A video clip is going viral on social networks in Pakistan, which allegedly shows the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore, asking the people of Pakistan to “wake up” and release the former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been in prison since 2023.
The claim is false. The video has been generated using artificial intelligence tools (AI).
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On May 30, a Facebook user shared a 50 -second video video with the title: “Imran Khan is not only the leader of Pakistan, but also of the entire Muslim UMMAH, Imran Khan should be released as soon as possible.”
In the video, you can listen to the president of Burkina Faso, Traore, saying: “I am Ibrahim, the president -elect of Africa and today I want ti?
At the time of writing, this publication had been seen more than 33,000 times and shared more than 960 times.
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The video was created with publicly available tools, confirmed an independent analysis.
Asad Baig, the founder of Media Matters for Democracy (MMFD) in Islamabad, analyzed the viral clip and told PakGazette Fact to verify that the video is a clip generated by low quality.
“The background is blurred. [Ibrahim Traore] The characteristics do not move [naturally] with him. Your skin is too soft. The same goes for body and arms, “Baig said,” it seems something you would see in a video game. “
In addition, through a search for reverse images of Google, PakGazette Fact, he discovered that the video was first published on May 25, on a YouTube channel with the title: “Speech by Captain Ibrahim Traore”.
However, the description clearly declared that the video was “completely fictional content” created only for entertainment purposes. Even in this Ai-Video, Imran was not mentioned.
YouTube video can be seen here:
Verdict: The video that circulates on social networks that supposedly shows the president of Burkina Faso who asks for the launch of Imran is a deep defake.
