A picture of Cho Kuk, a minor third party leader in South Korea, has been edited to falsely portray him holding a banner calling for a boycott of Japanese imports. Posts with the doctored image have circulated in Facebook groups supporting incumbent President Yoon Suk Yeol and went on to say it showed Cho tried […]
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Jacksonville gang member admits in Federal court to possessing altered machine gun
A Jacksonville teen said by police to be part of the Six Block gang pleaded guilty to possessing an illegal machine gun. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Altered image falsely shared as ‘US aircraft carrier damaged by Huthi attack’
A satellite image of an aircraft carrier has been altered to add a crater to its flight deck and then shared in social media posts that presented it as evidence of damage caused by Yemen’s Huthi rebels. The posts, viewed millions of times, surfaced after the Huthis claimed they had launched a missile attack on the […]
Tuesday’s severe thunderstorms that rocked Boise altered the record books. Here’s why
A series of thunderstorms hit the Treasure Valley on Tuesday evening, bringing with them a record number of lightning strikes. Over a 24-hour period, Ada County saw 195 lightning strikes, a record for May 28. It was the third-highest number of strikes detected in the county for any day since the National Weather Service in […]
Video of protest against Iran’s Raisi at UN is altered
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, has repeatedly used the terms “butcher” and “murderer” to describe Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi, who died May 19, 2024 in a helicopter crash. But a video circulating online in which he appears to be holding a sign saying, “The Butcher of Iran will not be missed” has […]
Posts that Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced ‘loyal men’s day’ share altered news report
A doctored news report has circulated in Indonesian social media posts that falsely claimed Chinese President Xi Jinping declared April 11 “world loyal men’s day” to honour a popular gamer who took his own life over a purported failed relationship. A representative for CNBC Indonesia told AFP it published no such report. There were no […]
‘Raise the Age’ juvenile justice reforms altered by North Carolina Senate
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More youths accused of serious crimes in North Carolina would be automatically tried in adult court in legislation that advanced through the state Senate on Wednesday. The measure approved 41-4 reworks some of the bipartisan juvenile justice reforms approved by the General Assembly that ended in late 2019 the mandate that […]
Major India newspaper front page altered with bogus pre-election ‘survey’ result
A manipulated picture that surfaced online days before India began its marathon election on April 19 falsely claimed a major newspaper published a “mega survey” that found an opposition alliance was set to win in states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s party. The Dainik Bhaskar newspaper denied publishing such a survey, while analysts said […]
South Korean police investigate altered image of ‘opposition leader in jail’ ahead of polls
South Korean police launched an investigation into potential unlawful election campaigning after an altered image that appeared to show opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in prison was distributed in central Seoul ahead of polls on April 10. The image — which also circulated in Facebook groups with tens of thousands of members — added Lee’s head to […]
Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. space agency demonstrated that it was possible to change a celestial object’s trajectory, if needed, to protect Earth. It turns out that this collision changed not only the asteroid’s path but its shape […]
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Old altered image of late South Korean president falsely shared as 2024 ‘tsunami victim’
A doctored image was shared repeatedly in Korean-language social media posts falsely claiming it shows a victim of a tsunami triggered by the 7.5-magnitude earthquake which struck Japan in January 2024. The altered image has circulated since at least 2017, and is in fact a composite photo of the late South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun […]