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Fake TikTok videos show hundreds of thousands marching for AfD in Germany
euronews (in English)
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07/02/2025
Ahead of Germany’s federal elections, fake news and AI-generated propaganda is multiplying online.
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Are hundreds of thousands of Germans marching for the AFD?
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TikTok videos claiming to show hundreds of thousands of people marching for the AFD in
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Germany have been going viral online.
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German media outlet Corrective revealed that many of the videos have been manipulated,
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as Euroverify can confirm.
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We ran the videos, which were posted by pro-AFD accounts, through multiple AI image detectors.
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Although the images themselves do not appear to be AI generated, their audio has been manipulated.
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Here the chart East East East has been placed over the original audio.
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In Germany, the states of Thuringia and Saxony are AFD strongholds.
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Although these videos have been posted in recent weeks, many images appear to come from
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the January 2024 mass protest against Germany's far right in Hamburg.
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In December, AFD supporters gathered for a memorial rally after the Magdeburg Christmas
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market attacks.
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3,500 people are reported to have attended.
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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Germany last weekend.
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They contested center-right CDU leader Friedrich Merz's proposals for tougher migration rules,
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which were supported by the AFD.
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Ahead of Germany's federal elections, fake news and AI generated propaganda are a growing
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concern.
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For more investigations and fact checks, take a look at our website, euronews.com
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