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By Hera Rizwan The US House of Representatives has passed a bill with an overwhelming majority to ban TikTok, giving ByteDance, its Chinese owner approximately six months to divest the US assets of the popular short-video app. This action comes in response to concerns regarding the app's use by approximately 170 million Americans. The bill, which received a 352-65 vote with bipartisan support, now awaits further consideration in the Senate. However, the bill's fate in the Senate is less certain, as some lawmakers advocate for alternative approaches to regulating foreign-owned apps with potenti...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video showing flooding in the New York subway is viral online with the false claim that the visuals are from the recent flash floods in the city. BOOM found that the clip is old and was taken in September 2021 during Hurricane Ida, a destructive Atlantic hurricane that claimed 55 direct and 32 indirect lives as a tropical cyclone and caused damage to the tune of $75 billion, according to the National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Report. A state of emergency was declared in New York after severe storms led to flash floods in several parts of the city on September 29,...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video from 2018 where a group of foreigners are reciting Hindu shlokas, is viral online as a recent video from the White House in the United States. BOOM found that the claims are false; the video was shot in 2018 and was part of an event organised by a European group named Veda Union in Zagreb, Croatia. The video shows a large number of foreigners dressed in traditional Indian attire chanting Sri Rudram Chamakam, a Vedic chant used to ward off difficulties and ensure a prosperous life. A caption on Facebook reads, ""Shri Rudram Stotram" was recited at the White House in...
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By Hazel Gandhi The interview of a US delegate speaking about how India rejected his visa to the country has been taken out of context and made viral online. BOOM found that the interview is from March 2016 and has been shared as recent to claim that the Modi government denied visas to delegates visiting India to monitor religious freedom in the country. The interviewee, Father Thomas Reese, is seen speaking to CBN News' anchor Heather Sells about how his delegation from the US Commission on International Freedom (USCIRF), was denied their visa for the third time. "India is a dynamic democracy...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of US President Joe Biden walking away after an interview is being shared with the false claims that he exited "mid-interview", using the same to mock and claim it was a "senior moment" from the 80-year-old Biden. BOOM found that the video has been falsely shared to claim that Biden left midway during the interview; the full clip shows Biden shaking hands with Nicolle Wallace, the journalist, and saying goodbye before leaving the set. MSNBC journalist Nicolle Wallace interviewed Joe Biden on June 30 where the two spoke about the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative act...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US has been revived amid the PM's recent state visit to the country. BOOM found that the video is from 2019, when protests against PM Modi and the revocation of article 370 took place ahead of the PM's address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Narendra Modi will soon conclude his three-day state visit to the United States where he held bilateral discussions with President Joe Biden about the two countries' deepening ties, followed by a joint press conference and a state dinner hosted at the ...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video showing PM Modi shaking hands with some dignitaries on stage while an audience member recording the event is hurling abusing at him is being shared online as a recent incident from his state visit to the United States. BOOM found that the claims are false, and the video shows Modi greeting some people at the Howdy Modi event that took place in Texas in September 2019. The audio of the clip appears to be doctored by overlaying an audio of a man speaking expletives in Punjabi. PM Modi arrived in the US on June 21, 2023, as part of his three-day state visit to the cou...
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By Hazel Gandhi Several old videos from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Massachusetts, USA, and Karnataka showing tornados and floods are being shared online as videos of the Biparjoy cyclone that recently struck Gujarat. BOOM found that the videos are unrelated to Biparjoy and have been revived from older incidents of natural disasters. Cyclone Biparjoy caused heavy rains and strong winds in parts of Gujarat before moving towards Rajasthan this week. Its intensity, however, is lowering as it progresses and it has been declared as a 'severe cyclonic storm', bringing it a notch down from 'very severe cyclo...
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By The Conversation Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Harvard UniversityThe question of whether to indict a former U.S. president is a difficult one. And yet, a state prosecutor has charged Donald Trump with violating New York business laws. And a federal prosecutor has charged Trump with violating national security laws as well. On one hand, the U.S. judiciary system is based on a basic principle of English law that dates back to the early 1200s, that no one is above the law. As medieval jurist Henry de Bracton explained in “On the Laws and Customs of England,” the law makes the king, and thus, the kin...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of the First Congregational Church in Spencer, Massachusetts burning down is being shared with a false claim that the fire took place due to the church's pro-LGBTQIA+ stance. Some claims also state that the fire occurred when a gay marriage was happening in the church in order to further demonise the LGBTQIA+ community. BOOM found that the claims are false, and the fire occurred due to lightning. We also spoke to Spencer Fire Chief Robert Parsons who refuted claims about a gay wedding taking place in the church and said that it was empty during the time of the fire. The...
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