Truth or Fake - Venezuela earthquakes: old footage and AI fakes exploit disaster online
- As rescue efforts continue in Venezuela after the twin earthquakes struck, social media has been flooded with misleading videos falsely claiming to show the devastation.
- Viral clips have been recycled from disasters in other countries, old footage from Venezuela presented as current, and AI-generated videos posing as real.
- Together, these tactics are driving widespread misinformation about the disaster, as the death toll climbs.
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- As rescue efforts continue in Venezuela after the twin earthquakes struck, social media has been flooded with misleading videos falsely claiming to show the devastation.
- Viral clips have been recycled from disasters in other countries, old footage from Venezuela presented as current, and AI-generated videos posing as real.
- Together, these tactics are driving widespread misinformation about the disaster, as the death toll climbs.
Sources: France 24