Viral video of Palestinian flag atop Eiffel Tower during riots is fake
Fact-checkers found the clip was almost certainly AI-generated; no outlet reported any such event.
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A video posted on X on 18 October appeared to show Palestinian and Jordanian flags on top of the Eiffel Tower, with a caption blaming President Macron for "destroying Paris".Sources:2Lead Stories (via Yahoo News)
Lead Stories found an AI-detection tool rated it 99.1% likely to be AI-generated, that the people in it were out of proportion to the tower, and that no established outlet had reported any such event.Sources:2Lead Stories (via Yahoo News)
A real Palestinian flag was hung from the tower months earlier, on 15 May, by Extinction Rebellion activists.Sources:1The Brussels Times
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