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This image, which is viral in multiple languages, purports to show Donald Trump bowing while shaking Chinese leader Xi Jinping's hand.
But it is altered.
Video footage of the meeting did not show the US president bowing as he greeted his counterpart.
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After his meeting in Beijing with Xi Jinping, Donald Trump shared a digitally altered image that falsely claimed to show Joe Biden confused and turning his back on the Chinese leader years earlier.
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X users spent the week blaming Brown University's shooting on Palestinian student Mustapha Kharbouch, even as school and state officials rejected those allegations. Now, authorities have ID'd the suspect as another man: Claudio Neves Valente.
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Kansas City Chiefs fan Denton Loudermill Jr. died in April after misinformation falsely accusing him of a shooting at the 2024 Super Bowl champions' parade sent him into a year-long spiral of paranoia.
His family is still trying to pick up the pieces.
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Social media is full of misrepresented visuals said to show the Texas floods.
I examined two of the most viral video compilations online, and none of their 14 clips show Texas.
They are all old and filmed in places like China, Mexico and Spain.
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Grok shows 'flaws' in fact-checking Israel-Iran war: study
"Grok demonstrated that it struggles with verifying already-confirmed facts, analyzing fake visuals, and avoiding unsubstantiated claims."
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#FactCheck by @afpfactcheck: ALTERED
After House prosecutors defended VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, her allies shared a viral video of students slamming the move. But the clip — with millions of views — shows signs of being AI-generated. #TsekPH buff.ly/fs5WU8s
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Our reporter @PaulaCabescu has been looking at the disinformation campaign targeting Romania’s pro-EU presidential candidate ahead of this weekend’s vote.
Meanwhile, social media algorithms have boosted his far-right opponent @AFP f24.my/BAtM
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With 1.3 million followers, a Donald Trump-supporting far-right candidate is riding a wave of popularity on TikTok ahead of the re-run of Romania's presidential election in which he is expected to win Sunday's first round rfi.fr/en/international-news… via @PaulaCabescu for @AFP
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#FactCheck by @afpfactcheck: FALSE
A video falsely claims the ICC president said the court has no jurisdiction over ex-Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's case. #TsekPH buff.ly/W7LIQoC
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Of course the Hull Daily Mail didn't splash on the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk. It was a made-up story designed to look credible under the banner of a local UK media @hulllive
A little bit of digging by @billdmccarthy for @afp confirmed this factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.co…
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Large protests were staged in Greece on February 28 to mark the 2nd anniversary of the country's deadliest train crash. But footage from Athens was soon shared online with a false claim it shows a "massive riot" against immigration factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.co… via @AFPFactCheck
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This image, purporting to show a man in a "Latinos for Trump" shirt swept up in an ICE raid as Donald Trump's administration ramps up deportations, is altered.
The original photo is from 2018. The man was wearing a plain shirt, not one supporting Trump.
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That viral video claimed on social media to show looters pillaging a Los Angeles home amid the wildfires?
I found the woman who was living there. She says the footage shows her nephews and son rescuing her belongings as her rental home caught fire.
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Widespread social media posts glorifying Luigi Mangione on Instagram and other platforms are falsely claiming a newly resurfaced video shows the CEO shooting suspect busting out skateboarding tricks.
The man is not Mangione, but skateboarder Guy Azulay.
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This image, purporting to show a CNN broadcast listing Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's pronouns, is an altered fake.
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.@AFPFactCheck Donald Trump's children would not be in peril under his proposal to end birthright citizenship.
All five of the president-elect's children were born in the US, and even if they weren't, they could claim citizenship through their father. u.afp.com/5ycW
