Fake video announcing ‘coup in France’ sparks anger at the Élysée
A viral video claiming that a coup d’État has taken place in France has racked up more than 13 million views on social media. Although clearly AI-generated, it sparked tensions between the Élysée and Facebook’s parent company: Meta refused to take it down. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we break down who created this AI-generated video, and how it even reached the French president himself.