Hyper-realistic AI videos of dead celebrities -- created with apps such as OpenAI's easy-to-use Sora -- have rapidly spread online, prompting debate over the control of deceased people's likenesses. Read more: u.afp.com/S8NJ

Security has been tightened at German Christmas markets after recent deadly attacks. But if some online videos were to be believed, they've become barbed-wire fortresses guarded by armoured personnel carriers. Read more: u.afp.com/S8GZ

Social media users promoted an image supposedly depicting a mugshot of Ilhan Omar. However, the picture being shared of of the Minnesota Democrat is altered u.afp.com/IlhanOmarAlt...

Climate denial video of Canadian physicist resurfaces online. Read more: u.afp.com/S8iL

Catching measles does not protect against cancer. Read more: u.afp.com/MeaslesAndCa...

Student baselessly blamed for Brown University shooting online u.afp.com/NotTheBrownS...

This AI-generated video was shared in posts claiming Australia’s prime minster had banned visas for people from Pakistan after the deadly Bondi Beach shooting. Australia’s home affairs department told AFP there have not been any such changes u.afp.com/VisaBanAI

🇪🇹 After the US announced its decision to end temporary legal protections for Ethiopians, a video claimed to show two Ethiopian opposition politicians being forcibly deported. However, this video is AI-generated. Read more: u.afp.com/deported

🇦🇺 These fabricated photos circulated online after the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney alongside conspiracy theories about crisis actors. We found the images were generated with AI -- and the man pictured refuted the allegations after he was wounded in the attack u.afp.com/S8Jr

🇳🇬 Following a church attack by gunmen in Nigeria, a photo circulated on social media claiming to show worshippers attending a church service armed with rifles. But the photo bears signs indicating it was AI-generated. Read more: u.afp.com/rifles

This fabricated video of children wading through floods in Gaza spread in Malay-language posts as winter storms flooded encampments in the war-torn territory. The footage bears signs of AI, and AFP photos of the flooding differ from the clip u.afp.com/S7CP

The man who wrestled a gun from an attacker during Australia's deadly mass shooting is named Ahmed al Ahmed, not Edward Crabtree as false posts claim. The misinformation originated on a sham news website u.afp.com/S7Cx

🐈🐕💉 Veterinarians in the United States and Canada say a vaccine that uses RNA particle technology to protect against rabies was thoroughly tested and designed to trigger fewer adverse reactions, contradicting unfounded warnings from influencers. Read more: u.afp.com/RabiesVaccine

A Sydney man told us he received death threats and was "terrified" to leave his home after his photo was falsely shared online as the Bondi Beach assailant u.afp.com/S7Hi

This AI-generated clip has circulated widely online in Thailand amid ongoing border clashes with Cambodia. The visuals contain errors that indicate they are not authentic, contrary to posts claiming they show a Cambodian bunker under attack u.afp.com/S7rq

This video shows mourners in Guwahati bidding farewell to the singer Zubeen Garg after his death in September 2025, contrary to posts claiming it shows huge crowds gathering following the death of beloved Bollywood star Dharmendra u.afp.com/NotDharmendraFuneral

A claim circulating online that ex-opposition leader Peter Dutton accused Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at an international court of vote-buying has been dismissed as false by Dutton's Liberal Party and "complete nonsense" by a legal expert u.afp.com/DuttonAlbaneseClaim

Was the Netflix logo added to the iconic Warner Bros water tower in Burbank, California? No, the visual effects artist who created the clip told us the footage is altered. Read more: u.afp.com/WBWaterTower

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British YouTuber's clip misrepresented as US tank left in Afghanistan Read more: u.afp.com/S7mB

What we know about Bovaer and Danish cattle farms. Climate-skeptic social media accounts are rushing to cast doubt on the safety of the methane-reducing feed additive, despite local farmers' concerns still under investigation u.afp.com/cows

🇳🇬 Following the US government’s recent designation of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern,” a clip shared online claimed to show a prominent Muslim cleric urging the government to budget funds for bandits. But the video was altered to add AI-generated audio. Read more: u.afp.com/cleric

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This video from 2013 shows a tsunami experiment at a research institute in central Japan, contrary to posts claiming it shows the impact of a powerful earthquake that struck off the country's northern coast on December 8, 2025 u.afp.com/TsunamiExperimentClip

This video shows workers at a river crossing in Bangladesh, contrary to posts claiming it shows illegal migrants fleeing India ahead of a voter verification drive u.afp.com/NotFleeingMigrants

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Deadly floods in Indonesia's Sumatra island killed at least 950 people and wrecked infrastructure, but posts about the disaster falsely shared a video of a bridge being washed away by floodwaters in Vietnam u.afp.com/VietnamBridge

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After a deadly crash involving an Indian jet at the Dubai Airshow, this video was shared with the claim it shows an Indian Air Force display at the event. It in fact shows a performance by the Italian Air Force’s acrobatics team at the Jesolo Air Show u.afp.com/NotIndianJets

Indian nationals have reportedly been "duped" into joining Russia's war in Ukraine, but this video of a man in uniform pleading for help to go home is AI-generated u.afp.com/AIIndianSoldier

This video appearing to show Bollywood star and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan confronting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was manipulated from the actress’s speech at centenary celebrations for a spiritual guru u.afp.com/ManipulatedAishwaryaRaiClip

Social media posts claim this video shows Muslim residents of Dearborn, Michigan chanting for "revolution" after an Afghan allegedly shot two National Guard members. But the clip is actually from a pro-Palestinian protest in Germany. Read more: u.afp.com/NotintheUS

How anti-China disinformation shaped South Korea's year of crisis factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.793Z79E

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Videos were claimed to show migrants sleeping on the floor of an US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. However, experts identified visual inconsistencies revealing that the videos were likely created using artificial intelligence. Read more: u.afp.com/ShHQ

This video purportedly showing South Korean President Lee Jae Myung being “shunned” at the G20 summit was misleadingly edited. Longer video of the event shows several heads of state approaching Lee to exchange greetings u.afp.com/LeeG20Video

A 5.5-magnitude quake caused panic across Bangladesh and sparked a flurry of misinformation online. Users shared old photos from Nepal, Haiti and Myanmar, falsely linking it to the disaster last month u.afp.com/NotDhakaQuakeImages

This bodycam clip of a firefighter battling a blaze was filmed in Chile, not during the deadly inferno in Hong Kong last week, as posts claim u.afp.com/NotHKFire

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🇬🇧 Plans for a new nationwide UK digital ID are sparking widespread public concern, but some critics are fuelling fears with unproven claims that it will be used to boost government control over people's lives. Read more: u.afp.com/UKDigitalIDF...

🐶 Are these genuine pictures of a dog rescuing a kitten from flooding in Thailand's southern Songkhla province? No -- The images are in fact generated with Google's AI tool u.afp.com/AIDogRescuer

❌ Pakistan has continued to repatriate Afghan refugees, but a video shared in posts claiming it shows officials mistreating women forced to depart the country is old. The clip originally appeared in reports about a raid on a Pakistani criminal gang in February 2021 u.afp.com/NotAfghaniRefugees

🇹🇿 🇺🇬 After CNN published an investigation into post-election violence in Tanzania, a video emerged appearing to show Uganda's leader warning CNN against doing similar reporting in his country. But the video was doctored using AI to replace his voice. Read more: u.afp.com/Museveni

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🇳🇬 A video widely shared on social media claims to show Donald Trump reprimanding Nigerian leader Bola Tinubu. But this if false; the video contains visual inconsistencies that point to the use of artificial intelligence tools. Read more: u.afp.com/Tinubu

This months-old video shows a protest during a deadly uprising in Nepal, contrary to posts claiming it shows huge crowds that attended an anti-corruption rally in the Philippine capital Manila u.afp.com/NotManilaRally

🇰🇷 South Korea's visa-free policy for Chinese tourists has spawned a wave of disinformation, but posts claiming the new rules have led to a murder actually share an old incident from 2016 u.afp.com/OldMurderCase

🇨🇦🚜 Protests advocating for greater agricultural sovereignty sprung up in Canada in November 2025, but these images of an apparent tractor roll demonstration were generated by artificial intelligence. Read more: u.afp.com/Shff

Based in US or Nigeria? Musk's X erupts over location feature. Read more: u.afp.com/XLocation

These videos show Japanese actresses talking about their podcast and an influencer discussing relationships, contrary to posts claiming they show Okinawa residents saying the region "does not belong to Japan" u.afp.com/NotOkinawaVideos