“We need to avoid getting involved in this conflict #trump #maga #israel #iran #middleeast #wwiii,” says a June 15, 2025 post sharing the video on Instagram.
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An AFP investigation identified dozens of YouTube and TikTok pages that have been churning out AI-generated messages delivered in the pope’s voice or otherwise attributed to him since he took charge of the Catholic Church last month.
Climate change deniers are pushing an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming, leading experts to warn against the rise of research that is inherently flawed but marketed as neutral and scrupulously logical.
The fabricated Time magazine cover was shared on X on February 10, 2025.
“According to Al-Jazeera, this house belongs to a Muslim and this is the only house that survived the fire in Los Angeles,” read part of the caption to an Instagram post that shared the picture on January 13, 2025.
“MAJOR ALERT: THE JAIL OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE IS ALMOST COMPLETE !!! ARE YOU READY TO SEE ARRESTS ???” says a November 30, 2024 X post.
“President Biden appeared to wander off at the G7 summit in Italy, with officials needing to pull him back to focus,” the New York Post said in a June 13, 2024 post on X.
“It is still a wonder what really happened to Facebook, Instagram and the entire Meta company. But based on my analysis, this is an effect of a solar flare,” says a March 7 YouTube video with more than 11,000 views.
Since Elon Musk’s turbulent 2022 acquisition of X, formerly Twitter, the site has restored thousands of once-banned accounts and introduced a paid verification system that critics say has boosted conspiracy theorists.
“AWWW… THANK YOU!!!” says a February 4, 2024 post on X, formerly Twitter, from an account called “il Donaldo Trumpo.”