About: http://data.cimple.eu/claim-review/1fd8891ab7a7144e7a55d41d6bff6dbcf823a25938a922e7d91b3ef6     Goto   Sponge   Distinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:ClaimReview, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
rdf:type
http://data.cimple...lizedReviewRating
schema:url
schema:text
  • Amid escalating tensions at the Russia-Ukraine border, a video showing an on-ground weapon system attacking and shooting down a fighter plane has gone viral as "live visuals of war". However, we found that the viral clip was a video game simulation from a game called ARMA 3. Part of the clip, which has been on the internet since at least 2019, was superimposed on a "breaking news" banner in the viral posts. Similar visuals have been used in the past to spread misinformation during the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict in 2020 and even linked to the Taliban takeover of Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan. CLAIM Facebook users shared the viral video with a caption that read, "Russia vs Ukraine war Conflict Live News, Ukraine Crisis News (sic)." The same viral video was shared by several Facebook users, archives of which can be found here and here. Some people live streamed the viral video on their Facebook pages with captions suggesting that it was related to the 'US-Russia conflict', but it must be noted that in most cases the status stated 'Playing Arma 3 in Russia'. WHAT WE FOUND OUT The Quint's WebQoof team had earlier done a fact-check on this video and had found that the the video was of a game simulation called ARMA 3. We had found a video game simulation uploaded on YouTube channel called 'Compared Comparison' on 1 January 2021, more than a year before the current Russia-Ukraine crisis. On comparing the frames of the viral video with the simulated video, we found they were the same. Parts of another video from the same channel were also used in the viral video and by people live streaming. As mentioned earlier, the same video was shared during the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict in 2020 and the clash in Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan between rebels and Taliban fighters. Evidently, despite the fact-checks, this video game footage has repeatedly been linked it to real situations. (Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on WhatsApp at 9643651818, or e-mail it to us at webqoof@thequint.com and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories here.) (At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)
schema:mentions
schema:reviewRating
schema:author
schema:datePublished
schema:inLanguage
  • English
schema:itemReviewed
Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 2 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software