Deepfakes in September 2026
All our fact checks related to AI generated or AI manipulated audio, images and videos.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Airplane Spinning Wildly On Runway Accident -- It Is AI-Generated
- Fact Check: Video Claiming Florida School Bus Beating Of 'Lily Trejo' By 'Jake Lynch' Is Partially AI-Generated -- Names Unverified, Photos From Unrelated Cases
Monday, September 28, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Video Shows Giorgia Meloni Wearing Palestinian Flag As Cape At UN
- Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump, Xi, Musk, Altman, Bezos And Others Toasting At Black-Tie Event
- Fact Check: Viral Image Shows FAKE Israeli Passport Pictures Of Zelenskyy And His Wife
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Labeled 'Iran Attacks A Nuclear Site On The Israeli Side Of The Sea' Is AI-Generated
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Friday, September 25, 2026
Thursday, September 24, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE New York Times Videos Of Alyssa Milano, Rachael Harris, Sean Astin, Falsely Claim They Support 'All Democrats Are Criminals'
- Fact Check: FAKE Breaking News Video Titled 'Sad News: 30 Minutes Ago In Ohio, JD Vance Was Confirmed As...' Is AI-Generated Clickbait
- Fact Check: ALTERED 1688 "Lac America" Map Has The Name Of Lac Ontario Swapped Out To Falsify Historic Record Of Lake's Name
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
- Prebunk: Videos Of Medical Robots Run Away From Reality -- AI Running In Data Center, Not Robot In City Center
- Prebunk: Automatic Haircut Machines Do Not Cut Permanent Reality -- AI Videos Wash, Rinse And Condition The Truth
- Fact Check: FAKE Caitlyn Jenner Image Used In Melania Trump Comparison -- It Is AI-Generated
Monday, September 21, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Video of JD Vance Asking For 'Another Chance,' Saying 'Things Are Bad' Is AI
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Trump Making Kissy Faces And Sounds In Front Of Sarah Huckabee Sanders -- It Is An Altered Satire Video
- Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Images Falsely Claim To Show Sam Smith In 2016 And 2025
Friday, September 18, 2026
Thursday, September 17, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Foods From Europe And America Compared -- Video Is AI-Generated
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Masked Police Officers Walking Around Polling Station, Looking At How People Are Voting
- Fact Check: FAKE Mugshot Resembling Jennifer Lopez Does NOT Show Minnesota Woman Cyrena Anne Quast
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Indian Air Force MiG-29 Crashing And Ejecting Pilot Is Actually War Thunder Gameplay
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
- Prebunk: AI-Generated Earthquake Posts About Various U.S. States Causing Tremors Online -- Shake-And-Rattle Grip On Reality
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Truck Pushing Car From Railway Crossing Does NOT Document Real Event
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- Fact Check: Trump Kissing Woman, Possibly Natalie Harp, on Golf Course -- What We Know
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Natalie Harp Grinning Over Trump's Shoulder -- AI-Generated
Monday, September 14, 2026
- Fact Check: AI Image of Trump Wetting Chair After Meeting With Irish President Catherine Connolly -- NOT Real Photo
- Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows Natalie Harp Smiling With Prominent Teeth And Gums -- Image Is AI-Altered
- Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Images Marked July 1985 Shows Trump and Epstein On Yacht In Swim Briefs
- Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Image Shows Putin BRICS Selfie -- Posted By Russian Embassy In South Africa
Friday, September 11, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Image of Trump Clearing Rubble at Ground Zero After 9/11 Is AI-Generated
- Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Image Shows Damage From Folding On iPhone Duo -- Original Photos Show No Such Damage
Thursday, September 10, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Images Illustrate Story Of Bear Carrying Injured Animals To Wildlife Center -- Images Are AI-Generated
- Fact Check: FAKE Collage Does NOT Show Real List Of Reform UK Candidates -- It Is AI-Generated
- Fact Check: Photos Show Clay Matthews In Makeup And Prosthetics With Prominent Muscles And Jawline -- It Is A Caesars Sportsbook Ad Campaign
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Ad Featuring Sydney Sweeney In Nike Branding Is AI-Generated -- No Official Nike Campaign Exists
- Fact Check: NO Evidence AI-Generated Image Trump Shared Is Official New Space Force Uniform
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Miley Cyrus Saying Dolly Parton Left Her Entire Fortune To Her Is AI-Generated
- Fact Check: Image Of Russia's Rossotrudnichestvo Head Igor Chaika Is FAKE -- Likely Altered With AI
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Prebunk: Don't Let Fake Father-Daughter Hospital Scenes Put Your Judgment In A Coma -- AI Clickbait Preying On Your Prayers
- Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post Animated Video Of Himself Attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney With Hockey Stick
- Fact Check: Image Is NOT Real Photo Of Merz And Epstein -- AI Made It
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows American Carrier On Fire After Iranian Missile Attack In Sea Of Oman -- AI-Generated
Monday, September 7, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Golf Carts Crossing Into Traffic In Naperville, Illinois Is AI-Generated
- Fact Check: FAKE Image Of Robert De Niro With 'Trump Is My President' Shirt Was Posted On Trump's Truth Social Account -- It Is AI-Generated
Friday, September 4, 2026
Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Fact Check: FAKE Secretly Recorded Footage Shows Elon Musk Observing A Portal At SpaceX -- Video Is Associated With AI Creator
- Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Ursula von der Leyen With Jeffrey Epstein -- Made With AI
- Fact Check: Suspect In Minneapolis Mass Shooting Was NOT Trans Shooter Samantha Hyde -- Edited Image
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- Fact Check: 'Palm Beach Pete' Does NOT Have A Girlfriend Called 'Lishgaine' -- She Is A Digital Creation
- Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Woman Who Stabbed Someone In NYC Dancing With Pair Of Knives -- It Is Digitally Edited
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
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