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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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00:03:19

Russian propaganda usurps RFI report and French armed...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/03/28

Russian disinformation has created a fraudulent report purporting to come from our sister radio station RFI, insinuating that "Ukrainian soldiers sent for tuberculosis treatment in France" are responsible for France's recent rebound in the disease. Meanwhile, French authorities have taken down a fake French armed forces website, which invited French citizens to enlist in Ukraine. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:06:06

Why false Brigitte Macron 'transgender' claims are...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/03/27

The false rumour that French First Lady Brigitte Macron was born a man has been going viral in France since 2021, pushed by conspiracy theorists and the far right. This rumour has now resurfaced in the US, with conservative political commentator Candace Owens peddling it. We explain the origin of this fake claim in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:06:06

Moscow concert hall attack: Fake claims continue to...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/03/26

Even though the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly Moscow concert hall attack, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, pro-Russian social media users and bots are continuing to insist that Ukraine was involved in the atrocity. We debunk all the false claims for you in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:04:55

No, FRANCE 24 did not broadcast this fake Macron...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/03/25

The winter cover of French quarterly magazine L'Hémicycle has been altered to portray President Emmanuel Macron as a plucked rooster. The same Telegram account that shared this fake magazine cover also shared an altered FRANCE 24 news broadcast. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:03:10

Claim that female Israeli soldiers were raped uses...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/03/14

Some pro-Palestinian accounts on social media are sharing a photo that they claim shows two Israeli female soldiers who were "subjected to gang rape and violence" within the Israeli army. We tell you where this photo really comes from in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:04:19

'Kate-gate': How might have the Princess of Wales’...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/03/11

Catherine, the Princess of Wales has admitted to editing the Mother’s Day portrait uploaded in what was her first official photograph since her abdominal surgery in January. News agencies worldwide scrapped the photo following concern it had been manipulated – and though the photograph was meant to relieve public speculation about her health, the alterations on the image have inadvertently triggered more questions. FRANCE 24’s Vedika Bahl digs deeper in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:58

The fake news campaign targeting India's protesting...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/03/01

Indian farmers in Punjab and Haryana are accusing PM Narendra Modi of backtracking on promises made since the 2020-2021 farmers' protests that brought New Delhi to a standstill, putting the Hindu nationalist BJP leader under pressure as an election looms. But social media users – often BJP supporters – have shared out-of-context or false images, accusing the farmers of secret wealth, or that they're part of the "Khalistani" Sikh separatist group. Vedika Bahl explains in this edition of Truth or

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00:04:52

FRANCE 24 video edited to spread fake news about...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/29

An extract from FRANCE 24's sister French-language fact-checking show that's circulating on social media appears to support the claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has misappropriated funds to buy himself luxury yachts – an unfounded accusation that has repeatedly resurfaced. But the video has been edited: the journalist in it was in fact debunking, not affirming, the allegation.

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00:05:47

Russian disinformation campaign 'Matryoshka' targets...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/28

Hours after the death of Alexei Navalny, viral posts started circulating on social media showing his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, in the arms of other men. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:29

Arsenal seized by Niger junta was not 'hidden' by...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/27

Seven months after the coup that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, Niger's security forces have seized large quantities of weapons in the capital. They say the military equipment belongs to France, and accuse Paris of trying to destabilise the country. In fact, the items were found in two locations linked to the EU, not France. The EU says the weapons were there for one reason only: to protect its staff from terrorist threats before their planned withdrawal from the country.

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00:03:53

These are not 'children' sent to fight for Ukraine

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/26

We debunk an ongoing theme in the Russian disinformation and propaganda campaign: That Ukraine is sending children to fight on the frontline. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:04:36

Deepfake of FRANCE 24 journalist continues to be...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/16

As reported in Wednesday's edition of Truth of Fake, FRANCE 24 has been the victim of a deepfake. The video in question, which manipulates an extract from one of our French-language news bulletins by using artificial intelligence to simulate the presenter's voice, falsely claims that French President Emmanuel Macron postponed a trip to Ukraine over fears of a plot to assassinate him there. The video is still being spread on social media. Pro-Russian propaganda outlet Pravda.fr, which originally

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00:04:33

FRANCE 24 journalist impersonated in new deepfake video

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/15

A viral video supposedly shows an extract from one of FRANCE 24's news bulletins on its French-language channel. In it, the presenter announces that French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed his trip to Ukraine, because the French secret services had intercepted an assassination attempt against him. But the news is false, and the video a deepfake, as Emerald Maxwell explains.

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00:05:10

Anti-Ukraine trolls use 'Operation Matryoshka'...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/09

Not content with simply creating and spreading fake news, anti-Ukraine trolls are now also using a new disinformation tactic: a method dubbed "Operation Matryoshka" (or Russian doll), which has been exposed by the "Bot Blocker" collective and AFP fact checkers. It is designed to divert the attention of journalists and muddy the waters of information even more. We take a closer look.

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00:05:17

Artificial Intelligence and deepfakes take over...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/08

One day before Pakistan's general election, deepfakes targeting Imran Khan's PTI party started circulating on social media, in which Khan and other PTI members allegedly call for an election boycott. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:04:53

What we know about the photo of a stripped and...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/07

A viral photo that shows a Palestinian prisoner, stripped, injured and handcuffed has become the symbol of Palestinian resistance in Gaza. We tell you what we know about this photo in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:04:44

No, Taylor Swift did not endorse Donald Trump at the...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/06

A video of Taylor Swift posing during the 2024 Grammy Awards, in which she purportedly holds a flag endorsing Donald Trump, has gone viral on social media. It's not the first time an image of the singer has been manipulated using the same flag. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:05

No, these videos do not show tanks along the...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/05

Viral videos that purportedly show tanks amassing on the US border with Mexico are adding fuel to the fire in the tense standoff between Texan authorities and the Biden administration. But the video footage has been taken out of context, as FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell explains.

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00:05:47

AI sells scams: How deepfakes of celebrities & news...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/02

Fake ads and TV news interviews are going viral on social media, used as advertisements promoting apps and games to get rich quick. The faces of several celebrities like Ed Sheeran, Kylian Mbappé and news presenters from around the world are being distorted by AI deepfakes – including our own here at FRANCE 24. Vedika Bahl takes a deeper dive into these invented interviews in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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00:05:53

Myanmar air strikes: How an NGO's report poked holes...

Truth or Fake ·

2024/02/01

This Thursday marks three years since Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, and the country is still beset by a civil war between the ruling junta and armed ethnic groups. On January 7, residents and officials of a small village in western Myanmar said the air force had conducted air strikes killing 17 civilians, but the official state media called the claim "fake news." In this edition of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl shows how a probe by the NGO Myanmar Witness contradicts this denial.

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