Deepfakes in June 2026

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

• Prebunk: Digging Into AI Videos Of Secret Bunker Construction -- Deep Wish Fulfillment Fantasy
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Pregnant Woman Attacked On Subway In NYC
• Fact Check: Trump Posted AI-Generated Photo Of Golden Eagle 'Gifted' To White House For 250th Birthday

Monday, June 29, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Images Show FIFA President Gianni Infantino Attending Two Simultaneous Matches In Different Cities
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Fan Running Onto Field To Hug Messi At The World Cup -- It's AI
• Prebunk: AI Videos Of Rooftop Infinity Pools Collapsing Are Splashy Engagement Bait -- Just AI Wasting Water
• Fact Check: EDITED Video Of Erling Haaland Eating And Scaring Himself -- Is A Face Swap Of A Chinese Slapstick Comedy Video
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Pride Rainbow Flags On Field Ahead Of Iran-Egypt World Cup Match -- It Is AI-Generated

Sunday, June 28, 2026

• Fact Check: Posts Claiming Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama, Or Other Celebs Wore 'Probably The Smallest Bikini In The World' Are NOT Real -- AI Slop From Macedonia

Friday, June 26, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Labeled With Recycled Caption 'Bengali Woman Carrying A British Merchant' And Dated 1903 Was Made With OpenAI Tools
• Prebunk: Yucky Videos Of Indian Street Food Stalls Taste Like Fakery -- Cooked Up With Artificial Intelligence
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Two Towers Crashing Into Each Other During Venezuela Earthquakes
• Fact Check: AI-Enhanced 'Reflecting Pool Dipper' Images Do NOT Reliably Identify Suspect
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Alyssa Thomas Smiling As She Fouls Caitlin Clark In WNBA Game
• Fact Check: Fake Video Shows A Man In A Muslim Mob Spray Painting A Butcher Shop Window In England -- AI-Generated With Many Glitches

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Does NOT Show Officer From Montreal Shooting -- The Image Is Likely AI-Generated And Victim Was Not A Rabbi

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Hands Sticking Out Of The Ground Does NOT Show People Allegedly Buried Alive In Sudan
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Orthodox Priests Blessing Gas Station Pump -- It Is AI-Generated

Monday, June 22, 2026

• Fact Check: Benjamin Netanyahu Did NOT Attend Argentina-Austria Match on June 22, 2026 -- Image Is Fake
• Fact Check: FAKE AI Video Shows Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For Fictional Asphalt Road In 'Mukhosransk' -- Russia's 'Nowheresville'

Friday, June 19, 2026

• Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Image of '0-1' Spray-Painted Below 'Department of War' Plaque Is Real
• Fact Check: FAKE Viral Image Of Brigitte Macron Pulling Away From Trump Trying To Kiss Her In Versailles
• Fact Check: EDITED Photo Falsely Shows Michelle Obama Standing Taller Than Barack Obama, Bidens, Bushes, Clintons

Thursday, June 18, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Story About Ethan Caldwell Arrested For Pretending To Be A Museum Tour Guide And Making Up History Of Art -- It Is Satire
• Fact Check: Image Was Altered With OpenAI Tools To Make German Soccer Fan Look Like Adolf Hitler
• Fact Check: FAKE Photos Of Barron Trump, Justin Trudeau Present False Comparison

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Robert De Niro Walking In Supertall Black Platform Boots
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Man Tearing Down Trump Banner At Department of Justice -- It's AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Images Of Trump And Other World Leaders Meeting With Nordic Aliens In Red Uniforms -- AI-Generated Science Fiction

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Iranian World Cup Player Displaying Symbolic School Backpack

Monday, June 15, 2026

• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Destroying Iranian Fighter Jet In 'Combat Action' Over Strait of Hormuz
• Fact Check: AI-Generated Obama Voiceover Falsely Says He Barred Trump From His Presidential Center After Somali Referee Denied Entry To United States
• Prebunk: AI Videos Of 'Floating Shoes' Sink Under Scrutiny -- A Dry Look At Physically Impossible Footwear
• Fact Check: Trump's Truth Social Account Did NOT Make Post About API Service Being Unavailable -- Fake Post Implies AI Writes His Content

Friday, June 12, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Shakira's FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Song Performance Is AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show Moment Iran Shot Down U.S. Apache Helicopter In Persian Gulf -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Elaborate Gold Float From Iran At The FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony -- It Is AI-Generated

Thursday, June 11, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows 'White Mega Plane' With Multiple Decks Between Cockpit And Main Body Taking Off
• Fact Check: Posts Saying Celeb Wore A Daring Thong Bikini On A Beach With Partner Are NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Karmelo Anthony Crying In Court -- No Cameras Were Allowed

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

• Fact Check: Fake Audio NOT Dwayne Johnson's Voice Publicly Declining Invitation To White House UFC Event -- AI-Generated

Monday, June 8, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows UFC Stage At White House With 'Welcome to Costco' Banner -- Added By Google AI
• Fact Check: Stephen Colbert Did NOT Post Video Commenting On Scott Pelley Being Fired From CBS -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Eurosport Video Report Says Kylian Mbappé Accused Emmanuel Macron of Sexual Harassment -- Copycat Website
• Fact Check: AI-Generated Video Falsely Reports Stephen Colbert Announced Plans With Scott Pelley For A '60 Minutes'-style Program
• Fact Check: Images Of Kristen Welker's 'Five Stages Of Trump Derangement Syndrome' Are FAKE -- AI-Generated Photos

Friday, June 5, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows White House South Lawn Torn Up By UFC Fight Ring Construction In Early June 2026
• Fact Check: Middle East Eye Did NOT Report That Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan Agreed To Host Ukraine Drone Plants
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan Punching Child -- He Was Actually Hugging Him

Thursday, June 4, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Trump Post Showed Him As A Football Player, Surrounded By Half-Naked Male Cheerleaders
• Fact Check: FAKE Post Says UFC Confirms Erika Kirk Will Host White House Fight Night On June 14
• Fact Check: Posts Saying Athlete Called Mandatory LGBT Armband Wearing A 'Political Charade' And Refused To Comply Are NOT Real -- Spam From Vietnam

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE AI Video Shows Dutch School Children Praying In Mosque -- Based On 2014 Field Trip Photo
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Joe Rogan Saying He Is Considering Refusing To Commentate UFC Fight At White House -- Creator Labeled It AI-Generated

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Migrant Saying 'I Want My Money And Free House' From England Is AI-Image-To-Video Made From 2015 Press Photo
• Fact Check: FAKE Obama Selfie Shows Him With Biden, Clinton, Bush, And Carter -- Carter Had Died Before The Image Appeared Online
• Fact Check: FAKE Post Shows Donald Trump Writing 'Happy Pride Month' Message To Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis
• Fact Check: EDITED Image Falsely Shows 'Claw' Hand Of Police Officer Arresting Fatally Stabbed Student Henry Nowak

Monday, June 1, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows A Diver In A Spiked 'Shark-Proof Suit' -- It's AI
• Fact Check: Blackout Scene ADDED To Later Copies Of Video Of Kilt-Wearing Electrician