With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this series, SCMP Fact-Check, the South China Morning Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers.
A video circulating online amid the US-Israel war on Iran falsely claims to show a downed American pilot captured alive by Iranians.
“Iranians Captured F35 Pilot alive,” read the caption of a Facebook reel.
The video appeared to show a man being apprehended by two others in an open field.
The reel was shared after Iran shot down an American F-15E fighter jet on April 3, with two United States airmen later being rescued.
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