BRICS Summit: Viral Lies, Old Videos and AI Fakes
September 15, 2026 1:01 pmAI-generated images and old videos were passed off as real visuals from the 18th BRICS Summit. Here’s what the viral claims got wrong.
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Grandma’s Viral Pole Vault? An AI-Generated Stunt
September 12, 2026 7:00 pmA viral video purporting to show a 95-year-old woman performing a pole vault has garnered millions of views, with users praising her as a fitness...
How Media Is Fueling Misinformation About the Recent Indonesian Volcanic Eruption
September 10, 2026 3:51 pmA viral video claiming to show Indonesia’s latest volcanic eruption spread across social media and mainstream media. But the footage was AI-generated, exposing how quickly...
Fake Flood: AI Videos and Old Footage Exploit Nepal’s Disaster
September 9, 2026 3:53 pmFrom AI-generated destruction to a scripted entertainment clip and footage from Japan, unrelated visuals are being presented as scenes from Nepal’s devastating floods. Here’s what...
Flooded With Misinformation: Viral Nepal Visuals Debunked
September 7, 2026 5:02 pmOld photographs, unrelated footage and an apparently AI-generated video are being shared online as scenes from the devastating 2026 Nepal floods.
Nepal Floods: Unrelated Old Vietnam Video and AI-Generated Rescue Visuals Go Viral
September 3, 2026 4:23 pmOld footage from Vietnam and an AI-generated rescue video are being shared as visuals from the recent Nepal floods. OBC traced the first video to...
Rocky Rebooted by AI: Stallone’s ‘Real Life’ Stunt Was Never Real
August 29, 2026 3:11 pmSylvester Stallone's viral stunt video has garnered millions of views, with fans convinced that the 80-year-old is still performing his own career-defying stunts. However, the...
Pope Calls for Peace; Haters Fire Back With a ‘Fake Fresh’ Church Burning
August 24, 2026 2:24 pmPope Leo XIV's appeal for an end to West Bank violence sparked instant backlash — viral posts claimed 27 churches and 400 Christian homes had...
Indian EVMs for US Election? The Viral Claim Explained.
August 21, 2026 6:12 pmA viral screenshot falsely claims that Donald Trump announced plans to adopt India’s EVMs for the 2028 U.S. election. Our analysis found the image to...
Pakistan Flags on Independence Day? Same Narrative, Old Videos
August 18, 2026 5:29 pmViral videos shared on social media platforms claimed to show Muslim children in India waving Pakistan’s national flag on August 15. We traced the origins...
Musk Shared It. Musk Denied It. Almost Nobody Saw The Denial
August 15, 2026 7:42 pmA video claiming to show a SpaceX rocket crashing into the Moon has been circulating on social media for the past several days. The clip...
Crashing the Crash Claim: Trainer Aircraft Falsely Passed Off as IAF Jet
August 15, 2026 9:54 amA video of a private trainer aircraft incident in Maharashtra is being falsely shared as an Indian Air Force crash. OBC traced the viral footage...