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Posts circulating online falsely imply a video shows a tsunami in Japan caused by an earthquake that hit the country yesterday (1 January 2024). 

The video shows boats and vehicles being carried by a large wave that spills over a road and into buildings. It has been shared across social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok, with the suggestion it shows a tsunami caused by the recent quake. 

One post has the caption: “First tsunami waves have hit Japan after a major earthquake measuring 7.4”.

Yesterday’s earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 and 55 people are reported to have been killed at the time of publication. 

However, this video does not show a recent event—it shows a tsunami in Japan in March 2011,…

Sources indicate that Meta is on the verge of introducing the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, featuring AI capabilities. The social media giant’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently showcased the glasses’ AI functionality in an Instagram video. In the demonstration, Zuckerberg highlighted the multimodal AI technology, allowing the device to both visually perceive and audibly interpret its surroundings.

Revolutionizing Wearable Tech: Meta’s AI-Enabled Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Unveiled

The video illustrated the impressive AI performance as the “Hey Meta” virtual assistant, accessible to select US users, offered commentary and evaluations on objects within the user’s field of vision through the glasses’ camera and microphones.

Zuckerberg emphasized the AI’s versatility, indicating…

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A video falsely purporting to show a large car driving at pro-Palestinian protesters in California has been circulating on social media.

Posts on Facebook and what is now X (formerly Twitter) share a clip of a red vehicle towing a large trailer driving through a crowd of protestors.

One caption with the video shared on Facebook on 14 December states: “A truck cuts through a crowd of Palestinian protesters blocking a freeway in Los Angeles.”

A protest did take place in Los Angeles, California on 13 December, where people blocked a freeway and called for a ceasefire in Gaza. But the video being shared is unrelated to that event or the current Israel-Gaza conflict. 

It was filmed in May 2020 during…

A post with hundreds of thousands of views on social media, including on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, incorrectly claims that a video is of a wave hitting Thailand in 2004, after the Indian Ocean tsunami. The video is actually from 2011 and shows a tsunami striking north-east Japan. 

The video is nearly a minute long, and at first shows a road with a number of cars turning around and driving out of frame. A wave gradually comes into shot, carrying with it a host of debris including cars and houses. 

The post on X says: “This security footage shows the moment the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hit Khao Lak in Thailand. The disaster went on to claim the lives of an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries.”

Screengrabs from the video are included in an article…

A video shared on Facebook claims to show the crowd at an annual college football match between different US military academies chanting “fuck Joe Biden”.

The Facebook post with the video, which has also been shared multiple times on X (formerly Twitter) states that the “entire stadium” was chanting the explicit slogan against the current US President.

However, the audio on the footage of the Army-Navy match on 9 December has been digitally altered. Spectators in this stadium were not filmed chanting “fuck Joe Biden”.

The original clip which was posted on X on 9 December 2023 by a reporter for the New England Sports Network shows the crowd jumping and singing along to “Tsunami”, an electronic dance music track by Dvbbs and Borgeous. 

The 2013 track has…