AI-generated photos purportedly showing casualties among Iranian women were shared by verified accounts and officials before being identified as fake.
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Joyriding Bills in Multiple US States and Federally Contain No Such Bans Says Fact-Check
A legal fact-check found that viral claims about state and federal laws banning joyriding were not accurately representing what the legislation actually said.
Claim About Vatican Files Being Released Linked to Fabricated Truth Social Post
Snopes confirmed that viral claims about the release of supposed Vatican files were based on a fictitious post with no official basis.
Video of AI-Generated Iranian Aircraft Confronting US Naval Vessel Viewed 7 Million Times Was Fake
Researchers confirmed that a viral video purporting to show an Iranian military jet intercepting a US ship was entirely AI-generated content.
Claim That Bill Gates Is Behind Spread of Ticks That Cause Red Meat Allergy Debunked
Media Bias Fact Check confirmed there is no credible evidence linking Bill Gates to the deliberate spread of lone star ticks that cause alpha-gal red meat allergy syndrome.
Viral Video Claiming to Show Yorkshire Church Fire was Actually Filmed in Mexico
Full Fact identified that a widely shared video on social media claiming to show a church set on fire in Yorkshire England was actually footage from an incident in Santiago de Querétaro Mexico.
AI Image of Iranian Girls’ Bodies Circulated by Multiple Journalists Confirmed as Fabricated
Multiple verification teams confirmed that harrowing images showing what was claimed to be bodies of Iranian girls killed in airstrikes were actually AI-generated and had no factual basis.
Grok AI Chatbot Falsely Identified AI-Generated Iran War Images as Real: BBC Verify
BBC Verify’s investigation found that Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot was incorrectly authenticating AI-generated photos and videos from the Iran conflict as genuine images.
AI-Generated Image of Iranian Girls’ Bodies Shared by UN Official and Journalists Is Fake
Images falsely depicting casualties from the Iran war were circulated by major accounts before being debunked.
AI Video of USS Abraham Lincoln on Fire Has Been Viewed Millions of Times But Is Fabricated
Fact-checkers confirmed no such attack occurred and the viral video was entirely computer-generated.