Faux French coup movies go viral, traced to Burkinabé scholar

Earlier this week, a number of AI-generated movies claiming a coup d’état in France had been posted on Fb. The faux clips rapidly went viral, prompting outrage from the Élysée Palace. An investigation by Le Monde revealed {that a} younger Burkinabé scholar, desperate to make a reputation for himself, was behind the movies. The incident highlights how platforms like Meta nonetheless lack strong safeguards in opposition to the unfold of pretend content material, as FRANCE 24’s Emerald Maxwell explains.