Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
Crime
False claims that Vickrum Digwa, who killed Henry Nowak, has been attacked in prison are being widely shared on social media again. Read
World
A photo of a woman who tried to stop looters at a Paris supermarket has been superimposed onto an old image of protesters holding a ‘refugees welcome here’ sign. Read
World
Several widely shared images and videos contain an invisible SynthID watermark and other clues they were generated with AI, including garbled text and reusing old protest photos. Read
World
We’ve spotted several AI images and videos being shared online with claims they show protests and violent incidents in France, as well as old footage dating back to 2023. Read
World
A viral video claims to show hundreds of ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. But the shoreline doesn’t match—it was actually filmed over Chittagong, Bangladesh. Read
World
A viral image appears to show an elderly French couple in their underwear after supposedly being stripped and robbed during the recent riots in France. But it isn’t real and was made with AI. Read
World
Footage appearing to show the Palestinian and Jordanian flags flying from the Eiffel Tower contains visual inconsistencies indicating it was created or edited using artificial intelligence. Read
World
A widely shared image showing protesters with fireworks and Palestinian flags outside the Eiffel Tower isn’t real. It contains an invisible SynthID watermark and there are several visual glitches. Read
World
A clip showing police with shields and batons has been online since at least March 2023, and does not show the recent student protests in France. Read
Conflict
The footage dates back to a recent protest in Kyiv over the felling of trees for a new heating pipeline. Read
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