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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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What we know about the deadly strike on a girls' school in Iran

Iran held a mass funeral this Tuesday for at least 165 schoolgirls killed in an air strike on the southern town of Minab on Saturday. But online, some users claim the tragedy was staged by Iranian authorities. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we confirm that the strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school, a building separated from nearby IRGC military barracks for nearly a decade.

6 min
-1 DIA · VÍDEO

Disinformation exaggerates Iran's military successes against US and Israel

After US-Israeli strikes on Iran, pro-Tehran accounts circulated fake footage claiming to show the aftermath of missile strikes on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. Other videos were misrepresented as depicting Iranian retaliatory attacks in the region, particularly in Israel. We also examine fabricated reviews of Dubai's Palm Hotel after debris landed nearby, and debunk AI-generated images that spread after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, since no official photograph of the supreme leader's body has been released.

6 min
-6 DIAS · VÍDEO

State of the Union: Trump makes false, misleading claims about immigration, economy

During his State of the Union speech, US President Donald Trump made a slew of false or misleading claims including about the US economy, immigration and his role in ending wars. FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes takes a closer look in Truth or Fake.

3 min
24/02 · VÍDEO

How Russia has fine-tuned its disinformation campaign in four years of Ukraine war

Four years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has redoubled its efforts in disinformation warfare. Its methods have evolved, with more generative AI, more targeting of Ukraine's allies and increasing manipulation of real news stories. It's therefore fitting that disinformation watchdog NewsGuard named a Russian tech bro, Yevgeny Shevchenko, its 2025 "Disinformer of the Year'. Emerald Maxwell tells us more in Truth or Fake.

4 min
23/02 · VÍDEO

No, US special forces didn't lead the Mexican operation against 'El Mencho'

Following Mexico’s military operation against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which killed drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho", AI-generated pictures and fake news have flooded social media – not least, the rumour that the operation itself was carried out by the United States. Emerald Maxwell explains what's real in this edition of Truth or Fake.

6 min
19/02 · VÍDEO

Epstein Files: Proof of Pizzagate – or not?

The US Department of Justice’s massive release of Epstein case files has turned some internet users into self-appointed digital sleuths. They have been combing through thousands of emails in search of hidden clues, eventually fixating on one word: “pizza”. The term appears more than 900 times in the documents, prompting some Trump supporters to claim it vindicates “Pizzagate”. But the allegation that Democrats were running a Satanic child sex abuse ring out of a Washington, DC pizzeria remains a baseless conspiracy theory. In this episode of Truth or Fake, Maya-Anaïs Yataghène explains why.

5 min
18/02 · VÍDEO

How the killing of a French far-right activist sparked an online manhunt

The killing of 23-year-old French nationalist Quentin Deranque, on the sidelines of a protest in Lyon, has heightened tensions between far-right and far-left groups ahead of next month's municipal elections. Before any arrests were made, online users claimed to have identified five suspects, leading to the circulation of their personal details. But the internet sleuths got at least one case wrong: a woman identified as Blandine B., who was not even in France on the day of the killing.

5 min
17/02 · VÍDEO

Transgender community targeted with false allegations after Tumbler Ridge shooting

In the wake of last week's mass shooting in the remote Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge, some online have been claiming that transgender people are more likely to commit violence than the rest of the population. In this edition of Truth or Fake, FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains why those allegations are wrong.

5 min

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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.