Truth or Fake
by FRANCE 24 English
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Trump's second-term playbook: Fake news, AI and attacks on his critics
Trump's second-term playbook: Fake news, AI and attacks on his critics
About this podcast
Truth or Fake is a fact-checking rendez-vous in association with the FRANCE 24 Observers. Our content focuses on false images circulating online and how to identify them. Monday to Thursday at 8:45pm and 10:20pm Paris time.
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- Trump's second-term playbook: Fake news, AI and attacks on his critics · 8 minUS President Donald Trump could be credited with popularising the term "fake news", but his own presidency has been riddled with numerous false claims, conspiracy theories and…
- Trump promised a 'Golden Age'. What has he delivered at home? · 8 minDonald Trump promised Americans a "Golden Age" when he returned to the White House in January 2025. Since then, his administration has slashed government spending through DOGE…
- Trump promised 'no more wars'. His foreign policy tells another story · 8 minUS President Donald Trump promised an "America First" foreign policy and pledged to keep the US out of foreign wars. But since returning to the White House, his administration…
- Protests in Europe: Fact-checking viral videos amid claims of 'chaos' · 5 minAs young people protest poor school conditions and the rising cost of living across Europe, misleading videos are spreading online. Footage from Poland in 2017, military…
- Israel's Ben-Gvir shares AI videos mocking Gazans as 'donkeys' and sending them to Paris · 6 minIsrael's far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is using AI-generated videos to mock Palestinians and push political messages ahead of the Israeli general election, including videos…
- Trump exploits France riots to push false immigration claims ahead of midterms · 5 minUS President Donald Trump and his inner circle are using unrest in France to push unsubstantiated claims blaming the riots on immigration, even showing French protest footage at…
- 'I'm alive': Paris street medic isn't dead, despite viral claims he was killed by police · 5 minA video showing French riot police violently beating a 26-year-old street medic in Paris has gone viral, with social media users falsely claiming he died from his injuries. But…
- France riots: AI photos falsely depict elderly couple 'stripped and robbed' · 5 minAI-generated photos falsely claiming to show an elderly couple being "stripped and robbed" during unrest in France have racked up millions of views. Amplified by far-right…
- Fake AI images of protester go viral after woman punched at Trump's Ohio rally · 6 minA protester who heckled US President Donald Trump at his midterm rally in Youngstown, Ohio, was physically assaulted and removed from the event, but fake AI-generated photos…
- Trump sparks outrage over AI tiger video after sharing footage of fatal UK attack · 5 minUS President Donald Trump has sparked outrage after sharing the distressing footage of a 23-year-old man with mental illness being fatally mauled by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife…
- Have Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres hit Russian online disinformation? · 5 minAfter recent Ukrainian bombings of Russian data centres belonging to Yandex, internet users claim to have noticed a sharp reduction in pro-Russian and far-right populist social…
- No, these pictures do not show the Houthi attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid Airport · 5 minAs Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport suffers a string of deadly attacks, claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels, a slew of AI-generated or decontextualised videos and…
- No, the French army did not deploy tanks against protesting students · 4 minFrance's student protests have sparked a wave of misleading content online. A viral TikTok falsely claimed the French army had deployed an armoured vehicle against protesters…
- White House promotes 'Trump TV' with AI-altered photo · 4 minThe White House has promoted "Trump TV" using an AI-altered photo of passengers apparently watching the president's new streaming channel. But the image was originally posted…
- Russian lab worker's death sparks plague fears as unverified claims spread online · 6 minThe death of a 28-year-old Russian lab worker at Siberia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute has sparked online panic about a "plague, despite the WHO assessing the public…
- 'France has fallen': Far-right figures fuel Islamophobic claims with false student protest videos · 6 minFrance's student protests have become the target of a wave of false and misleading videos shared by far-right figures, including Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson. Old footage and…
- AI deepfake of BBC report falsely links Indians to FlyDubai hijacking attempt · 5 minFalse videos are circulating after the attempted hijacking of a FlyDubai flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv. One fake "BBC" report falsely claims an Indian passenger was behind…
- Meet 'America': Trump's AI chatbot changes answers after challenging his claims · 5 minUS President Donald Trump has launched "America", an AI chatbot designed as a digital portal for US government information. But its responses appear to be changing. The chatbot…
- Public service announcement or Trump propaganda? · 4 minThe White House calls them public service announcements, like those used in past administrations. But almost everyone else doesn't agree, with three taxpayer-funded…
- RAF Fairford: AI-enhanced photos of suspects fuel false claims about their religion · 5 minFive men arrested over a suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford have been released on bail as investigations continue. Meanwhile, AI-enhanced images purporting to show their faces…
