CYBER● ELEVATEDJun 29 · Jun 29, 2026, 7:33 PM
Venezuela earthquakes: old footage and AI fakes exploit disaster online
France 24 [en]
As rescue efforts continue in Venezuela after the twin earthquakes struck, social media has been flooded with misleading videos falsely claiming to show the devastation. Viral clips have been recycled from disasters in other countries, old footage from Venezuela presented as current, and AI-generated videos posing as real. Together, these tactics are driving widespread misinformation about the disaster, as the death toll climbs.
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