AFP Fact Check 🔎 @AFPFactCheck
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🇨🇦 The cause of the deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright remains under investigation, but this clip of a massive explosion is unrelated. It was first published in August in connection to a blast at an arms factory outside Rome u.afp.com/SCEd
🌀 Hurricane season: be careful of AI slop weather maps on social media
🇳🇬 Nigeria’s President Tinubu did not award ally Gilbert Chagoury a $7 billion port deal. Tinubu witnessed the signing of a non-binding MoU between DP World and Ogun State, not a final concession. DP World says Chagoury is not a shareholder. Read more: u.afp.com/TinubuDeal
US influence, AI and mistrust cloud Alberta independence vote u.afp.com/SChF
Supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan rallied in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in October 2026, but a video purportedly showing protesters setting a building ablaze actually shows protests in Nepal in 2025. u.afp.com/SCWr
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court reinstated a prison sentence for hardline monk Gnanasara, prompting protests by his supporters. But this circulating image purportedly showing monks marching in protest was generated using AI. u.afp.com/SCsy
Claims that a Cleveland Clinic study found the risk of contracting influenza increases after getting the shot misrepresent the findings of a paper which has yet to be peer-reviewed u.afp.com/SChC
Wildfires in Indonesia have shrouded parts of the region in toxic haze, but satellite imagery and Malaysian authorities indicate a circulating map exaggerates the scale of the fires. We also found it was generated with AI. u.afp.com/SCQW
🌀 No human-made technology is capable of creating or redirecting hurricanes. Despite their near-simultaneous development, meteorologists say tropical systems Isaias, Rachel and Simon resulted from natural weather conditions u.afp.com/SChy
🇪🇹 Old clips of Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed are being misrepresented as recent visits to Tigray amid the latest conflict. One was filmed in Amhara in 2021, the other at a cultural event in Addis Ababa in 2019. Read more: u.afp.com/AbiyMekelle
🗳️ Recycled misleading claims stoke election concerns ahead of Alberta referendum u.afp.com/SCdC
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@OStatusupp Hej! Jag tar kontakt från nyhetsbyrån AFP:s faktagranskningsservice för Europa där vi granskar desinformation som sprids i sociala medier. Jag granskar nu bilden där Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist ska ha en slöja på sig: x.com/OStatusupp/sta…
@OStatusupp Hej! Jag tar kontakt från nyhetsbyrån AFP:s faktagranskningsservice för Europa där vi granskar desinformation som sprids i sociala medier. Jag granskar nu bilden där Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist ska ha en slöja på sig: x.com/OStatusupp/sta…
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President Donald Trump attributed a quote exalting him to American actor Denzel Washington, but the purported statement is fabricated. Near-identical posts have falsely attributed the same quote to everyone from Matthew McConaughey to Pope Leo XIV u.afp.com/SCMK
A newspaper front page from 2006 is circulating in Nigeria, featuring what appears to be a report on presidential candidate Peter Obi revealing how he was "cured of madness". However, the original was altered by incorporating Obi's name and image u.afp.com/SCN7
Old videos purportedly showing the recent student protests in France are being shared in a false context. We found the clips were actually filmed in Paris during a 2022 protest and as PSG fans celebrated in 2026 u.afp.com/SCw6
Social media users shared an infographic bearing the logo of Malaysia's Election Commission falsely claiming key dates for Malacca's state election had been rescheduled. But the new dates were fabricated, while the commission dismissed the false claim. u.afp.com/SCU6
Meteorologist retracts AI-hallucinated map of Hurricane Isaias u.afp.com/SCiv
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