Truth or Fake is a fact-checking rendez-vous in association with the FRANCE 24 Observers. Our content focuses on false images circulating online and how to identify them. Monday to Thursday at 8:45pm and 10:20pm Paris time.
Latest episodes
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Protests in Europe: Fact-checking viral videos amid claims of 'chaos'
As young people protest poor school conditions and the rising cost of living across Europe, misleading videos are spreading online. Footage from Poland in 2017, military preparatio…
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6 min
Israel's Ben-Gvir shares AI videos mocking Gazans as 'donkeys' and sending them to Paris
Israel's far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is using AI-generated videos to mock Palestinians and push political messages ahead of the Israeli general election, including videos ma…
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Trump exploits France riots to push false immigration claims ahead of midterms
US President Donald Trump and his inner circle are using unrest in France to push unsubstantiated claims blaming the riots on immigration, even showing French protest footage at mi…
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'I'm alive': Paris street medic isn't dead, despite viral claims he was killed by police
A video showing French riot police violently beating a 26-year-old street medic in Paris has gone viral, with social media users falsely claiming he died from his injuries. But the…
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France riots: AI photos falsely depict elderly couple 'stripped and robbed'
AI-generated photos falsely claiming to show an elderly couple being "stripped and robbed" during unrest in France have racked up millions of views. Amplified by far-right accounts…
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Fake AI images of protester go viral after woman punched at Trump's Ohio rally
A protester who heckled US President Donald Trump at his midterm rally in Youngstown, Ohio, was physically assaulted and removed from the event, but fake AI-generated photos recrea…
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Trump sparks outrage over AI tiger video after sharing footage of fatal UK attack
US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage after sharing the distressing footage of a 23-year-old man with mental illness being fatally mauled by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife P…
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Have Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres hit Russian online disinformation?
After recent Ukrainian bombings of Russian data centres belonging to Yandex, internet users claim to have noticed a sharp reduction in pro-Russian and far-right populist social med…
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No, these pictures do not show the Houthi attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid Airport
As Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport suffers a string of deadly attacks, claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels, a slew of AI-generated or decontextualised videos and phot…
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No, the French army did not deploy tanks against protesting students
France's student protests have sparked a wave of misleading content online. A viral TikTok falsely claimed the French army had deployed an armoured vehicle against protesters, when…
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White House promotes 'Trump TV' with AI-altered photo
The White House has promoted "Trump TV" using an AI-altered photo of passengers apparently watching the president's new streaming channel. But the image was originally posted onlin…
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Russian lab worker's death sparks plague fears as unverified claims spread online
The death of a 28-year-old Russian lab worker at Siberia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute has sparked online panic about a "plague, despite the WHO assessing the public hea…
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'France has fallen': Far-right figures fuel Islamophobic claims with false student protest videos
France's student protests have become the target of a wave of false and misleading videos shared by far-right figures, including Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson. Old footage and unre…
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AI deepfake of BBC report falsely links Indians to FlyDubai hijacking attempt
False videos are circulating after the attempted hijacking of a FlyDubai flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv. One fake "BBC" report falsely claims an Indian passenger was behind the…
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Meet 'America': Trump's AI chatbot changes answers after challenging his claims
US President Donald Trump has launched "America", an AI chatbot designed as a digital portal for US government information. But its responses appear to be changing. The chatbot ini…
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4 min
Public service announcement or Trump propaganda?
The White House calls them public service announcements, like those used in past administrations. But almost everyone else doesn't agree, with three taxpayer-funded advertisements…
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RAF Fairford: AI-enhanced photos of suspects fuel false claims about their religion
Five men arrested over a suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford have been released on bail as investigations continue. Meanwhile, AI-enhanced images purporting to show their faces hav…
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'Send in the Clowns': Viral video fuels claims Denmark trolled Trump and Rubio
A viral video claims Danish officials played Judy Collins's "Send in the Clowns" as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived for a Greenland signing ceremony, sparking claims of D…
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Fact-checking Trump's speech at the United Nations General Assembly
Donald Trump's UN address was packed with claims that are misleading, false or exaggerated. He said the US has more munitions than it could ever use, despite reports of depleting s…
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Viral NATO video falsely framed as 'war propaganda' against Russia
A viral NATO video is being falsely framed online as "war propaganda", with users accusing the Alliance of sharing a "promotional video" designed to prepare the public for imminent…