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Truth or Fake

FRANCE 24 English

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.

news & politics

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00:05:07

Photo of Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Benjamin...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/02/05

An AI-generated photo of Musk, Trump and Netanyahu is making the rounds on social media, following the meeting between the Israeli and US leader in The White House to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas. In other news, some claim that President Donald Trump is holding talks with Albania to potentially take over 100.000 Gazan refugees. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:01

Did Donald Trump halt UNRWA funding?

Truth or Fake ·

2025/02/04

As President Donald Trump ordered the suspension of all US foreign aid programs for 90 days, claims on X started to go viral that President Trump also permanently halted funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:22

Transgender pilot wrongly accused of causing fatal...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/02/03

After a military helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger plane, killing 67 people in Washington DC, pro-Trump social media users started accusing a transgender helicopter pilot of causing the deadly crash. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:41

Did the Biden administration really give $50 million...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/30

The White House and most recently US President Donald Trump himself are claiming that they stopped $50 million in funding by the Biden administration for condoms in Gaza. Trump further alleges that the contraceptives were used by Hamas "as a method of making bombs". We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:06:29

No, these images don’t show massive migration raids...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/29

After Donald Trump announced that he would be deporting ‘millions and millions’ of immigrants from the US, some users starting sharing fake videos of these immigration raids that are underway. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:06:02

No, the Mona Lisa isn't being 'sold' to finance the...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/28

After French President Emmanuel Macron announced grand renovation plans for the Louvre museum in Paris, social media saw millions of views on a fake story about the star attraction – the Mona Lisa – being sold to finance the overhaul. The painting is not for sale, but is being moved to a new exhibition room. The falsehood originated from a French parody media, and spread further by a troll account who even joked about working at the parody company. Vedika Bahl debunks the false claim in Truth or

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00:05:40

No, these Democratic politicians did not make the...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/27

A photomontage of four Democratic politicians – Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris – has racked up over 150 million views on X, claiming to show them making what has been likened to a "Nazi salute", similar to the arm gesture Elon Musk was criticised for at Donald Trump’s inauguration. These images are stripped of their context and are all taken as screenshots from wider speeches, with no deliberate gestures. Vedika Bahl debunks clip by clip in this episode of Truth or

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00:05:04

Did META force users to follow Donald Trump and JD...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/23

After President Donald Trump’s inauguration, some users noticed that they were following Donald Trump, JD Vance, Melania Trump and the White House on Facebook and Instagram. Many users claim that this was done without their permission and that they are being blocked from unfollowing them. We explain why this occurred in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:12

No, Usha Vance’s US citizenship will not be revoked

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/22

This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship in the US that should take effect in 30 days. Viral claims started circulating shortly after on X, claiming that the first Indian-origin Second Lady would hence loose her US citizenship. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:58

Did Musk give a Nazi salute at Trump's inauguration...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/21

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a staunch ally of US President Donald Trump, ignited online backlash after two back-to-back hand gestures he made at Trump's presidential inauguration. While some say the salutatory gesture is an unambiguous Nazi salute that's normalising Nazism in 2025, others say it's a moment of social awkwardness by a man who has autism. Vedika Bahl goes through the reactions in this episode of Truth or Fake.

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00:06:10

How an AI Brad Pitt conned a woman out of €830,000,...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/16

Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt has put out a statement after a French woman was swindled into sending her life savings – €830,000 – after being scammed by his AI likeness. The woman appeared on primetime television on French channel TF1, claiming the fraudster sent daily photos, videos and even IDs as Brad Pitt, claiming the money was needed for secret cancer treatment. Her story has unleashed a torrent of widespread cyberbullying, memes and mockery online. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.

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00:04:12

Gaza ceasefire deal – What we know

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/15

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has been reportedly agreed on, after a devastating 15 months of war in Gaza. The deal is divided into three different phases – we explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:06:02

Speculation over HMPV virus infects social media

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/14

The surge in cases of the flu-like HMPV virus in northern China has raised fears of another Covid-style pandemic. Users on social media are spreading alarmist claims such as fake lockdown announcements, states of emergency and mortality rates. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:47

LA wildfires: No, 60 fire trucks were not held up for...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/13

Conspiracy theorists and pro-Trump users on social media are claiming that 60 fire trucks with aid for Los Angeles were held back due to environmental reasons such as emissions testing. Meanwhile, others are sharing a viral video claiming that LA firefighters are so under-resourced that they’re using handbags to put the wildfires. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:37

No, the Hollywood sign is not on fire

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/09

As Los Angeles battles the worst fires in its history, AI-generated images of the Hollywood sign engulfed in flames are going viral on social media. The iconic Hollywood sign remains untouched as of this Thursday, although the wildfires continue to spread. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:24

Was the female German foreign minister blurred out in...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/08

Following the state visit of the French and German foreign ministers to Syria on January 3, a photo where we see Germany's Annalena Baerbock blurred out in official photos of the visit have started to circulate online. Many claim that the Syrian government was behind these blurred photos, this after Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa declined to shake hands with the female minister during the visit. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:56

Meta scraps fact-checking: What are 'community notes'...

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/07

Social media giant Meta – home to Facebook, Instagram and Threads – is scrapping its independent fact-checking programme, instead pivoting to a "community notes" style closer to Elon Musk's X. This means that users on the platform will themselves do the flagging and correcting instead of fact-checking experts and organisations. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pointed to the US election as an influence in the move, which comes as he's positioned himself closer to Donald Trump. Vedika Bahl explains in this

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00:05:41

What we know about the Keir Starmer-Elon Musk spat

Truth or Fake ·

2025/01/06

While rallying support for far-right figure Tommy Robinson and making a U-turn on support for Reform UK's Nigel Farage, Elon Musk's latest intervention into British politics involves a new barrage of insults against PM Keir Starmer. Musk accuses Starmer of being "complicit" in covering up a national child sex abuse scandal a decade ago while he was chief prosecutor, although Starmer has blasted Musk's tirade as "lies and misinformation". Vedika Bahl takes a deep dive in this edition of Truth or

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00:05:28

No, the BBC did not report that Luigi Mangione 'shot...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/12/17

In the latest flood of misinformation regarding Luigi Mangione, the suspect indicted for the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York, some users are sharing a fake BBC headline claiming that Mangione committed suicide while in prison. The notification was actually created using Apple's latest AI tool. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:29

CNN investigates Syrian prisoner's 'false identity'...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/12/16

In CNN journalist Clarissa Ward's latest video report, she films the moment she frees a Syrian prisoner from a secretive Damascus prison belonging to the Assad regime. After this report was published, Syrian fact-checking group Verify-Sy found that the man featured in the video is not who he said he was, claiming he gave the CNN journalist a false identity. We tell you who this man really is in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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