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An altered screenshot of an opinion article in the Daily Telegraph has been circulating on social media.

The image being shared on Facebook supposedly depicts a comment piece, in mobile format, published on 8 February with the headline: “Mass migration is slowly bankrupting the UK.” 

This was the correct headline and date of the original article on the Telegraph website—which has since been updated to replace “the UK” with “Britain”.

However, the header image accompanying the story in the screenshot is not the one that appeared on the Telegraph’s website.

Where does the image come from?

A reverse image search shows that the photo in the Facebook post was

A photo circulating on social media appears to show Pope Francis addressing a dense crowd of people in Lisbon, Portugal. However, the photo has been generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. 

The image, which has been widely shared on Facebook and Twitter (now known as X), shows Pope Francis with his back to the camera, standing in front of a large crowd of people stretching into the distance.

Many of the posts have similar captions saying: “Look at that crowd! Two million young people attending Mass with Pope Francis in Lisbon! [sic]”

Another post says: “Not a music concert or sports events. What God can gather and unite, no man can. 2 million young people in Lisbon, with the Pope, for the sake of the gospel.”

While it’s true that Pope…

Posts on Facebook claiming that the social media user’s husband is looking for their birth mother, along with a picture of the woman concerned, are hoaxes.

The posts say: “My husband Todd is looking for his birth mother and any siblings. He was born March 18, 1963 in [location] and that is also where he was adopted. The only thing he knows about his mother is she played the organ at a Nazarene Church. Please find it in your heart to help my husband locate his family by sharing this post. Thank you”.

The posts use a sepia-toned image of a young woman that appears to be a scan of an old photograph with frayed edges. However, the image has been taken from an image editing website, with an advertised “old photo effect” used on it. The website shows the same woman…