Truth or Fake

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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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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