Truth or Fake - No, the French army did not deploy tanks against protesting students
- France's student protests have sparked a wave of misleading content online.
- A viral TikTok falsely claimed the French army had deployed an armoured vehicle against protesters, when it was actually returning to a nearby military base.
- Other posts recycle 2023 footage of retirement protests as current events, while an AI-generated image was falsely presented as showing a police officer being attacked.
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- France's student protests have sparked a wave of misleading content online.
- A viral TikTok falsely claimed the French army had deployed an armoured vehicle against protesters, when it was actually returning to a nearby military base.
- Other posts recycle 2023 footage of retirement protests as current events, while an AI-generated image was falsely presented as showing a police officer being attacked.
Sources: France 24