Former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on corruption charges by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) during a court appearance in Islamabad on May 9.
Soon after his dramatic arrest, violent clashes broke out between police and protesters in cities across Pakistan.
In the days after Khan’s arrest, a purported photograph of a woman facing down police forces in Pakistan went viral.
This photograph is not real. It was generated using artificial intelligence (AI).
The French TV channel in its
popular fact-checking rendez-vous, Truth or Fake, revealed that an AI-generated photo and two out-of-context videos are being presented as images from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) nationwide demonstrations in support of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.According to France24’s findings, the photo was not captured by any cameraman or photographer. Instead, it was generated using AI technology.
Another video showed protestors clashing and breaking through a police line at was claimed by the user to be Kashmir Highway.
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