00:00Video Game Footage or War Scenes
00:02Videos purporting to show Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb,
00:09which was carried out by Ukraine's security service on 1st June,
00:12have been spreading across social media.
00:14While many of the clips do not bear proof they show authentic footage of the operation,
00:18they have racked up hundreds of thousands of views across social media platforms.
00:22By conducting a reverse image search,
00:24Euroverify found that a number of clips have been misleadingly captioned and taken out of context.
00:30Euroverify was able to match multiple videos posted on social media
00:34with this video posted by this YouTube account.
00:36The account's videos boast misleading titles which could suggest it is posting genuine war footage.
00:42But checking the video's captions reveals that the videos are Armour 3 footage, not real news.
00:49Euroverify contacted the game's developers, Bohemia Interactive,
00:52who confirmed that these videos were created using a modded Armour 3 game.
00:57The developer also told Euroverify that the vast majority of videos on this account,
01:02which boasts almost 70,000 followers, were from Armour 3.
01:07Video game modding is a popular activity for gamers whereby they customise a game's features or visuals.
01:13There are endless YouTube channels and social media accounts who share this kind of content,
01:17which can be mistaken for real-life war.
01:19This can lead footage to be taken out of context when it is not clearly branded as a game.
01:24Like other developers, Bohemia Interactive has repeatedly stated that it does not agree with its products
01:30being used as war propaganda.
01:33Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
01:36there has been an increase in video games contributing to misinformation,
01:40as well as being taken out of context to be portrayed as war footage.
01:44These video clips have also been taken out of context to illustrate the war between Israel and Hamas,
01:49as well as the recent conflict between India and Pakistan.
01:54For more information, visit www.fema.org.
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