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Nederlands(NL) Voor zover bekend zijn er geen authentieke beelden van het moment van de # kernramp in # Tsjernobyl . De Sovjetleiding hield het ongeval destijds dagenlang # ge

AI-generated videos falsely depict Chernobyl disaster explosion

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Videos circulating online that claim to show the moment of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster were created using AI. These images are being shared 40 years after the event, despite the lack of authentic footage from the actual incident. Soviet authorities kept the accident secret for days. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses AI-generated images presented as historical fact, which is a form of misinformation.

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AI-generated videos falsely depict Chernobyl disaster explosion

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Nederlands(NL) · [email protected] ·

    As far as is known, there are no authentic images of the moment of the #Chernobyl #nuclear disaster. The Soviet leadership kept the accident secret for days at the time #ge

    Voor zover bekend zijn er geen authentieke beelden van het moment van de # kernramp in # Tsjernobyl . De Sovjetleiding hield het ongeval destijds dagenlang # geheim . Waar komen dan de video’s vandaan die nu – 40 jaar later – opduiken en die de # explosie zouden tonen? Ze zijn ge…

    LINKS dpa-factchecking.com/…/260505-99-332542

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