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Truth or Fake
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.
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Epstein emails claim Bill Gates contracted STD, had sex with Russian girls
The latest Jeffrey Epstein file dump by the US Department of Justice saw a number of high profile individuals named, one of them being Microsoft found...
Police raid Paris offices of Musk's X over child sexual deepfakes
The Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit raided the French offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X on Tuesday morning, as part of a probe into al...
Epstein files: AI photos circulate of Zohran Mamdani’s mother at party
The fallout continues after the US Department of Justice released over 3 million documents pertaining to disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. New Y...
AI influencers: this viral monk selling wellness content isn't real
A Buddhist monk influencer has amassed millions of followers on social media, sharing spiritual guidance videos and selling e-books on healing. The ca...
American TikTok users claim app is censoring 'Epstein' and ICE criticism
TikTok recently changed hands in the US, giving a consortium of mainly American investors – run by Trump ally Larry Ellison – control of its US operat...
FBI's Patel falsely claims Americans 'cannot bring firearms' to protests
FBI Director Kash Patel has been accused of not knowing the law, after falsely claiming protesters cannot carry firearms to demonstrations following t...
Video evidence of Alex Pretti’s killing contradicts Trump administration’s account
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, just weeks after Renée Good's fatal shooting in the same US city...
ICE arrests in the US: What's true, what's fake
Across the United States, arrests by ICE agents – and protests against them – continue. As President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has intensif...
Greenland: Trump falsely claims the US 'gave back' territory to Denmark
In his lengthy speech at Davos, US President Donald Trump falsely claimed the US "gave back" Greenland to Denmark after World War II. In reality, Gree...
One year of Trump 2.0: how he's weaponised AI as political propaganda
As Donald Trump marks one year back in the White House, FRANCE 24's Vedika Bahl takes a closer look at how he has weaponised artificial intelligence i...
Iran protests: What we know about the varying death tolls
What is the death toll from the protests in Iran? Since demonstrations broke out against the country's theocratic regime in late December, the number...
Death of Renee Good: How AI was used to falsely identify the ICE agent who shot her
In the aftermath of Renee Good's death during an immigration raid in Minnesota, an internet manhunt began to identify the ICE agent who fatally shot h...
Iran protests: AI and dated photos mislead about pro-regime rallies
Amid nationwide protests in Iran against the country's theocracy, this week has also seen rallies take place in support of the government. But online,...
X replaces Iran’s flag emoji to historic Lion and Sun flag in support of protests
Elon Musk's social media platform X has changed its Iranian flag emoji from the current Islamic Republic flag – featuring a red emblem – to the histor...
Iran protests: Fact-checking claims of AI manipulation, low turnout
For around two weeks – and despite an internet blackout – thousands of Iranians have been mobilising in large protests that threaten the future of the...
Yes, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is 'digitally undressing' women and children
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has been fiercely criticised in recent days, after it began generating sexualised images of women and girls, flooding the...
Netflix movie scene falsely shared as real Venezuela torture footage
A viral social media clip with over 17 million views claims to show torture at the hands of Nicolas Maduro's regime in Venezuela, thus justifying US i...
‘Thank you, Trump’: video of crying Venezuelans thanking the US is AI-generated
A video showing emotional Venezuelans celebrating the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro – and thanking US President Donald Trump – has been...
AI photos fuel fake news about Nicolas Maduro’s capture
After US President Donald Trump announced Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s capture in a social media post, AI-generated images claiming to show the...
Viral videos question Morocco's AFCON stadiums after deadly floods
At least 37 people have been killed in Morocco after flash floods swept through the city of Safi. Officials say it's the country's deadliest flooding...
Fake video announcing ‘coup in France’ sparks anger at the Élysée
A viral video falsely claiming that a coup d’État has taken place in France has racked up more than 13 million views on social media. Although clearly...
Lumpy skin disease: Storm-1516 spreads disinformation about French farmers’ protests
As France battles an outbreak of lumpy skin disease among livestock, some farmers are protesting government measures such as the culling of entire her...
Ahmed or Edward? Disinformation clouds identity of Bondi Beach shooting hero
In the aftermath of the anti-Semitic Bondi Beach attack, footage emerged showing a mysterious bystander disarming one of the gunmen. Scores of users p...
No, this video does not show immigrants destroying Christmas trees across France
As the festive season gets into full swing in France, a video showing people seizing Christmas trees has gone viral on social media. Some, including t...
Is the Louvre cursed? Water leak triggers new wave of disinformation
The Louvre Museum is making headlines once again – not because of stolen jewellery, but because of a water leak. Late last month, a pipe malfunctioned...
Did JD Vance say its ‘reasonable’ to not want neighbors who speak another language?
A clip from a JD Vance interview has resurfaced in recent days, with the claim the US vice president said it's "totally reasonable to not want neighbo...
'Abolish the EU': Elon Musk clashes with Europe over X's transparency violations
In what can only be described as an online posting frenzy, Elon Musk has made a series of attacks against the European Union, calling for it to be abo...
Admiral Alvin Holsey's resignation: What we know
Back in October, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the shock resignation of the commander of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Navy Admiral Al...
Viral TikTok account impersonates France 24, spreads fake news
In recent weeks, a viral account on TikTok has impersonated FRANCE 24 in a bid to spread fake news. In this edition of Truth or Fake, Charlotte Hughes...
Did Russia accidentally destroy its ability to send cosmonauts into space?
On November 27, Russia launched a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Since then, news articles are claiming that Moscow has accidentally...
Hong Kong fire: Misinformation targets firefighters and bamboo scaffoldings
Hong Kong is reeling from its deadliest fire in seven decades, with at least 151 casualties. The blaze broke out on Wednesday in the Wang Fuk Court co...
Yes, ICE arrested the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew
33-year-old Brazil-born Bruna Ferreira was detained this week by ICE officials whilst on the school run to pick up her child, the son she shares with...
Candace Owens falsely accuses Macrons of assassination plot in bizarre conspiracy theory
In a post viewed over 43 million times, US conservative influencer Candace Owens has accused the French presidential couple of paying for her assassin...
Violence against women: Debunking misogynistic masculinist propaganda
To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Vedika Bahl talks through the rise in misogynistic propaganda online, and...
India, Nigeria, Sri Lanka: X reveals where viral MAGA accounts are based
Elon Musk's X has rolled out a new location feature: the app now shows the country or region that the account is based in. This has triggered outrage,...
‘Protecting Israel’s image’: X disabled Hebrew translation on posts, claims Grok
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok says it has disabled automatic translation on Hebrew posts, citing a surge in mistranslated expressions that made content...
'Operation Matryochka': Russian propaganda machine exploits Paris attacks
A series of French newsrooms – including France 24 – have been targeted and impersonated by a Russian disinformation campaign. The operation capitalis...
Jeffrey Epstein's brother says the 'Bubba' in viral email is not Bill Clinton
An old photo of current US President Donald Trump and former US president Bill Clinton has gone viral, alongside one of Jeffrey Epstein's released ema...
No, Amazon rainforest trees were not cut down for COP 30
As the COP30 summit proceeds, Donald Trump and others continue to share the claim that 100,000 trees in the Amazon rainforest were chopped down to mak...
Paris attacks 10 years on: how social media took centre stage
On the tenth anniversary of the deadliest terror attacks France has seen since World War II, we take a closer look at the major role social media play...