On August 31, a naval convoy named the ‘Global Sumud Flotilla’ began its journey from Barcelona, Spain, with the aim of breaking the Israeli blockade of Gaza and delivering humanitarian aid. Activists, journalists, and human rights workers from various countries participated in this mission. Subsequently, more ships also set sail for Gaza. In this context, a video has recently been circulated online claiming to show a scene from a journey by ship with aid for Gaza.
See a post circulated on Facebook with this claim here (Archive).
As of the publication of this report, the aforementioned post circulated with the claim has been viewed more than 5.6 million times, and has received reactions from over 8,000 separate accounts.
See a post circulated on YouTube with this claim here (Archive).
See a post circulated on TikTok with this claim here (Archive).
Fact-check
The Rumor Scanner team’s investigation found that the circulated video is not an authentic video of a journey by ship with aid for Gaza. In reality, this fake video was created with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
An investigation into this matter found what is likely the original video posted on October 2 on a TikTok account with the username ‘zainulabdin55666’. The video in the post is labeled as ‘AI-generated content’.
Additionally, an observation of the mentioned TikTok account shows many other AI-generated content posts.
Furthermore, an observation of the video circulated with the claim reveals abnormalities in the human figures and the surroundings, which are typically seen in content created with AI.
To be more certain about this, the video in question was analyzed on the AI and deepfake content detection platform ‘Deepfake-O-Meter’, which showed a high probability of it being fake. According to the analysis by the platform’s ‘AVSRDD’ detector, there is a 99.9% probability that the video is fake or AI-generated. Additionally, another AI content detection platform, ‘Hive Moderation’, analyzed the video and reported an approximately 70% probability of it being AI-generated content.
This confirms that the circulated video was created using AI or artificial intelligence technology.
Therefore, an AI-generated video has been circulated with the false claim of being an authentic video of a journey by ship with aid for Gaza; which is false.
Sources
- zainulabdin55666 – Tiktok Post
- Hive Moderation
- DeepFake-O-Meter
- Rumor Scanner’s analysis
