Ever since Pope Leo XIV has been elected the new Head of the Catholic Church, social media has been inundated with AI-generated deepfake videos and images claiming to show the new pontiff. The news portal of the Vatican has warned that fake messages attributed to the new pope are circulating online. DW’s Fact check team takes a look at some of the claims.
Claim: Pope Leo XIV is said to have responded to a letter of Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore in a video posted to YouTube. “I…
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