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By Srijit Das A viral image claiming to show the cover of TIME magazine titled 'Man of the Ear' featuring a photo of former United States president Donald Trump where his right ear is seen covered with a dressing, is fake. The fake image is in circulation following the attack on Trump which took place during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. While the viral image is fake, TIME magazine published a cover featuring a photograph of Trump following the attack, with a caption stating, "Former president survives shooting with nation on edge". The US Secret Service is facing scrutin...
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By Karen Rebelo Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled cheap editing tools and apps, while not new, are being weaponised to create cheapfakes adding another layer of complexity in the fight against disinformation. At least two high profile examples in the last few days show how real photos can be altered using AI editing tools and can be used effectively to peddle disinformation in different parts of the world. Following the assassination attempt on former United States President Donald Trump, an image from the incident claiming to show three Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Trump t...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video of former United States President Donald Trump bowing his head in prayer with his eyes closed during the ongoing Republican National Convention is being shared with a false claim that he dozed off on camera. The 2024 Republican National Convention is being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from July 15 to July 18. Party delegates of the Republican party have formally selected Trump and JD Vance as the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. Two days after an attempt to assassinate him, Trump appeared with a dressin...
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By Anmol Alphonso Viral photos claiming to show United States Secret Service agents smiling while rushing to protect former US President Donald Trump from gun shots during an attempted assassination in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were altered using Face App - an AI editing app. BOOM found that none of the Secret Service agents in the frame were smiling in the original photo. The viral manipulated photo has been created by synthetically adding fake smiles to the photo using the tool Face App. Thomas Mathew Crooks (20) fired multiple shots targeting Donald Trump during his outdoor rally in Butler,...
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By Srijit Das A photo of a football journalist from Italy is viral online falsely identifying him as the gunman that fired multiple shots at former United States President Donald Trump's outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday in an apparent assassination attempt. Trump suffered an injury to his right ear but survived the attempt after he was escorted by a swarm of US Secret Service agents and huddled into a car. One person in the crowd was reported to have been killed while two others were reported to be injured. The gunman, whose identity the Federal Bureau of Investigation has not...
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By Hera Rizwan Last week, the official BJP Telangana handle shared a video on X encapsulating the history of 'reclaiming Lord Ram's birthplace' in Ayodhya, dating back 2000 years. The video, featuring Pepe the Frog, presents a visual narrative spanning from the Mughal era to the Babri Masjid's demolition and culminating with the Supreme Court's 2019 verdict sanctioning the construction of the temple at the mosque's former site. Within the video, the animated character reverently bows before the statue of Ram in Ayodhya. As Pepe touches the statue's foot, flashes of the 'struggle' unfold with v...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video of former US President Donald Trump attacking his political rival Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in a speech and quoting a 2012 post by the latter where she criticised Israel has been cropped and shared with a false claim that Trump is denouncing Israel over the current conflict in the region. BOOM found that the viral video has been taken from a 2019 campaign speech of Trump where he was actually quoting Omar and attacking her for condemning Israel, in one of her tweets from 2012, which now stands deleted. In the 11 second video, Trump can be heard saying, "May Allah ...
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By Hazel Gandhi A digitally altered video of American pop singer Taylor Swift endorsing former US President Donald Trump on the red carpet of the Grammys is viral online. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video is digitally altered and the original video did not show Swift endorsing Trump. The Grammy Awards took place on Sunday, February 4, where Taylor Swift won the Album of the Year Award, making it her fourth win in this category. The video shows Swift holding a red banner in her hand that reads, "Trump Won. Democrats Cheated!". @PapiTrumpo, a Donald Trump parody account on X, wa...
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By Hazel Gandhi Several images of former United States President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein posing together in different photographs have gone viral online. BOOM found that even though Trump and Epstein have been photographed together previously, these particular images are not real and have been created using generative-AI. These images are being circulated amid the unsealing of previously redacted court documents revealing new details about the lawsuit against Epstein, including the names of his former associates, including former US Presidents Bill Clinton and T...
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By Hazel Gandhi A viral photo purporting to show former United States President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein photographed together on a private jet decades go is viral online. BOOM found that even though Trump and Epstein have been photographed together on several occasions, this particular image is fake and has been made using generative-AI. A US court recently ruled in favour of releasing sealed documents that shed further light on the names of Epstein's network of acquaintances and business associates. Epstein was first arrested in 2005 after he was accused of pay...
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