Fact-check Malta: Fake social media post warns of flight cancellations caused by Storm Harry
Fake image claims airport will be shut as old video from 2010 resurfaces on Facebook
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Fact-check Malta: How AI-generated fox videos sowed confusion over genuine sighting
An activist posted a photo of a lost fox. Soon, Maltese social media was flooded with AI videos of foxes
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Flurry of stars targeted by AI slop on Facebook over the holidays
As people celebrated Christmas in the United States, heartwarming stories spread on Facebook about celebrities from First Lady Melania Trump to pop star Sabrina Carpenter allegedly building a multi-million dollar church as an act of charity for a “struggling” community. But the stories are false, stemming from text generated by artificial intelligence and pushed by pages that use AI images to attract engagement with clickbait.
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AI’s blind spot: tools fail to detect their own fakes
November 25, 2025 When outraged Filipinos turned to an AI-powered chatbot to verify a viral photograph of a lawmaker embroiled in a corruption scandal, the tool failed to detect it was fabricated — even though it had generated the image itself. Internet users are increasingly turning to chatbots to verify images in real time, but
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‘AI president’: Trump deepfakes glorify himself, trash rivals
November 12, 2025 In a parallel reality, Donald Trump reigns as king, fighter pilot, and Superman, and his political opponents are cast as criminals and laughingstocks — an unprecedented weaponization of AI imagery by a sitting American president. Trump has ramped up his use of artificial intelligence-generated content on his Truth Social channel since starting
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Fact-check Malta: Deepfake scam articles impersonate ministers after Budget Day
Scammers use familiar methods but are becoming increasingly sophisticated
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Fact-check Malta: AI-generated videos of unusual incidents on Malta’s streets
November 4, 2025 A series of AI generated videos posted in recent days showing unusual sightings in Malta’s streets have duped many people into believing they are real. The videos range from plausible events, such as photorealistic depictions of near-traffic accidents, to seemingly implausible, such as the sight of exotic animals freely roaming Malta’s streets.
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YouTube users trip over fake AI tributes to Charlie Kirk
October 21, 2025 “Thank you, Adele, it’s such a beautiful song,” reads a glowing comment beneath an emotional YouTube tribute to slain US activist Charlie Kirk. But the music is AI-generated — and bears little resemblance to the British icon’s voice. Rapidly evolving artificial intelligence tools can now create songs from simple text prompts, mimicking
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Fact-check Malta: Scammers use fatal car crash to solicit fake donations
October 21, 2025 Claim: The family of a tragic car crash are requesting donations through a Facebook page. Verdict: The Facebook page was set up by scammers, hoping to defraud people of their funds. Online scammers are soliciting donations in the name of Sandra and Kevin Bonnici, one of the two couples who died tragically in
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‘Fueling sexism’: AI ‘bikini interview’ videos flood internet
September 12, 2025 The videos are strikingly lifelike, featuring bikini-clad women conducting street interviews and eliciting lewd comments — but they are entirely fake, generated by AI tools increasingly used to flood social media with sexist content. Such AI slop — mass-produced content created by cheap artificial intelligence tools that turn simple text prompts into
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