Evie Townend
News and Online Journalist at Full Fact
Journalist | fact checker at Full Fact ✉️ [email protected]
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1 week ago |
fullfact.org | Evie Townend
What was claimed A video shows the Air India plane that crashed recently in Ahmedabad taking off. Our verdict This footage has been online for over a year and actually shows an Air India Boeing 777 taking off from London Heathrow Airport in May 2024. The plane that crashed in Ahmedabad was a Boeing 787. A video of an Air India plane taking off is being shared on social media with claims it shows Flight 171 that crashed in Ahmedabad in India last week. But this is not recent footage.
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1 week ago |
fullfact.org | Evie Townend
A video is circulating on social media with claims it shows anti-government protests taking place in Iran amid days of airstrikes between Iran and Israel. But this is an old clip that predates these events. The video shows a fight amongst a crowd of people, some of whom appear to be police or security forces carrying shields and batons.
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1 week ago |
fullfact.org | Evie Townend
A video is being shared on social media with claims it shows scenes in Tel Aviv amid recent airstrikes between Iran and Israel. But this is not real footage and was almost certainly created with artificial intelligence (AI). The video being shared on social media comprises two clips that appear to be drone footage of a dense urban landscape where multiple buildings have been reduced to rubble.
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2 weeks ago |
fullfact.org | Evie Townend
A clip is being shared on social media with claims it shows footage from the London-bound plane that crashed in Ahmedabad in India on 12 June, but it actually shows a 2023 plane crash in Nepal. The footage (WARNING: very distressing content) shows the view from a plane window before the camera turns to show the man filming and other passengers inside the cabin. The footage then becomes shaky, obscured and filled with flames.
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3 weeks ago |
fullfact.org | Evie Townend
A clip supposedly showing Pope Leo XIV addressing a speech to Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré is being shared on social media. But this is not a real speech and the clip was edited, most likely using artificial intelligence. The 36-minute video appears to show Pope Leo, who was elected head of the Catholic church on 8 May, reading a speech from sheets of paper.
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