Fact-check Malta: Scam videos using audio deepfakes to imitate BBC reports
The videos are part of a cryptocurrency scam making its way across Europe
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This image of queues in Greece was created using artificial intelligence
September 21, 2023 Heavy rains in early September 2023 caused deadly flooding in Thessaly in central Greece, leaving residents in some towns without drinking water and triggering queues for bottled water. In the wake of this natural disaster, posts on social networks shared an image generated by artificial intelligence (AI) claiming or implying that it
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Fact-check Malta: Woman forced to film hostage-style video in blackmail scam
Police: Victims scammed €36,600 in cryptocurrency
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Greek TV used Croatian movie to show football fans performing Nazi salute
August 17, 2023 After a Greek football fan was killed on the sidelines of a Champions League game due to be held in Athens on August 7, 2023, Greek media produced numerous stories about the hardcore supporters of the rival Croatian football club implicated in the violence. In one report, the private TV channel Skai
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Fact-check Malta: Scammers are using AI deepfakes to impersonate Maltese citizens
After taking over your Facebook account, scammers create a fake video of you praising their scam
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Video of a chanting crowd is from a Mexico music concert, not a protest in France
The June 2023 killing in France of a teenager of Algerian descent by a policeman sparked days of protests and riots in several French cities. In this context, Greek social network users shared a video of thousands of people packed into a city area with audio of loud chants in Arabic. The video is presented as a gathering in response to the shooting. However, this is false. The video shows a free concert by a popular band in central Mexico City. A soundtrack of Islamic chants was added over the images.
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Videos shown on Greek television did not show migrants from Pylos tragedy
June 29, 2023 Days after an overloaded boat sank in the Mediterranean on June 14, 2023 with a heavy loss of life, a Greek television station aired a video of men on a crowded vessel with the claim they were migrants on the same ship before it went down. But this is wrong. The video
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Bill Gates did not say in this interview that Covid vaccines were ‘dangerous’
April 27, 2023 In a 2022 video interview, Bill Gates praised Covid-19 vaccines while admitting they were not perfect in entirely blocking the transmission of the virus and in the limited duration of their effect. A Greek website shared a clip from this video in April 2023 with the false claim that it showed him
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