Over the weekend, huge crowds gathered in cities across the US for demonstrations against President Donald Trump's policies. Some online have been alleging that the American news channel MSNBC used old footage to exaggerate the scale of the protests. On X, Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok claimed that the footage shown was from 2017. But Grok's claims were false: analysis shows the footage shared by MSNBC was indeed taken at a "No Kings" protest in Boston on October 18, 2025, as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains. 

As Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow desperately needed aid into Gaza, a viral video on social media alleged to show Palestinians in the enclave celebrating after catching a whale shark. But as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains, the circumstances surrounding this video are unclear. It comes as a UN official stated that the quantity of aid being allowed into the war-battered enclave continues to be "way below what is needed".

Viral posts accuse US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of arresting and zip-tying very young children in Chicago, as part of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. In reality, the footage shared in these posts was filmed in 2024 by a father playing “cops and robbers” with his son. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Here in France, we’re used to heated debates in the National Assembly – especially during political crises. But this time, it’s not the MPs making the noise. On social media, users claim that a group of youngsters caused chaos inside the hemicycle – using videos created with the AI video generator Sora. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.

A viral post claims that Israeli forces have left behind booby-trapped dolls and food cans in Gaza, allegedly to harm returning civilians. However, the truth is quite different: the cans are actually metal containers, and the purple Teletubby doll was filmed in Yemen a few years ago. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Earlier this year, French authorities identified almost 80 disinformation campaigns led by a Russian operation dubbed Storm 1516. These mainly targeted Ukraine and its allies. So who is behind this disinformation and how does it spread? More importantly, how can we spot it? We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.

France is grappling with further political turmoil after Sébastien Lecornu, the country's latest prime minister, stepped down after less than a month in the post. The move came the day after Lecornu revealed his new cabinet. Some social media users are claiming that the ministers appointed in his short-lived government will receive three months' salary, after being in post for only a matter of hours. But their claims lack nuance, as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains.

A viral post on social media claims that French President Emmanuel Macron is spending almost €150 million in state funds on a luxury underground bunker to "shield the French elite from a looming World War III". The video claims to have solid proof coming straight from Tracfin, a service of the French finance ministry that fights money laundering. In reality, this fake news probably comes from a Russian covert influence network called Storm-1516. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.

As protesters in Morocco have been taking to the streets calling for improved social services and less corruption, some online are circulating footage allegedly showing a woman assaulted by security forces during the gatherings. But as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains, this footage is not linked to the recent protests and has been taken out of its original context.

Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump shared an apparently AI-generated clip championing fictional cure-all medical technology, known as "med beds". The video has since been deleted from his account, but it has injected new life into a long-held conspiracy theory about "med beds'', which is prominent in far-right QAnon circles online. FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes tells us more in Truth or Fake.