![]() ![]() The implication this time: Finland’s Green League political party was promoting a dangerous, pro-immigrant agenda that would leave white women under attack by foreigners. In this disturbing version, the victim on the billboard was a blonde, white woman who was supposedly being assaulted by Black men. Snopes first wrote about the same billboard in 2016. It wasn’t the first time the image has been altered. Recently, an edited, disturbing photo of that billboard circulated on social media, falsely suggesting, as noted in this AFP Fact Check, that Black people could murder White people in South Africa without consequences - and with the support of the African National Congress-run government. Digitally manipulating a photograph is another method used to mislead people, often to push a political agenda.įor instance, when Belgium’s Médecins Sans Frontieres erected a billboard in Liberia sometime in 2006 or 2007, it aimed to tell rape survivors where they could seek treatment. There are more ways to sow misinformation or disinformation than merely sharing a fake image. One Billboard, Four Countries, Four Messages Given how common fake images have become online, it’s fortunate that there are a number of simple-to-use free tools - including TinEye, Google Reverse Image Search, Photo Sherlock, and Fake Image Detector - that you can use to check the source of a picture, and whether it has been manipulated. GIJN has updated our popular step-by-step guide on verifying images to check whether the photo you find on social media is the real thing. While it had all the hallmarks of a manipulated image, a Google Reverse Image Search revealed that it was real, and part of a series by amateur photographer Martin Le-May. This photograph of a weasel clinging to the back of a flying woodpecker went viral on social media. Global Investigative Journalism Network. Global Shining Light Award – Українською.Global Investigative Journalism Network. ![]()
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