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Culture & Society
Videos shared on Facebook that appear to show tradesmen backing a driver or a plumber who was supposedly told to remove an England flag from his van are AI-generated. Read
Culture & Society
A video which appears to show a Muslim woman filming herself on a street in the UK telling people to “cover up” is fake.The clip, which has been shared on … Read
Culture & Society
A video of UK police officers confiscating a mannequin because they supposedly received complaints from the Pakistani community that it was dressed in “immodest clothing” has been shared again online.But … Read
Culture & Society
An image widely shared on social media after a man was killed by a tiger is not genuine and was created using AI. Read
Culture & Society
Many people interacting with the social media post appear to believe the picture is real, but visual clues and an AI watermark tell us it’s fake. Read
Culture & Society
A viral graphic making a number of claims about Muslims in the UK has been shared online again, but several are wrong, unevidenced or unlikely to be true given the information we have. Read
Culture & Society
AI-generated images are being shared on social media alongside claims about anti-migrant protestors. Read
Culture & Society
AI-generated clips showing a woman being arrested by police officers in a supermarket have been shared by multiple accounts on Facebook. Read
Culture & Society
A video being shared with captions suggesting it shows children at an English school being taught about Salah was actually filmed at an Islamic pre-school in Australia. Read
Culture & Society
A video circulating online, which appears to show a number of people praying in the middle of a London Underground train, is not genuine, it is AI-generated. Read
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