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After the whistle: AI videos, false quotes and the World Cup's biggest viral fakes

From fake clips of Norway's Erling Haaland to fabricated images used to allege that Argentina rigged the tournament, misinformation spread alongside some of the 2026 World Cup’s biggest matches.

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00:04you're watching your news is fact checking show the cube billions tuned in this summer for work
00:09up filled with dramatic matches celebrations and some controversy and alongside almost every major
00:15match ai videos and out of context videos spread like white fire with the tournament over there's
00:21a look at some of the most viral no player embodied fake ai images more than norway's
00:26erling haaland this video of him apparently scared of his own reflection racked up more than 43 million
00:33views in one post spreading across the internet in multiple languages but it's fake the original
00:38video was posted to tiktok by chinese comedian ying long with haaland's face swapped in meanwhile
00:44theories that argentina rigged the competition took over the internet after it beat egypt 3-2
00:50with some users posting misleading images to support the claim take a look at this video which gained
00:55two millions views claiming to show fifa president jani infantino looking anxious after argentina's
01:01lionel messi missed a penalty in the egypt game or this one which claims to show messi painting an
01:07injury in the match against switzerland but the first clip is from a different game and the second
01:12is ai generated as you can see from his unnatural arm movements and finally hyper sexualized ai generated
01:18videos and photos of fans have gathered millions of views online they are based on the real concept
01:24of zooming in on fans during sport games but with ai tools anyone can make them often these posts are
01:30linked to other sites where creators can make money through subscriptions advertising or affiliate links
01:36there are dozens of these accounts profiting from the world cup's popularity to drive personal
01:41digital monetization through ai image generation tools
01:43you
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