US secret service agents grinning after Trump assassination attempt? No, image altered
21 July 2024 – An iconic photo of secret service agents pulling Donald Trump to safety has been doctored. In the original, the agents weren’t smiling.
Senegal’s new president Faye telling France to leave his country alone? No, old video of allied politician Sonko with English audio added
2 April 2024 – Bassirou Diomaye Faye has pledged to fight France’s “economic stranglehold” on Senegal. But the viral video of a man slamming the former colonial power been dubbed into English – and it shows Ousmane Sonko, not Faye.
Trump backs South Africa’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party? No, video dubbed
28 March 2024 – Former US president Donald Trump has not urged all South Africans to vote for the new political party in upcoming elections. The altered video was created with Parrot AI, a “celebrity voice generator”.
Doctored image of Israeli soldiers with Isis flag used to claim Mossad and CIA created Islamic State
20 March 2024 – The image is not proof that Israeli and US intelligence agencies created the Islamist group. The original photo shows the soldiers holding a green and yellow flag – not the black and white flag of Isis.
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