Conflict

2 May 2025

Video of several large Palestinian flags is not from Pope’s funeral

The footage dates back to December 2023.

30 April 2025

Clip does not show Zelenskyy performing comedy routine for Putin

Two unrelated clips have been edited together to make it appear as if the Russian president was laughing in the audience.

28 April 2025

Video of Cristiano Ronaldo showing support for Palestinians is a deepfake

Mr Ronaldo does not reference Palestinians in the original footage.

25 April 2025

Video of Pope’s ‘final public address’ is actually from 2023

Misleading claims that a clip of Pope Francis speaking about the conflict in Gaza is from his final speech before his death on 21 April have been circulating on social media.

15 April 2025

Photo of ‘US army general killed in Gaza’ is actually old image from Iraq

There’s no evidence that reports of the death of a general are genuine.

11 April 2025

Fake BBC report claims Ukraine’s first lady tried to escape abroad

This is an example of ‘imposter content’—fake content that appears to be from credible organisations.

14 March 2025

Photo of Zelenskyy wearing a suit when meeting WEF leader predates Ukraine war

A Facebook post suggests the Ukrainian president recently wore a suit to meet with the World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab amid criticism over him not wearing one to meet President Trump.

14 March 2025

Old video shared as recent footage of Ukrainian troops ‘surrendering’ in Kursk

Social media posts claim the clip shows ‘Zelensky’s army’ surrendering in recent days, but the footage dates back to 2022.

14 March 2025

Video of Ukrainian flag on Statue of Liberty is fake

The clip contains a ‘Sora’ watermark in the bottom right corner, indicating it was likely created using OpenAI’s text-to-video artificial intelligence model.

12 March 2025

A compilation video of Zelenskyy dancing includes clips that aren’t of him

One clip shows an Argentinian dancer while another has been edited using Artificial Intelligence.

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Video of several large Palestinian flags is not from Pope’s funeral

Clip does not show Zelenskyy performing comedy routine for Putin

Video of Cristiano Ronaldo showing support for Palestinians is a deepfake

Video of Pope’s ‘final public address’ is actually from 2023

Photo of ‘US army general killed in Gaza’ is actually old image from Iraq

Fake BBC report claims Ukraine’s first lady tried to escape abroad

Photo of Zelenskyy wearing a suit when meeting WEF leader predates Ukraine war

Old video shared as recent footage of Ukrainian troops ‘surrendering’ in Kursk

Video of Ukrainian flag on Statue of Liberty is fake

A compilation video of Zelenskyy dancing includes clips that aren’t of him

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