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Factcrescendo Sri LankaTechnology & AI

The viral post shows a man wearing sleek, glowing shoes branded as “Aerofoot”. He appears to rise off a small platform and hover a few feet above the ground in what appears to be an expo hall with attendees in traditional attire. The video is associated with the title “Gitex” or “GITEX” (a tech exhibition).

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo reports that the Aerofoot clip does not show a functioning flying shoe; it describes the footage as digitally created content. The artist identified in the review, Jyo John Mulloor, confirmed that he made the video and called Aerofoot a fictional concept, while the review says AI-detection tools flagged the visuals as likely AI-generated. [S1]

فکت‌نامهEconomy & business

پاسخ به چند سوال متداول درباره ادغام بانک آینده در بانک ملی

Publisher’s rating: اگر بانک ملی به هر دلیلی نتواند اموال بانک آینده را نقد کند و بدهکاران عمده بانک آینده (ایران‌مال و علی انصاری) را وادار به تسویه حساب کند، بحران پولی و بانکی ناشی از بانک آینده، همچنان باقی خواهد ماند و صرفا ناترازی آن به بانک ملی منتقل شده است.

FACTLYCrime & justice

The video shows policemen torturing a woman in a police station.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY reports that the video was uploaded to the “Haunted Guru Ji” YouTube channel on 06 September 2025 and that its description says it was created for entertainment. The review concludes that the video is scripted, not real footage of police torturing a woman in a station.

PolitiFact

An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Related reporting identifies the advertisement as funded by Ontario and using Reagan’s 1987 remarks opposing tariffs. It reports that the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute said the ad “misrepresents” the April 25 address and that Ontario had not obtained permission to use and edit the remarks.

日本ファクトチェックセンター

広島県尾道市に猫の石畳?

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The claim concerns videos shared on TikTok and Instagram that present cat-shaped paving stones as a real feature of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. The review says the videos had circulated from around 2024 and that some visitors came to Onomichi hoping to see the stones. The city’s tourism department told the Japan Fact-check Center that it was not aware of paving stones with cat patterns like those shown in the videos. The review describes two checks of the images. A Google Lens search returned many similar images, and the review says the image was assessed by HIVE MODERATION, which gave it a 97.4% probability of being AI-generated or a deepfake. Those results support the review’s conclusion about the image, though the excerpt does not describe the detector’s method or independently validate its accuracy. The review also explains why online search results could make the feature appear genuine. Google’s overview described Onomichi’s “Cat Alley,” a real tourist spot, and cited a travel site about the area. That site describes “Fukuishi-neko,” painted stones placed along the slope; the review says these differ from the viral image. Google’s results also included a Lemon8 post with the viral image, whose text itself said that the stones might not actually exist. The review concludes that the search results conflated a real attraction with an unverified image, and that the claimed cat-patterned paving stones are not in Onomichi.

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