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An AI-generated video ad fraudulently promoting a financial scheme features faked, though convincing, images of journalists Sharon Ní Bheoláin and Fintan O’Toole, as well as Tánaiste Simon Harris. https://t.co/nmP9u4IYBX
thejournal.ie
The footage successfully clones voices, but fails to pronounce Taoiseach in fewer than four syllables.
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Social media users have falsely claimed that Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman invited asylum seekers to come to Ireland – a gross distortion of some of his old social media posts. https://t.co/Ld7MLkZCEu
thejournal.ie
Critics suggest that little-seen tweets for a plan that was never enacted caused a spike in asylum claims.
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As ballots are being counted across Ireland today, fringe figures online are celebrating the high number of votes that were spoiled in the election. Some point to the number of spoiled votes as evidence the election result is illegitimate. https://t.co/dub4YiHVnn
thejournal.ie
Spoiled votes and low turnout were cited to say the election should be re-run.
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In the wake of court appearances this week in relation to the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in Citywest, Dublin, a wave of online criticism has been levelled at the media and courts for not naming the suspect. https://t.co/mH2Zx07GYZ
thejournal.ie
Under Irish law, individuals accused of certain sexual offences cannot be publicly identified before a conviction.
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What looks like Sharon Ní Bheoláin speaks to camera. "Catherine Connolly has confirmed her withdrawal from the presidential race," it says. But the video, and others like it, is fake – created by AI. https://t.co/WGn8Zvzjl2
thejournal.ie
Fake newscasts, arrest videos, protests, and even a passionate kiss featured in fabricated images.
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Cancelled elections, Nazi uniforms, and even passionate kisses have appeared in deepfake videos posted online ahead of the presidential election.
thejournal.ie
Fake newscasts, arrest videos, protests, and even a passionate kiss featured in fabricated images.
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False claims that candidates for the Irish presidency wanted to remove women from the Constitution have spread online, just days ahead of the election. https://t.co/HiQwhqFqZ7
thejournal.ie
The care referendums sought to remove a reference to women’s ‘life within the home’.
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And in English: False claims have been widely shared online which suggest that Ireland now has a larger population of Muslims than people who live in Gaeltacht areas. The incorrect statistics were even repeated by Gemini, Google’s AI overview tool. https://t.co/KdvS7FkLYV
thejournal.ie
The claim that Muslims outnumber the Gaeltacht population has circulated online in recent days.
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Bhí ráitis bhréagacha á roinnt go fairsing ar líne ina maítear go bhfuil daonra Moslamach in Éirinn anois atá níos mó ná líon na ndaoine atá ina gcónaí i gceantair Ghaeltachta. https://t.co/XYMnYyBliq
thejournal.ie
Bhíothas a mhaíomh ar líne le déanaí go bhfuil Moslamaigh níos líonmhaire ná daonra na Gaeltachta.
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A claim that children missing their scheduled vaccines during the pandemic led to a decrease in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome has spread widely despite being factually untrue. https://t.co/3iauaIits8
thejournal.ie
Anti-vaccine rhetoric has ramped up since the Covid-19 pandemic.
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False claims have spread online which suggest that Ireland now has a larger population of Muslims than people who live in Gaeltacht areas. CSO statistics show that there are more people living in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions. https://t.co/KdvS7Fke9n
thejournal.ie
The claim that Muslims outnumber the Gaeltacht population has circulated online in recent days.
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A chart that compares the finances of fictional Irish and Ukrainian families repeats misconceptions about how refugees from Ukraine in Ireland are treated.
thejournal.ie
There is a trend of false claims about Ukrainians in Ireland.
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Claims that an animated children's show on Netflix shows “gay sex” are untrue, and appear to be part of a wider wave of criticism against Netflix for featuring LGBT+ characters. https://t.co/QufLFMkjko
thejournal.ie
A brief, close-mouthed kiss between two animated female characters stirred controversy.
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A video decrying non-government organisations (NGOs) in Ireland features a list of groups that are said to be funded by the State. However, many of the organisations on the list receive no State funding. https://t.co/OKXKNTDvSq
thejournal.ie
A mosque, a Buddhist centre, and a charity were incorrectly named as being funded by taxpayers.
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A years-old list that purports to show the UN's sustainable development goals for 2030 and includes items such as "the end of the family unit" and a ban on "non-synthetic drugs" continues to spread widely on the internet, despite being fake. https://t.co/oSv8Rk4kMb
thejournal.ie
Agenda 2030 is a real plan – but its goals are not the ones that are being shared online in a fake list.
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A video being reshared on social media falsely claims that Irish authorities, with backing from the EU, are cracking down on independent media and so-called citizen journalists. No proof has been given that supports these claims. https://t.co/5kEvEnUZdw
thejournal.ie
A video featuring the false claims also incorrectly described footage taken during riots.
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False claims about how to get on the ballot to run in Irish presidential elections have continued to spread online, including one which suggests that all would-be candidates must be nominated by the government. https://t.co/bboCreOvqf
thejournal.ie
Mary Robinson won the presidency without a government party nomination.
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A viral chart claiming that migrant apprentices are far better off financially than Irish apprentices has no basis in fact. https://t.co/gPtarJACK8
thejournal.ie
The chart appears to invent payments to migrant apprentices.
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A false claim that there are special government grants of €60,000 given to migrants in Ireland to start new businesses continues to spread, despite being previously debunked. https://t.co/kpq2FaKtBA
thejournal.ie
False claims that non-Irish people are financially discriminated against by the government are common.
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Images of a now-destroyed Banksy mural at the back of a London courthouse have been altered to make them appear to show a judge with a gavel attacking a person holding an English national flag. https://t.co/GfMSWkpkiW
thejournal.ie
The original mural of a judge battering a protester appeared after mass arrests.
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