Deepfakes in August 2026

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Monday, August 31, 2026

• Fact Check: Trump DID Make Post On Truth Social About Kharg Island Using An AI-Generated Video
• Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Ukrainian Soldier Crying And Begging For Help On The Way To Front Lines
• Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post 'Our Military Eats The Best' With AI-Generated Mess Hall Picture

Friday, August 28, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Before And After Images Of Nepal Flood Damage -- Made With OpenAI Tools
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nepal Bridge Collapsing Into Floodwaters -- It Is AI-Generated

Thursday, August 27, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Claiming To Show Nepal Flooding Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Does NOT Show F-16 Causing Nepal Floods -- First Clip Has Been Online Since May 2026 With AI Watermark
• Fact Check: FAKE Graphic Of 'Parental Child Homicides By Gender Of Perpetrator' Is Based On Non-Existent 2016 Paper By 'Ribaux, L., Et Al.'

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Woman Jumping From Helicopter To Trampoline Near Roman Colosseum -- Video Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Lion Reuniting With Caretaker Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Dad Dressed In Wife's Clothes To Pick Up Son From School -- It Is AI-Generated

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Hakeem Jeffries Eating With Jeffrey Epstein -- It Is Synthetic Media
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Spider-Man Punching Jake Lang At A Minneapolis Protest -- It Is AI-Generated
• Fact Check: FAKE McLaren Stunt Video Showing Car Crash Is NOT Real -- Made With AI

Monday, August 24, 2026

• Fact Check: Epstein Cannibalism Photos, Videos Are FAKE -- Mix Of Photos From Horror Trailer Production And AI Videos Based On Them
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Celine Dion Saying She Drinks The Blood Of Children
• Fact Check: FAKE Clips Of UK Police Tackling Scooter Thieves Were Made With AI

Friday, August 21, 2026

• Prebunk: Videos Of Rescued Dogs Don't Track With Reality -- Train Not To Fall For Clickbait
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Subway Line Collapse In Taiwan Was Made With AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Nancy Mace Dancing And Grimacing In Sexy Black Dress

Thursday, August 20, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Bike Rider Swerving Toward Pedestrians, Getting Pushed To Ground
• Fact Check: FAKE Daily Express Video Reports Andy Burnham Plans To Bring 4,000 Migrants From Ceuta Into UK

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Woman Violently Falling Down Stairs Due to Something Supernatural After Cat Passes

Monday, August 17, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows AOC Saying 'The Fruit Or The Color?' When Asked To Spell 'Orange'

Friday, August 14, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Abdul El-Sayed, Ms. Rachel Talking To Kids About Israeli 'Colonizers'
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Helicopter Landing Upside Down In A Field -- AI-Generated

Thursday, August 13, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Athletes With Medals Flipping The Bird To President Trump's Back During Patriot Games
• Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows AOC In Revealing Sports Bra -- Original Has High-Neck, Full Coverage

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

• Prebunk: FAKE VFX Behind-the-Scenes Footage Is Just Clickbait Effect -- Lights, Camera, AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Screenshot Shows Nonexistent White House X Post With 'Nintendo Lives Matter' Images of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin
• Fact Check: FAKE Sports Journalist 'Marc Jacobs' Falsely Reported Russell Westbrook Was Signing With Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

• Prebunk: AI-Generated Robot Girlfriend Videos -- Even These Fake Girls Aren't Real
• Fact Check: Real 1944 Photo Is AI-Enhanced, Colorized -- Black-and-White Original Shows Schoolchildren Praying Before Their Morning Milk

Monday, August 10, 2026

• Fact Check: ALTERED Audio Added Sound Of Fart To White House Event Featuring Trump
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows DiJonai Carrington Saying Sophie Cunningham Should Be Charged With Assault For Trying To Pull Off Her Wig
• Fact Check: AI-Enhanced Photo Shows Moment When Fauci's Wife Flipped The Bird At Photographer
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Cyclist Powering A Mercedes Car On The Autobahn -- It Is AI-Generated

Friday, August 7, 2026

• Prebunk: Shocking Courtroom Convictions Judged To Be AI -- Bail Out Reality, Not Fake Defendants
• Fact Check: FAKE Video REPLACED African Migrant's Original Words -- He Did NOT Discuss Money, Home, English Women
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Falsely Shows Iranian Jets Being Shot Down Over Tel Aviv By Laser System
• Fact Check: Viral Images Are NOT Photos Or Screenshots Showing Real Face Of Warsaw Attack Suspect

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• Prebunk: AI Policewomen Want To Arrest Your Attention -- Don't Get Caught In Their Emotional Speed Trap
• Fact Check: Trump DID Post AI-Generated Image Of Himself With Patton, MacArthur -- All In Historically Inaccurate Uniforms
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows A Fiery Crash Landing Of A Passenger Plane On A Wet Georgia Highway -- AI-Generated

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Karoline Leavitt, Usha Vance, Katie Miller Holding Babies as President, Melania Trump Look On
• Fact Check: FAKE 689,235.43 EUR Receipt From Le Club 55 In St. Tropez Was Generated By AI

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

• Fact Check: NO Surgeon Named 'François Faivre' Died In Paris In June 2026 Or Ever -- Claim Comes From Recycled, AI-Made Falsification
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Muslim Men Praying On The London Tube -- It's AI-Generated
• Fact Check: Jason R. Day Is NOT Real Artist, Impersonator Who Vanished In 2012 -- He Is AI-Generated Wikipedia Spoof of Professor Jason Arday

Monday, August 3, 2026

• Fact Check: FAKE Image NOT From Reuters Shows Moroccan Officer Throwing Rocks At Migrant Returning From Ceuta
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Woman With Prominent Nose Waving At Migrants In Spanish Ceuta Is AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Photo Of Sophie Cunningham, Caitlin Clark Wearing 'XX-XY Athletics' T-Shirts Was Made With AI
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Suspect Climbing On SUV To Taunt Police During LA Car Chase
• Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Zohran Mamdani Not Applauding At Funeral Of Staff Sgt. Angel Rampersad -- Originally Had AI Disclaimer