@HKU School of Future Media
The claim is demonstrably false. The photo/video has been doctored. Stories investigate factual validity of the claim and/or the authenticity of photo/video.
A key frame in the clip matches a 2012 Xinhua news photo of Zhang seated in a wheelchair at an UN event. Visual evidence indicates the viral video was created from the old image.
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Widely shared clips repurpose charity videos on rural poverty and disability, not marriage customs or domestic abuse
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The oldest version of the image we found had a watermark of Galaxy AI from Samsung. The Shymkent Zoo confirmed that it has no polar bear, and there has been no escape incident.
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Neither the State Council order nor the news article in question contains phrases like “organs belong to the state” or “state-owned assets.”
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The image features a structure resembling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France; the same image was posted two weeks before the London protest took place.
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The original instruction does not mention payment. To release the flotation ring, one should scan a QR code (to register personal information) or simply press the emergency button.
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The eight-second clip displays the Veo logo, Google’s video generation model, in the bottom right corner. It also contains SynthID, an invisible watermark embedded in images and videos created with Google’s AI tools.
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The image accompanying the false claim shows the police raid at the Apple Daily newspaper headquarters in June 2021.
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In the original news photo, the man appears to have thick eyebrows and facial hair. The incident has nothing to do with the popular boy band singer.
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The tweet belongs to a politically satirical account. The fabricated letter has many inconsistencies with other official documents signed by Trump.
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