Health
Fake pictures of Katie Hopkins in hospital shared online
Images shared on Facebook claim to show the media personality in hospital, but they aren’t genuine. Read
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Politics
Video doesn’t show mayor calling for Sharia law and ‘expulsion’ of non-Muslims from Britain
Posts on social media have made false claims about a video of Councillor Rukhsana Ismail, the Mayor of Rotherham, in which she is actually issuing a message for Ramadan. Read
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Politics
Video claiming to show 500-strong anti-government protest in Birmingham is AI
A clip which has been liked thousands of times on Facebook uses AI visuals to falsely claim that hundreds staged a protest against the government in Birmingham city centre. Read
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Culture & Society
Fake AI videos depict large crowds of Muslims praying in London streets
Videos circulating on social media showing large groups of Muslims apparently praying in the middle of the road in London are not real and were made using artificial intelligence. Read
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Culture & Society
Video of Muslim women calling for Brighton beach to be dog-free is AI
A fake video that appears to show two women wearing niqabs saying “the UK has too many dogs” has been viewed over 1.7 million times, with many people seemingly thinking it is genuine. Read
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Conflict
Fake photo of damaged US base in Kuwait shared online
A picture circulating on social media with claims it depicts the aftermath of Iranian strikes on an American base isn’t genuine. Read
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Science & Technology
‘Photo from Artemis II’ of moon crater with Earth in background is fake
A viral picture claiming to show the moon's Orientale Basin photographed by the Artemis II crew isn’t genuine. It contains an AI watermark and does not match real NASA photos of the crater. Read
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Science & Technology
Fake image of Earth from Artemis II mission shared online
The picture, which appears to depict Earth as seen from the window of the Orion spacecraft, has almost certainly been generated with AI. Read
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Conflict
Video showing Iranian soldiers boarding tanker is from 2019
Old footage of Iran seizing a British-flagged tanker in July 2019 has been circulating online with misleading captions claiming Iran has captured a US ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Read
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Immigration
False rumour spreads on social media about Plymouth hotel housing asylum seekers
Social media posts have falsely claimed that the Duke of Cornwall hotel in Plymouth is being refurbished to house asylum seekers. Read
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