A deep-dive investigation into misleading messages, edited images, and false political rumors debunked by platforms.
Tag: Social Media
Fact Check Alert 12: Verifying Viral Digital Claims Circulated on Social Networks on May 31
A deep-dive investigation into misleading messages, edited images, and false political rumors debunked by platforms.
Fact Check Alert 13: Verifying Viral Digital Claims Circulated on Social Networks on May 31
A deep-dive investigation into misleading messages, edited images, and false political rumors debunked by platforms.
Fact Check Alert 14: Verifying Viral Digital Claims Circulated on Social Networks on May 31
A deep-dive investigation into misleading messages, edited images, and false political rumors debunked by platforms.
Russian Hackers Found Using AI-Generated War Videos to Spread Propaganda X Says
The social media platform identified a Pakistani man who hacked 31 accounts renaming them Iran War Monitor to spread AI-generated conflict misinformation.
Claim That UK Government X Account Was Suspended by Elon Musk Confirmed False
Full Fact debunked circulating Facebook posts with screenshots falsely claiming Elon Musk had suspended the official UK Government account on the X social media platform.
AI-Generated Fictitious News Broadcast Debunked After Going Viral on Social Media
Snopes flagged an AI-generated radio-style clip falsely presenting as real news nearly identical to a prior hoax.
Viral Story About Barack Obama Based on History of False Posts by Same Social Media User
Fact-checkers identified the account sharing a new Obama-related story as one with a documented record of false claims.
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.
Real Vatican Files Exist But Nothing Like the Fabricated Truth Social Post Claims
Fact-checkers debunked a viral Truth Social post claiming to contain secret Vatican documents saying the real files are very different