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Video game footage misrepresented as fighting between India and Pakistan

Published on June 4, 2025 at 06:25

Footage of 'Huthi rebels pounding US ships in Red Sea' is digital creation

Published on November 21, 2024 at 06:43

False posts claim video game clip shows 'Huthi attack on US aircraft carrier'

Published on June 27, 2024 at 09:39

Video game footage of tanks struck by missiles falsely linked to Israel-Hamas war

Published on November 8, 2023 at 10:50

Post passes off video game content as footage of war between Israel and Hamas

Published on October 19, 2023 at 15:55

Video game clips misleadingly shared amid Israel-Hamas war

Published on October 11, 2023 at 17:54

Video game segment falsely shared as Hamas shooting down Israeli helicopters

Published on October 11, 2023 at 11:14

Video game clip falsely shared as footage of Russian tanks struck by US-supplied missiles in Ukraine

Published on November 16, 2022 at 08:07

This clip does not show Russian missiles in Ukraine -- it was taken from a video game

Published on May 23, 2022 at 05:29

Video game clip falsely shared as Ukraine firing on Russian jets

Published on April 1, 2022 at 11:08

Video game footage falsely shared as live video of Ukraine crisis

Published on March 4, 2022 at 17:18

Video game falsely shared as 'live footage' of Ukraine conflict

Published on March 1, 2022 at 08:14

This clip actually shows computer-generated imagery from a video game

Published on April 28, 2021 at 10:25

This clip actually shows computer-generated imagery from a video game

Published on October 19, 2020 at 05:04

This clip is from a video game -- it does not show an Iranian missile strike in Iraq

Published on January 10, 2020 at 09:40
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