"AFP's tests of the feature on Friday were able to fabricate satellite images that could have had serious global consequences: an explosion in Paris, a nuclear site in Iran, a bomb crater in Russia and an Islamic State group training ground in Syria." tech.yahoo.com/ai/gemini/ar...

Google rolls back new satellite image AI tool after backlash

Google rolled back Friday a new feature allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualizations on top of the service's satellite imagery, following a furious backlash from researchers and open-sour...

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🇮🇳 I'm thrilled to be in New Delhi this week for the @inmaorg.bsky.social South Asia News Media Festival! If you're attending the conference, please come say hi after my panel or at the @afp.com booth. I'd love to chat about all things fact-checking, disinformation and media literacy. 💡

The end of consensus reality, baby

Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social · last mo.

Ha ha I hate it here

Meta removed 39 Facebook pages that were pushing false claims about NHL players following an AFP investigation. The pages were managed from Vietnam and capitalizing on playoff interest to drive traffic to sites overrun with ads. Via @marishagoldhamer.bsky.social factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Meta removes fake hockey fan pages amid playoffs

Meta has removed 39 Facebook pages that were pushing false claims about famous National Hockey League players following an AFP investigation. The pages were managed from Vietnam and capitalizing on in...

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🇹🇭 Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has rejected an audio clip of him purportedly promising to reopen border crossings with Cambodia as false and "obviously" AI-generated u.afp.com/SRPu

🇵🇭 The Philippine government has lodged complaints against several Facebook accounts and warned Meta it could face legal action if it fails to curb a torrent of disinformation targeting President Ferdinand Marcos's health. From @araeugenio.bsky.social for @afp.com: u.afp.com/SRf3

'Seeds of instability': Health disinfo targets Philippine leader

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos last month jogged out of his office and broke into impromptu jumping jacks in an attempt to dispel rumours he was paralysed, dying of late-stage cancer, or dead.

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🦠 Different virus, same disinformation playbook. @marishagoldhamer.bsky.social and @billmccarthy.bsky.social report on the deluge of Covid-era conspiracy theories about the deadly hantavirus outbreak: www.barrons.com/news/hantavi...

Hantavirus Scare Revives Covid-era Conspiracy Theories

An outbreak of the deadly hantavirus on a Dutch-flagged cruise ship is reviving conspiracy theories about vaccines, alleged depopulation campaigns and miracle cures that flourished during the Covid pa...

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🇺🇸🇨🇦 From faulty US government reports to dangerous swatting hoaxes, unfounded health claims to false election fraud narratives, look over some of our most impactful work from North America in 2025 👇#FactCheckingDay

🌍️ From AI-generated visuals and election misinformation to conflict narratives and coordinated online attacks, 2025 exposed how false information is shaping events across Africa. Here's a sample of our top debunks from across the continent for #InternationalFactCheckingDay

Happy International Fact-Checking Day! 🎉✅ I'm incredibly proud of the work my team at @afp.com has done over the past year to cover disinformation -- despite a whole host of challenges, from the rapid rise of AI to mounting pressures on our industry. #FactsMatter

AFP Fact Check@factcheck.afp.com · 4mo ago

Political crises, elections, armed conflicts and extreme weather events sparked waves of misinformation in Asia-Pacific last year. On International Fact-Checking Day, here are a few highlights of the most harmful claims we debunked in the region 🧵 #FactCheckingDay #FactsMatter

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 I'm hiring one Philippines reporter and one Myanmar editor to join @en.afp.com's award-winning digital investigation team in Asia. The positions are based in Manila and Bangkok, respectively.

US and Israeli attacks on Iran this week have triggered retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, sparking the spread of misinformation around the world. Here are some of the claims that our global team has debunked so far 🧵

A Sydney man received death threats after he was misidentified as the gunman responsible for the mass shooting at Bondi Beach. He told @afp.com he is "terrified" to leave his home www.france24.com/en/live-news...

'Terrified' Sydney man misidentified as Bondi shooter

A Sydney man said he had received death threats and was "terrified" to leave his home Monday after his photo was widely shared online as the gunman responsible for the Bondi Beach shooting.

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🇮🇩 Gambling promoters are using deceptive marketing tactics to reach Indonesian users across Meta platforms, despite the company's policies and a government crackdown on the illegal practice. Read the full @afp.com investigation: www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

Gambling ads target Indonesian Meta users despite ban

Gambling promoters are using deceptive marketing tactics to reach Indonesian users across Meta platforms, despite the company's policies and a government crackdown on the illegal practice.

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Today at 2 pm HKT! Hope to see you there 🔍

AFP Fact Check@factcheck.afp.com · 10mo ago

🚨 Last chance! Sign up for tomorrow's webinar showcasing the verification techniques behind our award-winning investigation of a network spreading disinformation about the South China Sea ➡️ u.afp.com/SmJS

Trump's Washington takeover has drawn misleading comparisons online to former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived declaration of martial law in December. Our @factcheck.afp.com team in Seoul reports on why Trump's actions do not meet that bar: u.afp.com/SQnh

A Palestinian-Canadian who left Gaza last year has become the latest target of an online campaign to deny claims of starvation in the war-torn territory

Palestinian mother 'destroyed' after image used to deny Gaza starvation

Palestinian-Canadian Faiza Najjar was able to leave Gaza last year, but could not bring her four adult daughters with her. She watched from a distance as food shortages in the territory worsened.

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THREAD: Social media is full of misrepresented visuals said to show the Texas floods. I examined two of the most viral video compilations online, and none of their 14 clips show Texas. They are all old and filmed in places like China, Mexico and Spain. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

🇰🇷 The lead-up to today's presidential election in South Korea was awash in misinformation. Here are some of the top trends our @afpfactcheck.bsky.social team in Seoul has seen www.yahoo.com/news/south-k...

South Korea election hit by misinformation

A photo of the frontrunner bowing to a Mao Zedong statue?For example, photos debunked by AFP journalists showed Lee kowtowing to a Mao statue, and wearing a face mask with the Chinese flag on it.

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South Korean police have requested an arrest warrant for a journalist over a false report related to former president Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law. @afpfactcheck.bsky.social has previously debunked the report

S. Korea Police Seek Journalist Arrest Over Martial Law 'Fake Report'

South Korean police said Tuesday they have requested an arrest warrant for a journalist over a false report related to former president Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law.

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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 I'm hiring a journalist based in Hong Kong to join @afpnews.bsky.social's award-winning @afpfactcheck.bsky.social team. If you're a Cantonese or Mandarin-speaking reporter who's passionate about fighting misinformation, this role is for you. Apply now 👇

Digital Investigation Journalist – Agence France-Presse – Fixed-term / Temporary in Hong Kong

Agence France-Presse is looking for a Digital Investigation Journalist in Hong Kong!

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Online rumours of a forthcoming earthquake in Japan have deterred Hong Kong tourists from visiting the country, according to travel firms and airlines reporting less demand @natfukue.bsky.social and @carinacheng.bsky.social report on the trend for @afpnews.bsky.social:

'Unscientific' Japan megaquake rumours spook Hong Kong tourists

Unfounded online rumours warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and airlines who report less demand from worried Hong Kongers.- 'No reason to worry' - ...

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India and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire after coming close to all-out conflict, but citizens on both sides are still peddling disinformation. @afpfactcheck.bsky.social journalists in New Delhi and Islamabad report on some of the top trends our team has seen over the past few weeks

No truce in India-Pakistan disinformation war

India and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire after coming close to all-out conflict, but on social media citizens on both sides are vying to control public perceptions by peddling disinformation.

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Who's most vulnerable to misinformation? This survey of 66,242 individuals from 24 countries points to "Generation Z, non-male, less educated, and more conservative individuals" (h/t @rachelblundy.bsky.social)

Profiling misinformation susceptibility

The global spread of misinformation poses a serious threat to the functioning of societies worldwide. But who falls for it? In this study, 66,242 indi…

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Happy International #FactCheckingDay! I’m thrilled to be in Bangkok to help CoFact and its civil society partners celebrate facts ✅

🇮🇳🇧🇩 @afpfactcheck.bsky.social journalists in New Delhi and Dhaka have fact-checked hundreds of misleading claims since Bangladesh's autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina was ousted by student protests on August 5. Here are a few of the top narratives we've debunked.

Sheikh Hasina ouster sparks explosion of false and misleading claims online

YouTube video by AFP News Agency

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🇹🇭🇲🇲 More than a million people have fled Myanmar's brutal civil war to seek shelter and work in neighboring Thailand. @afpfactcheck.bsky.social journalists in Bangkok report on how nationalists there are using disinformation to fuel prejudice against them

War of words: Myanmar migrants face disinformation in Thailand

More than a million people have fled Myanmar's brutal civil war to seek shelter and work in neighbouring Thailand, where experts say nationalists are using disinformation to fuel prejudice against the...

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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 I'm hiring an editor based in Dhaka to join @afpnews.bsky.social's award-winning @afpfactcheck.bsky.social team. If you're a Bangla speaker who's passionate about public service journalism and fighting misinformation, this role is for you. Apply now 👇

Digital Investigation Editor – Agence France-Presse – Fixed-term / Temporary in Dhaka

Agence France-Presse is looking for a Digital Investigation Editor in Dhaka!

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A young Frenchman landed in Beijing last month with a leather briefcase that he said contained hundreds of his grandfather's pictures of the Sino-Japanese War. However, an @afpnews.bsky.social digital investigation found many of the pictures were taken by other people

Frenchman's mislabelled war photos donation sparks China controversy

A Frenchman's donation of vintage conflict photographs to China offers insight into the 1930-1940s Sino-Japanese War -- even if some images are not the unique family heirlooms he believed them to be.A...

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"The threats facing Ellis ... highlight the real-life impact of disinformation for transgender people at a time when there has been a sharp uptick in the political rhetoric against them." Important story from @anujchopra.bsky.social 👇

'Vilified as boogeyman': Disinformation ensnares US trans pilot

Gingerly placing a gun on her kitchen counter, American trans pilot Jo Ellis said she no longer leaves her apartment without a firearm after false online claims about her involvement in a fatal air cr...

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