from 2020 of a controlled building demolition in Virginia, United States is viral with a false claim that it shows the US Embassy in Israel being blown by the Islamic militant group Hamas. The Gaza strip which is controlled by Hamas, has been under constant bombardment by Israeli airstrikes after the attack by the militant group on October 7, 2023, which killed 1400 Israelis and taking around 200 hostages. Along with airstrikes, Israel has expanded its ground operations and is advancing on Gaza City from two directions, with tanks reported to be on the main north-sout...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing United States President Joe Biden walking on the streets of Lahaina, Hawaii, while chants of "F**k Joe Biden" can be heard in the background is doctored and fake. BOOM found that the audio with the expletive-laden chants has been overlaid onto the video. Biden arrived in Maui, Hawaii, on August 21, 2023, after the deadliest US wildfire in over a century had hit the region. Biden in his address told survivors of the wildfire that the nation, "grieves with you". At least 114 people have died due to the wildfire and 850 people were still missing according to news...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video from Portland, United States of a Louis Vuitton store being looted during protests after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis is being shared with a false claim that it is from France during the recent violence that broke out. Widespread riots broke out in France last week after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian heritage was shot dead by a police officer at a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27, 2023. Looting was reported in several cities including Lyon, Marseille and Grenoble. Several old and unrelated images and videos are being sh...
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By Srijit Das An old video of a sudden fireworks explosion in front of a residential lawn in United States has recently been shared with a false claim that the clip shows one of the incidents from France which trigged riots in the country. BOOM found that the video is old and not from France. The huge fireworks explosion happened accidentally in United States' Nebraska on July 4, 2022, the US Independence Day. France has recently witnessed intense violent clashes in the country after a teenager Nahel Merzouk was shot dead by police during a traffic checking. To control the situation, the count...
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By Srijit Das An old photo showing coffins of United States soldiers has recently been shared with a false claim that the picture shows the remains of US troops in coffins who lost their lives in Ukraine while fighting against Russia. BOOM found that the photo was released by the Pentagon in 2005 and shows the coffins of US crew members who died after a Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kuwait. The U.S sent Patriot missiles to Ukraine in April this year to support their long battle against Russian airstrikes. However, few days back U.S officials confirmed that a Patriot Defense System in Kyiva su...
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By Anmol Alphonso A doctored video showing United States Vice President Kamala Harris is being shared on social media where she is heard making a faux pas and being incoherent while elaborating on "yesterday is today" during her speech at a rally for abortion rights at Howard University in Washington D.C. on April 25, 2023. BOOM found that the audio in the video has been edited and added to falsely claim Harris made a gaffe. In the video, Harris can be heard saying, "Today is today. And yesterday was today yesterday. And tomorrow will be today for us, but tomorrow..." The video was tweeted wit...
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