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Baseless posts about 'Indian engineer' detained in Bahrain share AI image
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Bahrain arrested at least a dozen people for allegedly spreading "false news" about Iranian attacks on the country, but an image of a man in handcuffs that posts claimed was an Indian national accused of leaking sensitive information to Israel bears signs it was made with AI.
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Posts misrepresent far-right US influencer as captured Israeli soldier
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The United States and Israel's joint military operation against Tehran have seen them target Iran with missiles and airstrikes, contradicting social media posts sharing video they claim shows an Israeli soldier being captured in the Islamic republic.
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Video shows Dubai air show, not US army 'abandoning' Dubai base
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After Iran struck several Gulf countries hosting American interests in retaliation for a joint US-Israel strike targeting the Islamic republic on February 28, 2026, social media users shared a video falsely claiming it shows US forces abandoning a base in the United Arab Emirates.
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Betting, memes and AI slop: How the smartphone era turned war in Iran into a game show
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On the screen, the animated character cocks his gun and orders a massive nuclear airstrike using a tablet.
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Old video, image from Lebanon falsely linked to Middle East war
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The United States struck more than 3,000 Iranian targets during the first week of its sweeping military campaign against Tehran, but a video and an image circulating on social media that purportedly show damage caused to the Islamic republic predate the conflict.
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State actors are behind much of the visual misinformation about the Iran war
As attacks spread after the bombing of Iran by U. S. and Israeli forces, a video circulated widely of crowds peering up at fire, smoke and debris coming from the top of a high-rise building said to be in Bahrain.
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State actors are behind much of the visual misinformation about the Iran war
As attacks spread after the bombing of Iran by U. S. and Israeli forces, a video circulated widely of crowds peering up at fire, smoke and debris coming from the top of a high-rise building said to be in Bahrain.
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Baseless posts about Iran strike on USS Abraham Lincoln share old clip
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on March 1, 2026 they attacked the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln after joint US and Israeli strikes killed the Islamic republic's supreme leader.
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Anti-migrant posts from Australia share miscaptioned Chile clip
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Footage of a hammer-wielding man smashing screens at Chile's largest airport was falsely portrayed online as a recent incident in Australia involving an immigrant.
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Video shows procession for slain Hezbollah leaders, not funeral for Iran's Khamenei
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Mourners gathered in Tehran after Iranian state TV announced that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint US-Israeli operation in February 2026, but an old clip circulating on social media of people swarming around coffins draped in yellow cloth does not show his funeral procession.
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Old video of Israeli attack on Syria falsely linked to Iran conflict
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The United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran that killed its supreme leader on February 28, 2026, but a video shared in posts claiming it shows the Islamic republic's retaliatory attacks on the northern Israeli city of Haifa is unrelated to the war.
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Pervy mayor's kids told cops that they caught her romping with teen...
The children of a disgraced Louisiana mayor told cops that they both caught their mom fooling around with a 16-year-old boy at a boozy pool party, according to video played at her rape trial.
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Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Fire At Tel Aviv Munitions Storage Building During Iran Attack on Israel In 2026 -- It's A 2024 Apartment Fire
The fire in Tel Aviv in 2024 was reported as breaking out in a residential building on Corkidi Street, with firefighting teams working to extinguish it and search for trapped individuals.
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Covid-19 vaccine falsely linked to tuberculosis spike in Malaysia
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A rise in tuberculosis cases in Malaysia triggered social media posts falsely claiming that the bacteria responsible for the disease were deliberately inserted into Pfizer's Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine for "depopulation" purposes.
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Emma Li is a fact checker for CBS News Confirmed. She combines open-source techniques with traditional reporting to fact check misinformation and verify user-generated content.
