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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

All Episodes

00:05:26

Viral audio deepfake falsely claims Bashar al-Assad...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/12/11

In today’s edition of Truth or Fake, France 24's Vedika Bahl debunks two fake stories circulating from Syria, about the now-ousted Assad dynasty. One falsehood claims to show an audio extract where Bashar al-Assad renounced his post and apologised to Syrians before he fled to Russia, and another claims to show the former President’s 'cousin' being executed by rebels in a town square.

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00:05:07

No, these images don’t show Sednaya prisoners found...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/12/10

The Sednaya prison, where thousands of opponents of Bashar-Al Assad’s regime were detained and tortured, was liberated by opposition forces on Sunday. Unconfirmed rumors have been circulating that there might still be prisoners stuck in the basement of this prison, while users share images of what they claim to be prisoners released from these secret cells. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:06:50

What we know about Bashar-Al Assad’s escape from Syria

Truth or Fake ·

2024/12/09

The overthrown Syrian dictator reportedly left Syria on the night of Saturday to Sunday, accompanied by his family, in a plane that left from Damascus, around the time the capital was taken by the Islamist rebels. The plane’s odd flying route tracked by Flightradar24 has aroused much speculation about Assad’s whereabouts in the initial moments he fled. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:40

No, these images don’t show tanks and protests in the...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/12/03

Following the declaration of martial law in South Korea by President Yoon Suk Yeol, images of tanks and alleged massive protests in Seoul started to circulate online. We tell you which images are fake and which are real in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:09

No, this video doesn’t show rebels beheading Syrian...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/12/02

In northwestern Syria, where rebel forces seized Aleppo last Wednesday, capturing swathes of land across the region and fighting against Bashar al-Assad’s forces. Misinformation and out of context imagery is surging online, including a violent video claiming to show insurgents beheading a Syrian Army soldier, and another being depicted as the Syrian regime’s nighttime retaliation against the rebels. However, both are being misrepresented. Vedika Bahl talks us through it in Truth or Fake.

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00:05:49

France said Netanyahu is “immune” to the ICC's arrest...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/11/27

The French government has claimed the Israeli Prime Minister has immunity from the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for war crimes -- on the grounds that Israel isn’t an ICC member. This position has garnered criticism, in contrast to Paris’s attitude towards the ICC warrant issued against another non-member Vladimir Putin. But does Netanyahu really garner immunity as a sitting head of state? Vedika Bahl does a deep dive into the legalities in Truth or Fake.

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00:05:32

No, this viral photo doesn’t show Iran's Supreme...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/11/20

Social media was abuzz with misleading, out of context images from Iran this week: dated, decade-old images being used to claim Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was hospitalised in a coma, and a slew of footage from 2022 demonstrations being presented as current unrest. Vedika Bahl talks us through it in this episode of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:01

No, these videos don’t show Putin’s reaction to Biden...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/11/19

Following President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use Western missiles in Russia, users on social media are sharing videos of Putin threatening to use nuclear weapons, and more. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:31

No, these images do not show North Korean troops in...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/11/18

US, NATO, and South Korean intelligence agencies have confirmed that Russia has deployed North Korean soldiers to fight against Ukraine. Despite claims on social media that images prove the presence of these soldiers on the front lines, we investigate the facts in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:15

Did Beyonce and Taylor Swift announce a 'red state...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/11/12

A week after the US presidential election, fake posts are claiming superstar singers Beyonce and Taylor Swift will no longer be performing in Republican states that voted for Donald Trump. Though these posts were labelled "satire", it hasn’t stopped users from sharing the claims. Vedika Bahl explains in this episode of Truth or Fake.

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00:04:06

What we know: How the attacks on Israeli football...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/11/11

The Dutch capital is on red alert after violence broke out last week between pro-Palestine demonstrators and Israeli football fans, in what the Dutch government has slammed as “unadulterated anti-Semitism”. Videos on social media have spread showing groups kicking and chasing Israelis. However, police reports mention Israeli fans burning Palestinian flags and using racial chants. So how did the clashes unfold? In this episode of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl takes a look at what we know about the

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00:05:31

'BlueAnon' conspiracy theorists spread viral voter...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/11/07

Following US Election Day results, some Democratic social media users began to falsely accuse Donald Trump of "cheating" in the presidential race. This wave of "QAnon-like" disinformation coming from Kamala Harris supporters increased after Trump's July assassination attempt, although it is less structured than that of far-right extremists on social media. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:06:11

How Elon Musk became a US election misinformation...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/11/05

A vocal support of Donald Trump, X's owner Elon Musk has been massively spreading misinformation related to the US presidential election. According to our findings, in the first three weeks of October alone, the billionaire published at least 28 fake news stories on his X account, which were seen nearly 540 million times. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:22

No, 'illegal Haitian immigrants' are not voting for...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/11/04

A viral video claims to show Haitian immigrants in the US committing voter fraud by voting several times for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:19

Russia behind viral fake video of ripped-up Trump...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/10/29

A viral fake video, produced by Russian influence actors, purports to show a man ripping up mail-in ballots for Donald Trump in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Intelligence agencies have found that Russia has increased its election meddling efforts in favour of the Republican candidate. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:06:02

Did Donald Trump privately praise Hitler?

Truth or Fake ·

2024/10/28

The Atlantic reports that in 2020, then president Donald Trump said to two people in a private conversation at The White House: "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had." Trump's former chief of staff John Kelly has also been quoted by The Atlantic and The New York Times, claiming that the former president made positive comments about Hitler in their interactions. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:04:25

What we know about the 'UNRWA ID' allegedly found...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/10/21

Israeli media said last week that the two men killed alongside Hamas head Yahya Sinwar were his bodyguards, and that one of them worked for the UN agency UNRWA. It later posted photos of items allegedly found at the scene, including an "UNRWA ID", leading to online accusations that the UN agency is linked to Hamas or that Sinwar was falsifying his identity. However, the document is an expired passport belonging to a man who is very much alive, and who has fled Gaza. Vedika Bahl shares what we know

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00:04:52

No, the videos of Palestinians burning to death at...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/10/15

A fire after an Israeli air attack on a hospital complex in central Gaza where displaced Palestinians were sheltering has killed at least four people. Videos taken at the scene show people appearing to be burned alive after their tents caught fire in the early hours of Monday morning – videos which some social media accounts accuse of being fake. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:41

Did CBS edit their '60 Minutes' sit-down interview...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/10/10

US network CBS News is facing heavy backlash after being accused of conducting a "grotesque" edit on Kamala Harris's "lengthy" response to a question on Israel, in its "60 Minutes" interview that the network aired on October 7. Critics say that CBS did this in order to portray Harris in a more favourable light. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:43

Debunking claims that Hurricane Milton was created by...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/10/09

Many pro-Trump conspiracy theorists on social media are falsely claiming that the US government is using certain geoengineering technologies to control the weather. Also in this edition of Truth or Fake, we debunk Donald Trump's claims about the US government's response to Hurricane Helene.

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